In Bizarre Radio Interview, Charlie Sheen Slams CBS Execs For Refusing To Let Him Back To Work

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by Mark Joyella | 2:45 pm, February 14th, 2011

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Like Charlie Sheen needed to make some new headlines. The Two and a Half Men star has been on hiatus from the hit CBS sitcom so he can undergo treatment after his recent hospitalization for “abdominal pains” and his incident last October when he trashed a hotel suite in New York.

Monday Sheen appeared on The Dan Patrick Show, saying he tried to go back to work on his CBS show only to end up “banging on the stage door” when no one would let him in. CBS had previously announced the network was suspending production of the show over “profound concern” for Sheen’s health and well-being.

Sheen said he was confused since CBS executives had made him promises. “[The execs] said ‘You get ready and we’ll get ready’ … and I got ready and went back and nobody was there … I don’t know what to tell ya.”

Sheen also discussed his sobriety (it’s been “off and on,” but right now it’s “100 percent” on) and the actor–strangely–bragged about his ability to handle crack:

“(There have been) rumors that I’ve had problems with crack, so it just came out of me like poetry. … [I] said stay off the crack, and I still think that’s pretty good advice, unless you can manage it socially, Dan. If you can manage it socially, then go for it, but not a lot of people can.”

Listen to it here, from The Dan Patrick Show:

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BatBoy

Charlie is doing right now what most Con’s do.

He showed up at UCLA baseball practice with a bottle of chocolate milk, telling them to stay off crack.

That is typical “Con” behavior. They want to save the world, but do not have what it takes to save themselves.
justanotherconservative

hey charlie. you’re a loser. period.
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Charlie can handle crack. LOL. He has to pay for all his crack even the female kind.
TeaPartyPatriot

sheen simply won’t let lohan take back the title of “Most Depraved Hollywood Degenerate” no matter how much she steals. That title is better than an Academy Award – since it requires NO hard work and you don’t have to sleep with even one member of the Academy to get it !
lazzzlo

Yikes!
The_Reasonable_Lib

I wonder if some of these conservatives feel the same about Rush Limbaugh and his drug addiction.
lazzzlo

Oh well, in his mind…chicks did toothless guys.
lazzzlo

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
I wonder if some of these conservatives feel the same about Rush Limbaugh and his drug addiction.

C’mon now. If someone does fall down in their past and change; they should be obliged the opportunity to prove themselves.

Rush is obnoxious. But he seems to have satisfied that aforementioned obligation.

It’s a hard line but lots of people fall down.

Some pick themselves up.
BatBoy

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
I wonder if some of these conservatives feel the same about Rush Limbaugh and his drug addiction.

Not really…they were on two different paths, both of which were Rocky!

Rush kept his problem pretty much to himself…but he ended up getting treated.

Charlie is doing the “CON” thing, wanting to convince everyone else not to do dope, but failing to convince the most important person… himself.
jkedit

Unlike what appears to be most of the commenters here, as well as the headline writer, I listened to the entire interview with Sheen as it happened, and it’s a long stretch to describe it as “bizarre.” He was hyper and a little weird, but he’s always been hyper and a little weird. Moreover, he was making fun of himself and his situation when he made the jokes — and they were jokes, clearly, to anyone who can pick up on nuance and irony — about showing up for work and about handling crack socially. He has a sardonic sense of humor and was poking a lot of fun at himself, and instead of reporting it that way, it’s being interpreted as some sort of serious interview where he was giving grave, thoughtful answers to probing questions. I’m not apologizing for Sheen, his lifestyle and bad choices, or his inability to truly get help and get better. I’m simply pointing out that the headline to this piece is misleading, and the writer’s take on the interview is absent of any appreciation of irony and self-depracation. No one makes more fun of himself than Charlie Sheen.
Puter Boi

jkedit said:
Unlike what appears to be most of the commenters here, as well as the headline writer, I listened to the entire interview with Sheen as it happened

Me too, JK……and I heard the same thing you did. It was funny…topical…and self deprecating. He is a friend of Dan Patrick so that might explain the call in the first place. I was in my car listening and I totally enjoyed the call.
Gasket

Since when do $$ companies care for the health and well being of their employees? What a bunch of horse-shit! They are just trying to shield themselves from the negative attention Charlie is bringing to them. There IS a reason he’s still their employee. He brings them big bacon.