When I started this blog, I never imagined I’d spend so much time writing about the apparent downfall of a man whose work has given me so much joy over the years.
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But. He. Just. Won’t. Stop.
Now, much like vultures circling a carcass, other celebrities are pulling whatever attention they can from the Sheen saga and using it to further their own agendas. No where is this more apparent than Camp Lohan.
Lohan, who recently checked out of rehab, was ‘worried’ about Sheen because his latest bender showed “obvious signs of addiction,” the gossip website TMZ said. “Lindsay understands the problem of having the wrong people around and wants Charlie to understand that he needs to surround himself with positive, sober people,” the website said, citing an unnamed friend.
How dire is your situation Charlie, when Lindsay Lohan is giving you advice?
On the other end of the spectrum, comedian and living fossil Joan Rivers is publicly chastising Sheen for being such a bad father.
“I think he’s an a–. When you have a child, darling, you’d better start setting an example. Childhood for you is over when you have a child,” Rivers tells The Advocate in a wide-ranging interview.
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“I find it outrageous to be carrying on like that. I also think that when you get the gold ring you have an obligation. The old studio system made you have an obligation to live a clean life and be the example. What am I going to tell my grandson who watches Two and Half Men? I just think he’s awful.”
And it’s not just celebrities who are jumping into the fray. The 911 call that alerted authorities to Charlie’s latest crisis has just been released by the Los Angeles Fire Department.
It was placed by a physician, Paul Nassif, just before Sheen wound up going to the hospital last week for his “abdominal pains” after his latest blowout. Nassif and wife Adrienne Maloof-Nassif, who appear on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, had gotten a call from one of Sheen’s assistants asking for medical assistance and advice.
At the beginning of the call, Nassif tells the dispatcher he just had a “kind of weird” conversation and that the actor was “very, very intoxicated” and in a “lot of pain” … but did not want anyone to call 911.
As for the man himself, this is what he has to say for himself.
“I have a lot of work to do to be able to return the support I have received from so many people,” Sheen said in a statement to the media on Wednesday.
“And to my fans, your good wishes have touched me very much,” Sheen said. “Like Errol Flynn, who had to put down his sword on occasion, I just want to say, ‘thank-you,’” he said.
I just don't see the resemblance, Charlie! Image via Wikipedia
His publicist, Stan Rosenfield, said Wednesday that the actor may be back to work by the end of this month. In an interview Thursday, Mr. Rosenfield said that “is true with an asterisk.” He clarified by saying, “That is a target date. Dealing with rehab, you never know.”
The thing is Stan, if history repeats itself which it often does in this case, we pretty much do know.
#160: The Terrible Return of Charlie Sheen!
He just can’t leave well enough alone.
I swore off writing about Charlie Sheen long ago, but you can’t ignore a fire that burns at the edge of your consciousness. Sheen was one of the few celebrities that was gifted enough to justify ignoring his many public failings (Robert Downey Jr. is another) but he has fallen so far so fast that I find myself endlessly fascinated by him.
His latest debacle?
He called in to TMZ Live on Thursday and started in on Two and a Half Men, saying, “I’m tired of lying. I’m tired of pretending the show doesn’t suck. I’m tired of pretending Ashton doesn’t suck. I’m tired of pretending like, they’re not completely adrift. Because when you take away the anchor of your show, you’re adrift. … These guys are like approaching salvage vessel, you know?”
Of course, he took aim at his replacement, Ashton Kutcher, albeit indirectly. “I just feel bad for him. He’s saddled with such bad writing.”
He also admitted he still watches the show that gave so much to him; quite a shock, right? “When the show was good, it was great. But now, there’s just nothing about it that’s interesting. I forget that it’s on the air. It’s kind of leaving your child behind with somebody and them not really taking very good care of it.”
Like he could ever help himself.
Image via WikipediaSeriously, Charlie, leave people alone, will you?
I suppose Sheen just couldn’t stand Whitney Houston hogging the spotlight by dying.
Sorry, Charlie, but even with Tiger Blood pumping through your veins, you can’t compete with death.
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