Charlie Sheen: From Tiger Blood Hero to Has-Been?

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted Jun 27th 2011 01:25PM

From waving Samurai swords on rooftops to making arguably one of the most important contributions to the urban dictionary in 2011 (Winning!), Charlie Sheen was on the tip of everyone's tongues for months as he battled his ex-wives, the media, and (most likely) the voices in his head.

But as the self-proclaimed warlock's live 'Violent Torpedo' tour came to an end in April so did Sheen's fairytale funhouse, once populated with briefcases of blow and a gaggle of goddesses -- and with it went any hope of salvaging the mega million dollar career that financed it all.

A younger, shinier Sheen, Ashton Kutcher, announced that he would be replacing the actor on 'Two and a Half Men,' Sheen's wife, Brooke Mueller, officially divorced the equally troubled bottom of the bottle bather and the D-list endorsement deals (Just Chill beverage, EstablishedMen.com) came trickling -- ever so slightly -- in. As of late, Mueller has even gotten more TV time than her fame-making ex-husband, staring in Paris Hilton's latest hearty try at a reality show, 'The World According to Paris.'

Sheen's initially impressive million twitter followers in one day soon plateaued and his already tacit bio, "unemployed winner," seemed to be sporting a superfluous modified noun. High on the fumes of his crash and burn acting career (but, nonetheless, still hocking his sweltering ego), Sheen soon began accepting applications for his very own "tiger blood" intern. More than 70,000 applicants, hoping to get close to the man who was pretending to have it all (maybe his acting career wasn't quite toast yet) gave it their best shot in 140 characters or less, but almost five months later, Sheen still has yet to choose his apprentice. Perhaps he has realized, along with the rest of us, who had our noses pushed against the glass to get a glimpse of the train wreck, that there is nothing to see.

Although, we will hand it to the maniacal magician -- whose $2 million per episode career went poof along with any legal repercussions for the naked stripper locked in his hotel closet -- for keeping his musings on the front page of every tabloid and gossip column as long as he did.

But what now for the actor who seems to have run out of quippy one-liners and the full attention of his fellow glassy-eyed pretend pundits? If we don Sheen's warlock hat for a moment and look into our crystal ball we see a series of 'wacky uncle' sitcom guest spots or a Viagra-like endorsement deal but anything more doesn't seem to be in the cards for the man who represents just that.

The sun has risen in the house of Sheen and at just as steep an incline, has fallen just the same -- we just don't know whether to rejoice or start the grieving process.

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Monday 27 June

By plz

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Well when your wrong Charlie, your wrong.

By Mike

Thank God this fiasco is over! Now if we could just get rid of Lindsay, Michael, Dina Lohan, all of the Kardashians, Bieber, all the Bachelors (and Bachelorettes) AND the Jersey Shore, the world would be a better place!

By ellen

I'm with you Mike get rid of all the losers and put some GOOD stuff on t.v. for a change. Remember nights on t.v.good stuff like Cheers,NYPD Blues, ER etc. Now thank God for NCIS or there'd be nothing to watch.

By Lenny

I agree. Amen to that.

By lily

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Amen to that! These people are getting RICH of those who watch these lame shows. Give me a break already. Enough is enough!

By Robert

charlie shim is a pathetic douchebag who was born into fame and fortune and didn't know what to do with it. his own family disowned him because he has brought nothing except disgrace and shame on them. His own children must be going through hell on earth everytime someone finds out that he is thier father. Can you imagine being related to him. They should definately have charlie put to sleep. We can ALL agree on that.

By Kathy

He ruined it for himself.

Tuesday 28 June

By Roxanne

Charlie Sheen has no one else but Charlie Sheen to blame for his troubles and misfortune. He had the world by the tail and blew it, big time.

By Elle

Said it from the beginning and say it again. Sheen is very sick. Mental illness is as real and as serious as physical illness and everyone from the twitter followers to the hangers on to the celebrity news sites who treated him like a circus act were doing the worst and cruelest thing. Instead of yanking him off the ledge everyone was yelling 'Jump!'
His illness has run the usual trajectory of these things - soar, stall, crash. Sad, sad, sad.

By deanne

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Slow news day? Your article lacked any semblance of substance.

By Woo-hoo

Got arrogance? You read the article. Must have interested you, huh?

Elle, you are absolutely Correct in your post and that is the nature of our society's character today. And That is also sad.

By themeeker

Well, the manic phase of his current outburst is over, so the crash must be imminent. It was bound to happen.

LOSING...

By yolanda

I'm such an animal lover, that I can't get over the fact that he probably starved his dog to death.....let him suffer the same anguish and humiliation......this man is a monster !!!!

By gibi1950

Its to bad Charlie that you need to hit bottom before the light turns on.

By frank demetrowitz

this writer is smitten with his verbiage and says nothing new.how can he get paid for nothing?interview Charlie and tell us what he thinks. tell us of the status of his contractual talks.talk to his former mistresses.do something significant.

By Pamela

I hope we never hear from him again and he never gets a job offer on TV or anything else. He is a loser and we need to show our kids losers do not win.

By John

The answer is simple. Rejoice. Mr. Sheen will never recover as long as his gravy train continues. When he is truly broke he will finally start to value sobriety and then, hopefull, he can recover and rebuild his life.

Geez, Ellen. You must be as old as me! But you are so right. What on earth happened to quality programming? Hill Street Blues, the old ER, before it became a soap opera, NYPD Blue....This summer I am watching only one show, Flashpoint. Other than that, I just do yard work or take a walk.

By mem

It was only a matter of time before Charlie would burn out his star. Hopefully now he'll get the help he needs. As for AOL, they sure rode this wave with any bit of gossip the could muster on a daily basis. Guess that's why we are getting to much information on the Kardashians, AOL's new news cow.

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