Unexpectedly, Charlie Sheen showed up on Piers Morgan LIVE tonight.
You can watch video clips from the interview here.
Below is our liveblog of the show.
9PM:
Piers wonders what the problem is, considering how good the ratings have been.
Sheen: "I can understand why they had to intervene when they did."
He did miss a couple days of practice, but never any "money days."
When Piers suggests he's a smart businessman, Charlie suggests he hasn't saved any.
Sheen doesn't know of any advertisers who pulled the plug, but that if there were any, that'd be a legitimate reason for him to change his behavior.
Before his suspension, he had a meeting with Les Moonves at his house in which he was urged to switch gears.
On the air Sheen is calling on Les Moonves or Chuck Lorre to give him a call.
Piers asks Sheen if he's on any drugs, and Sheen shows him a clean drug test.
9:22: This is Glynnis now.
Piers says Charlie sounds "alarmingly normal" and he definitely sounds MORE normal than he did this morning on Today.
Charlie says he's a happy guy. Suffice to say, based solely on his appearance he doesn't look so happy.
A number of media folk on Twitter are reacting strongly right now to the idea that Piers think Charlie seems normal or not addicted. David Folkenflik (NPR): Sorry, @piersmorgan, the idea that Sheen doesn't sound crazy or addicted is either pandering or itself untethered.
James Poniewozik (TIME): TMZ kissed up but gave Sheen enough rope. So far Piers is just kissing up & letting him do damage control.
Charlie remarking that it's okay for him to be a drinker and womanizer on the show but not in real life (except not sure this is true).
Katie Rosman (WSJ): This is Network. [Charlie Sheen is Howard Sheen]
Charlie now talking about 'the goddesses.' He has two girlfriend...it's the wedge. 'Formation that controls the guy carrying the ball.'
Piers says he's a family guy and aware people out there want him to be tougher.
Charlie says he doesn't do pills. He used to take cocaine. USED TO.
Piers asks about how Charlie's kids deal with the negative attention. Charlie says he has never had drugs in the house around his kids 'that's just common sense and courtesy.' Indeed.
Charlie: I feel more alive now. More focused. More intense. (Because he is 'sober')
Sean Penn was over the other night. He met the goddesses. Also, Mel Gibson called to voice his support (unclear how this bolsters Charlie's side of things considering both treatment of women and Jewish ref).
Okay. The media people on my twitter feed are starting to depart (or at least make noises about departing). Lots of talk about Charlie's mania.
Is it hard being the highest paid star in American television? Charlie: I'm sure that's one of the elements...but that's not it entirely.
Ok. Piers FINALLY asks Charlie about girlfriend abuse. Charlie says he's 'never hit a woman...woman are to be hugged.'
Now asking about Sheen's PR guy who quit today. Charlie: 'What's to control, enjoy the ride!...we're winning, look at the progress I've made in the last few days.'
About father Martin Sheen: Relax! I think people think I am worse off than I am...I'm here to win across the board.
Piers: "You keep using that word [winning]. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Ah ha! And cut to the Dr. Drew clip from the other night. Charlie: "Come on man, that;s ridiculous. To have a prognosis about a man you haven't been in the same room with." Good point!
Charlie Sheen, who has done non stop interviews all day, thinks it's bizarre he's the center of media attention compared to Libya. "Bizarre nature of the business I'm in."
Sheen: "Chuck Lorre calls me by my real name Carlos Esteves a lot. I saw [his Jewish name] in a vanity card, used it, and all of the sudden the world is burning around me."
Sheen hasn't spoken to cast members. 'Don't feel like there's a lot of support...no one has issued a statement. But that's how a movement starts sometimes...with one man."
Piers: "You are like the Che Guevera of Hollywood at the moment. Ooof. And: I kind of feel like TV needs you. Oof again.
And that's that.
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