Charlie Sheen: I'm Going to Haiti With Sean Penn
What a week it's been for
Charlie Sheen. Nevermind his media rants, boasts of tiger blood, new
Twitter account,
drug tests, flaunting of
"goddesses" and latest
custody crisis. Now, Sheen has announced a whole new agenda: helping others.
Sheen, 45, told
Access Hollywood on Friday that he's making plans to travel to Haiti with
Sean Penn, one of Hollywood's most active providers of assistance ever since the nation's devastating January 2010 earthquake.
"We're going to do a couple things first, and then it looks like we're heading down [to Haiti]," Sheen confirmed during his call-in interview
. "And I'm excited as hell because, you know, if I can bring the attention of the world down there, then clearly, this tsunami keeps cresting."
Penn spends time in Haiti frequently as his foundation, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, continues charitible efforts on the ground. The Oscar winner's rep initally denied Sheen's claim. But then Penn spoke up late Friday about Sheen helping Haitians.
In a statement, Penn says, "I think his energies, intelligence and passion could be both of service and servicing to him, as it is to all who are touched by the struggle of the Haitian people....Charlie is one of the very few public people who cannot be accused of using the media to his own benefit."
"I would very much like to show my old friend the world of needs on the ground in Haiti, and introduce him and his tremendous wit to our hard working Haitian staff," Penn adds. "If he chooses to give support, I'll trust it."
No word yet on whether the goddesses, a.k.a. Sheen's girlfriends (Rachel Oberlin and Natalie Kenly) will pack their bags and travel to Haiti, too. They may have time on their hands now that they're no longer helping care for Sheen's 2-year-old sons, the adorable twins who appeared on a
20/20 profile filmed inside Sheen's mansion. The boys were
abruptly removed from their father's care this week.
Sheen, Oberlin and Kenly recently returned from a vacation in the Bahamas, where the TV star was kicking back on a break from 'Two and a Half Men' (a hiatus the network demanded along with drug rehab for Sheen), when he inexplicably picked up the phone and began his streak of
self-destructive rants. His radio chat with Alex Jones included calling his CBS boss Chuck Lorre
"Chaim Levine," a nickname that incensed anti-defamation organizations.
But there's a twist:
Sheen now reveals that he's Jewish. And he remains concerned that fans not label him anti-Semitic.
Sheen, born Carlos Irwin Estevez, told Access Hollywood, "
My mom [Janet Templeton] is Jewish. Here's where it gets confusing: We don't know who her father was....But she is, in fact, Jewish. So, I guess that would make me Jewish, and my children Jewish. And Brooke [Mueller], my ex-wife, is Jewish. So, I guess I should've rolled all that out, too....Stupid me, I just got caught sleeping, caught napping. Which is rare for me....But, I'm proud of it. There you have it."
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The guy says "I want to go help some people in Haiti," and probably will, and some of you are wishing death on this guy? Take a step back, and tell me who the "real" wack-jobs are. Whoever is hating on Charlie for this has some serious issues in their own lives.
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Jimmy....
Horsehocky......he just wants another photo op.
The guy is a loony tune and he needs to be put
put away, before he hurts someone. End of topic.
gotta love the spelling police,nothing to say so they have to insult peoples spelling,what a winner you must be.NOTT!
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Butt wipe.
Maybe with a little luck both Charlie and Sean Penn will stay in Haiti and we in the US will be rid of both of them...nah, we couldn't be that lucky
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They may , the drugs and prostitutes are cheeper
You know that is exactly what he will do...if he even goes...Charlie is all Charlie
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Charlie Sheen is a JERK!!!
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Did anyone see Charlie Sheen on Piers Morgan last night for the hour?? He was actually VERY lucid and quite witty. I had never seen him give an interview before this. I had never paid much attention to him and do not like the show "Two and a Half Men"--but this guy is very intelligent and I was very surprised.
I am thinking CBS will give him his show back with a raise after all is said and done...he was their moneymaker.
Too bad they are more worried about helping other countries instead of their own. What a bunch of LOSERS!!!
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Where's the publicity in quietly providing aid to your own country?
What a munch.
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Will Charlie and Sean be taking a private jet to Haiti so they can take their personal supply of drugs into the country? I wonder how much good either of them can do if they are (out of it).
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Charlie, please stay when you get there!
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WOW. now it's a Foursome. "playing Through"
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Charlie, you should read my book on your flight: SOS Safely Obtaining Sobriety: The Alcohol Recovery Aid by George Legacy. It will probably help you in the long run. Perhaps you did read it recently. A lot of what you have been saying is in my book.
You're actually going somewhere else with Sean Penn if you don't turn from your evil ways.
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I see a new show on the horizion. "Lost celebrity rehab househusbands". I wonder who will play Gilligan. Charlie will definitely be Thurston Howell.
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Haiti does not need this crazy.. Sean don't take this with you
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so true.