Sheen’s latest ultimatum: $3m per episode
Update: Charlie Sheen now wants a pay rise if he's to return to his sitcom and threatens legal action. Now his publicist of 7 years has resigned.
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Yes, there will come a time when there are not daily posts about Charlie Sheen.
Media oxygen, including on here, will evaporate. But right now this is still a major media story.
In his latest series of interviews (now including NBC, another rival network to CBS), Sheen demands $3m an episode, up from his current whopping pay packet of $2m. Take it or leave it, he says.
So that’s a cool $1m raise?
“Yeah, look what they put me through,” he says.
They?
He even says he is underpaid.
“I’m tired of pretending I’m not special.”
CBS -apparently- should apologise by “licking my feet.”
He also gave an interview to Radar Online’s Dylan Howard (former Seven News reporter) with more outrageous claims.
“They’ve not protected me. They’ve not said ‘Mr. Lorre I’m sorry you’re a clown, bye bye. We’re taking care of dude because he’s a rock star, a legend.’
“Why isn’t anybody like rushing to my aid, rushing to protect me, rushing to protect their most valuable commodity? The guy they say – the guy who Peter Roth (President) says, ‘he keeps the light on at Warner Bros.’”
Sheen has been losing support from all quarters: network, studio, producers, family, fellow actors, publicists.
Last night Nine dropped its Two and a Half Men repeat in Brisbane only, presumably to see how The Big Bang Theory would fare in the timeslot.
He also told ABC: “I’m gonna sue for what I’m worth and what I deserve and what they think they can take from me. They can’t.
“I don’t have a job. I got a whole family to support and love. And — people beyond myself, people a lot more important than me, are relying on that money to — fuel the magic.”
Radar has since verified that Sheen passed a drug and urine test. What about a sanity one?
UPDATE: Lawyers for Charlie Sheen have sent Warner Bros. and CBS a letter threatening legal action if the studio doesn’t resume production of ‘Two and a Half Men’ or pay Sheen the money owed on his contract.
UPDATE: Veteran Hollywood publicist Stan Rosenfield, who represented Charlie Sheen through the actor’s rehab attempts and breakup with his employers on the hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men,” abruptly resigned on Monday. “I have worked with Charlie Sheen for a long time and I care about him very much,” Rosenfield wrote in a brief statement. “However, at this time, I’m unable to work effectively as his publicist and have respectfully resigned.” In a follow-up e-mail, Rosenfield said he had represented Sheen for at least seven years.
Source: EW, NY Daily News, Hollywood Reporter, LA Times
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He used to be high on cocaine, now he’s high on imaginary power.
Wow! he’s more deluded than Moammar Gadhafi.
Why this show is consistently the highest rating television comedy in America and Sheen the highest paid comedy actor, continues to baffle me. With his flat, one-tone delivery, Sheen shouldn’t even be considered the star of the show. If anyone, the title should go to the supporting cast (with extra props to the female cast), who, in light of recent events, should be the ones receiving a pay rise for having to put up with this self-destructive, self-important, egotistical narcissist. I hope this is the end of him. Pity the cast and crew will most likely go down with him too. It would be awesome if he was just replaced.
Thank you Nine for finally pulling the plug on repeats at least. It was way overdue.
This continuing arrogance shows no sense of responsibility or remorse for his behaviour, no sense of accountability for his addictions …. and therefore the growing negative impact he is having on so many other people’s lives.
He is a disgrace! In a state of massive denial and now appears delusional.
This cannot continue to be supported by continuing the show.
“Why isn’t anybody like rushing to my aid, rushing to protect me, rushing to protect their most valuable commodity?
Because your a complete douche.
“I don’t have a job. I got a whole family to support and love. And — people beyond myself, people a lot more important than me, are relying on that money to — fuel the magic.”
‘Magic’?…He means cocaine.
I feel the sentiments expressed on here are far to negative towards Mister Sheen. Everyone is making $millions out of his performances, it is only right that he receives his fair share. I can not think of any other actor that will deliver the lines so enigmatically.
I saw his interview on ACA, and he was just rambling like an absolute madman. With his contacts it wouldn’t be hard to pass a drug and urine test. There are products available on-line even that can help people pass these tests. What an absolute embarassment he is to his father.
He’s out of his mind!!! His co-stars would prob be happy to see the back of him. Seriously, the show wouldn’t be anywhere near as funny without the other characters.
That is why there are 3 episodes fo Big Bang Theory each week. Poor Charlie, he has had too many drugs…
Keep diggin’ that hole, Charlie!
They should start a new show called “Three’s A Crowd” with the same cast and brother Charlie has mysteriously disappeared …
“Why isn’t anybody like rushing to my aid, rushing to protect me, rushing to protect their most valuable commodity?”
“I’m tired of pretending I’m not special.”
This is hilarious stuff.
He would be perfect for a leading role in a situation/comedy.
Erm oh dear! Seems someone has a massive ego!
CBC won’t play ball, they’ll either simply write him out of 2 and a half men or cancel the show altogether.
Methinks someone needs to wake up to themselves and see how much they are really worth…..
Charlie Sheen is a perfect reason to use contraception.
The show is as good as cancelled now.
I just cannot believe what I am reading!!! He thinks he is underpaid????!!! Go dig trenches matie and see what hard work is all about!!! Sir you are overrated….overpaid and overexposed!!! I say get another character in and get this obnoxious self obsessed so-and-so off the show and into the dole queues!!! Charlie once you discover that you are worthless and unemployable in the entertainment industry owing to your sheer stupidity, you will come to wish that you had behaved differently. Nobody in Hollywood cares about you anymore….you don’t exist in their eyes…..you will soon be forgotten…..perhaps you should have drinkies with Mel Gibson!!!!!!
Does anybody really believe that he is sober these days?!
I really think CBS will can his ass. He’s nothing without the writing and show and I hope they don’t bow to his will.
BTW I didn’t watch it last night mainly because I forgot and I’m on the Sunshine coast and apparently it wasn’t on anyway?
Was there any new show last night on Nine?
I can see how Chuck Lorre, Warners and CBS are probably going to reply soon
Dear Charlie
We think cancelling the show is worth the lawsuit.
See you in court.
Charlie Sheen is a legend and is worth every cent of the 3mil per ep. Without him this show is nothing. With him it is the most succesful comedy show on the planet. It is bigger than anything. Give him the money or the world will grind to a halt.
Bring the show back next year without him and as an in-joke have a ridiculous 1-line explanation of why he is gone then never mention it again.
Also, rename the show “Two Men” to imply Sheen was always the “and a Half”!
Show them all that actors are not irreplaceable when the material is good. X Files did 2 seasons with no Mulder and 1 season with neither of the original leads!
This man is an Actor.
Actors are the most highly respected people on Earth.
Perhaps, even the Universe.
Of course he deserves $3 million per episode.
Or $4 million.
We must all submit to the demands of the Actor.
They give the world so much Joy.
Bless you Charlie…
He has developed a Messiah Complex, he is a very disturbed individual. Long term drug and alcohol abuse can exacerbate an underlying mental illness and it appears that Charlie is suffering a doozy. Of course, he is not worth $3M and he won’t be paid that as no studio would want to set a precedent where they are held over a barrel like this by such a sick loser. They’d never live it down. The show has had a good six year run – just can it and spin off Jon Cryer, Holland Taylor and Angus Jones into their own sitcom. It’s not rocket science.
Excuse my French but F him!
People should really not tolerate his type of behaviour and self superiority to think he is worth that an episode. Just kill the show off already, how many seasons it go for anyway?
Take it or leave it?, The way that Charlie’s acted lately. He’ll be lucky if he doesn’t get Blacklisted by Hollywood!