Charlie Sheen: I'm Going to Haiti With Sean Penn

By Christine Fenno Posted Mar 5th 2011 08:00AM

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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Tags: charlie sheen, haiti, sean penn, Two and a Half Men

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Saturday 05 March

By madonna

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note to sean penn: if you're down to charlie sheen to help haiti, you're all screwed...

By mahlg08

MAHL G is the HOTTEST "NEW" Hip Hop artist out!
dis guy's winning (in my Charlie Sheen voice)!
follow his TWITTER 2 start: @mahlgee

By donmar1973

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That is great!! But what about the millions of families in the good old USA that are hurting!!! And what about our military and the mess the are facing and the lack of good medical care they return home to face - medical and emotional. Let's take care of our own FIRST!!!!

Sunday 06 March

By meilee

I always liked Sean Penn.. he is his own person.. what he is doing is helping out someone and hoping that it will help everyone concernned.. everyone is worth saving... Good luck Sean and Charlie and hope it will do a lot to help Haiti.

By YellowRose3218

A cocaine user will not leave their drugs behind.
Theres no way Charlie will stay in Haiti, unless hes not afraid to smuggle his dope.

By bill weather

He hasn't used the media....until now. Even a meglomaniac like Sheen knows it's time to do something to change his image.

By Lisa

Who is he kidding? he wants to help haiti,
he can`t even help himself. Do us a favor
stay the hell out of haiti they have enough
problems.Get your own sorry excuse for a life
in order before you help someone else.

By Confederado

Oh boy Charlie!!! Real cheap hookers, if you can stand their knuckles dragging the ground!

By cat

now you want to be a humanitarin . please , you dont have it in you .

Monday 07 March

By Thom

Calling all porn stars and hookers, Chuckle's needs a posse' for Haiti.

By Sandy McMillan

And I hope they both stay there!!!!

Monday 28 March

By ms.r

i dont care about charlie or sean.there is a place down south in the usa . that still needs help .i beleive its new orleans ask brad pit.poor haiti it dont coast to help were are the people for us yes US .look around the home front first

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