Another Chunk of Scandal for Charlie Train Wreck
Today's news that
Charlie Sheen was found drunk, angry and naked in a New York hotel room was amusing, but far from surprising. The star, who was born into show business and became famous in his own right with major movie roles in the '80s, has been no stranger to scandal.
When it comes to the golden sombrero of personal strikeouts, Sheen is really swinging (and missing) for the fences. The film and television star has become more infamous for his revolving door trips to rehab and the county jail than his successful acting career. But, to his credit, his behavior would have you think that he's determined to overshadow all his professional accomplishments with epic feats of stupidity, in which case, we'll label him a wild success.
Whether it's his well-documented penchant for class A drugs and prostitutes, or attacking his wife on Christmas, Sheen got a fast start as a delinquent. One of his earliest missteps came in 1990 when he accidentally shot his then-fiancee Kelly Preston. According to his side of the story, he had forgotten about a revolver he put in his pants pocket and it went off while Preston was moving clothes in the bathroom. The bullet struck the toilet and Preston's arm was grazed by shrapnel. Not surprisingly, they called off the engagement soon after.
Hey Charlie, is that a revolver in your pocket or are you just ... oh, never mind.
He still managed to keep it together through the early 90s even though his reputation as a drug addict and womanizer was becoming common knowledge. He had a short-lived marriage to model Donna Peele in 1995, the same year he was called to testify in Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss's trial where he admitted that he was a regular customer. When the judge asked him why he would pay for sex, Sheen reportedly responded, "I don't pay them for sex. I pay them to leave." Priceless.
See RadarOnline.com creator and executive vice president David Perel talk Charlie Sheen's latest incident with PopEater:
In 1997, Sheen was involved in his second domestic violence incident when his girlfriend Brittany Ashland accused him of attacking her when she refused to have sex. He pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation and a $2,800 fine. But his most serious ordeal happened the following year when he was rushed to the hospital with a drug and alcohol overdose. He checked into rehab soon after he was released. It was his second stint since he entered a facility in 1990 for exhaustion.
His life seemed to take a positive turn when he married
Denise Richards in 2002. The couple had two daughters together, but their relationship went sour four years later when Richards filed for divorce while she was pregnant with their second child. The break-up got even more bitter when she got a restraining order against him. By the time the dust had settled, she had accused him of everything from relapsing into drug abuse to cheating to threatening to kill her to being addicted to gay and kiddie porn--she probably also blamed him for global warming and the national debt at some point there too.
However, accusations of kiddie porn addiction don't have any effect on a celebrity's romantic mojo. He met real estate investor Brooke Mueller shortly after through mutual friends Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart, and she became blushing bride number three in 2008. With a starring role on the hit sitcom 'Two and a Half Men' and the birth of their twin sons Max and Bob in the spring of 2009, we were once again lulled into the false hope that Sheen had put his reckless ways behind him for good. But that image was promptly shattered when news broke that he had been arrested for attacking Mueller and threatening her with a knife...on Christmas Day, no less. The incident landed him in rehab for the third time as a "preventative measure." Too bad someone forgot to tell him that "preventative" implies doing something before the fact, not after.
He was charged with felony menacing and misdemeanor assault and criminal mischief, but he reportedly copped a plea that dropped the felony charge and landed him 30 days in jail. On top of that, a judge granted him permission to serve the time in a rehab facility instead.
But clearly rehab didn't do him much good. In October 2010, he was carted off to a hospital after police found him drunk, belligerent and wearing nothing but his birthday suit in his Plaza Hotel room, which was as trashed as he was. The star had reportedly flown into a rage when he thought his paid escort-who was also naked and, not to mention, terrified-stole his wallet. He was reportedly treated for an adverse allergic reaction to medication...medication that probably resembled a fine white powder dusting his nostrils.
But if fellow actors
Robert Downey Jr. and Mickey Rourke can teach us anything, there
is hope for embattled stars to make comebacks in the face of adversity, and as much as Sheen's mistakes have offered an enduring source for tabloid fodder, we're rooting for him to turn things around.
More on Charlie's scandalous history >>
Who Should Play Christian & Anastasia In 'Fifty Shades Of Grey'?
Mad Men: 'Chevy Is Spelled Wrong!'
Add a comment
Spoilt Brat
Reply
GOD bless you Mr sheen everyone that bad mouths you on here is a numbnut and probley has sinned worse than you anyway they are prudes and need to crawl under the rock they have came from your all sinners so get a life and take a long look at your pathetic selves
Reply
idiot
Charlie has the world by the tail and is rapidly heading toward self destruction. What a shame, but stupid is as stupid does to quote a movie character. Maybe he should marry Lindsey Lohan? Having said that, the so called "journalist" who wrote the article should stick to the facts instead of injecting unproven glib remarks. You ain't funny, chicky.
Reply
Grow up loser ,would not survive a day in the real world insulated punk needs an a&% WHIPPING ,GET REAL PUNK A%&
Reply
There are so many people in the world with REAL problems. I am proud to say that I have NEVER turned to drugs or alcohol in my life. I want to live life! Not screw it up, risk it, or not remember it. ALL of these celebrities who mess themselves up like this are just plain stupid and lucky they ever got hired. If we'd stop praising them and hiring them maybe they would be something to look up to. In the mean time, I'll look for decent heroes.
Reply
Seems like a hotel room is the perfect place to be drunk and naked, if you have money just pay for the damages to the room instead of having to have people work on your house. And who doesn't get pissed off when the hooker clips your wallet, there is all kinds of stuff in there besides just money.
Reply
What do you mean Sheen is like Lohan? Are you kidding? Lohan never shot her financee with a GUN, she was never arrested for domestic violence (repeatedly), she never dated prostitutes, she was caught with cocaine in her possession, she never lived with a Porn Star, she was never charged with felonies, she is not as old as Sheen, she never beat up her spouse in front of children, she was never charged with trashing a hotel room while naked, she was never in Heidi Fleishe little black book, she was never Heidi's best customers (Johns) so tell us...how is Lohan like Sheen? Lets not have double standards and be hypacritical! Lets GET REAL!
Reply
He doesn't need jail. He needs to get his head together. It's called alcoholism, and it been around forever. Everybody knows one!Good luck to him.
Reply
CORRECTION: I meant Lohan was never caught with cocaine in her possion like Sheen.
Reply
How long before charlie kills himself or before someone kills him. His brain has got to be burned out from years of drug use.
Reply
He makes a million dollars a show on 2 1/2 men-thats enough for his habits and to stay out of jail.
Reply
i like charlie but i fear he is going the same route as john belushi,i hope he seeks professional help soon.
Reply
Yep, thats the way folks just kick the guy in the teeth for his actions,,,Its for sure none of you understand about drunks and adictions. Of course he needs help thats a no brainer but it has to be his choice as no one can convince a drunk to clean up, They are something has to bring them to that point in there life to make that deceision and no one else,,,so all the bad mouth or jail time in the world will help him to make that move. So my advice to all of you do gooders and holy rollers take a course in human behavier where drugs and booze is there way of survival. The old story is walk a mile in a mans shoes before you judge him,,,Fame and fortune is sometimes a crutch more than a cure for happiness.
Reply
I Know just the rehab to cure all his addictions and it serves 3 meals a day , has entertainment , rooms fit for a queen,and 24 hour personal security,and the staff are there to cater to your every need and you talk about cheep this place is almost 100% funded by the Feds. sounds almost too good to be TRUE Don't it??
Reply
tdestiny, there are millions and millions of people in this world who have never used drugs or alcohol, you don't get a medal for living life the way you should.
Reply
I don't think a full-on jail sentence is the answer for Charlie at this point, because he also has the cast and crew of Two and a Half Men who are depending on him to show up every day for work. Maybe some sort of work-release program, where he can work on the show every day, but he has to go back to a correctional facility at night. It seems to me that this would be the best thing.
Reply
Since when is there a law about being drunk and naked in a hotel room?
Reply
I have stopped watching 2 and a half because it is so trashy like Charlie Sheen. He is going to kill a woman and probably then he will get off as well. He is disgusting and CBS should cancel his show.
Reply
OMG I don't know how many times I cracked up when I read this. Best line ever, "I dont pay them for sex. I pay them to leave." That is seriously funny, the rest of his life tale is a pathetic joke.
Reply