Remember the good old days when Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan were what you talked about around the water cooler? Yes, we thought they were as low as a celebrity could go, but just when you think that, someone else comes along to lower the bar.
Right now, that person is Charlie Sheen. As my husband said the other day, Sheen’s gone so whacko that he wouldn’t be surprised if Sheen showed up with a swastika carved into his forehead, a la another infamous Charlie (Manson for those who don’t get the joke).
In case you missed the Sheen meltdown over the past week, production of his highly rated show “Two and a Half Men” has been halted due to his behavior. He’s spoken proudly about his drug use, said that he is living a “bitchin’ rock star life,” talked trash about his show’s creator Chuck Lorre (among other things saying he “violently hate[s] Lorre” then called him a “clown” and “charlatan”), and referred to himself and an interviewer as “Vatican assassin warlocks,” whatever that means. His publicist quit yesterday and I cannot blame the poor guy.
Oh, and apparently Sheen’s unhappy with his $2 million per episode salary. If “Two and a Half Men” comes back (and sadly, that is looking less and less likely as the days progress), he wants $3 million an episode and Lorre to kiss his feet. Now he’s sued CBS for cancelling the eight remaining episodes of the show because he thinks he should still be paid.
Sheen has to be whacked out on drugs or mentally ill. I mean no sane person could come up with all this stuff and at the manic pace with which he does. I mean seriously, he’s making Britney’s head shaving and Lindsay’s constant parole violation look tame in comparison. Heck, he’s even making Robert Downey Jr.’s waking up in some kid’s bed and Anne Heche’s wandering half dressed up to a house and claiming to be an alien being stories look good.
I just wonder if Britney’s dad could take control of her affairs and become her conservator, why can’t Martin Sheen do it for Charlie? I mean surely no one can look at Sheen and think he’s okay? He looks horrid and everything that comes out of his mouth is a train wreck AND he’s promoting it all. He’s calling people for interviews.
So, if you think Sheen’s looking bad, wait until you read my next blog about someone who’s even making Sheen look…well, no quite so bad.