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Bad things tend to happen when Two and a Half Men star Charlie Sheen is not working. This morning, Sheen was taken to the hospital with severe abdominal pain, the actor’s publicist Stan Rosenfield confirmed. Men is on hiatus this week, so Sheen is not due back to work until Tuesday. It is not clear if his illness will affect the show’s production schedule. Earlier this month, Sheen briefly saw a doctor for what was described as an ear infection. This is the fourth incident involving Sheen that has happened while he is off the show, following his Christmas 2009 arrest in Colorado, his November New York hotel room episode that resulted in a trip to the hospital and his recent Las Vegas weekend escapade. Today’s hospitalization comes hours after Sheen’s Men co-star Jon Cryer joked on Conan last night that he checks TMZ every morning to see if he should go to work. (Today’s Sheen hospital visit story was broken by the gossip site, which provides salacious details about heavy partying that allegedly preceded it.) And at TCA, CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler acknowledged the network brass are concerned on a “on a personal level, but (Sheen) has his job, he does it well, and the show is a hit.” As we previously reported, CBS and Men producer Warner Bros. TV have been looking for ways to get Sheen to seek professional help for his addiction, including shutting down production on the show, but Sheen has refused to do so and has retained top litigator Marty Singer, threatening to sue the studio if they stop production.
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The show won’t be a hit when he’s dead.
If you want the cash cow to keep producing milk, you have to take action to care for it’s health.
Great comment. I think the show should write an episode with Charlie drinking and drugging himself to death and then make himself watch (as a ghost) his children and family at his funeral, and make it a very long funeral with lots of takes.
Huh? This isn’t Blossom.
That sounds like a ‘bruised’ liver. I honestly hope it’s not so bad. Sad. I really hope it’s something minor. Get well dude!
Peter Roth and Nina Tassler, if they had were truly Charlie’s friends and truly concerned for his welfare should have told him he was off the the show if he didn’t go to rehab for six months…
Instead they will be the first to speak at his funeral. Crying and wailing and saying what a shock this all is.
Do they realize how transparent they are?
Since he was “smart” enough to drink himself into oblivion on hiatus, CBS will yet again make excuses, cover up for him, and look the other way. While his costars and celeb ass kissers will wish him well ignoring the obvious. He’s on his way to being a celeb listed at the In Memorium part of the next major awards show. At what point will someone show him tough love? At what point will he lose his job? Lohan lost her career. Sheen however seems to just get away with anything. It’s both sad and sexist the way no one is calling him on his sh*t nor axing his arse from the show.
It’s not sexist. Lohan lost her career because she stopped rendering services. As CBS and WBTV have made clear, Sheen is still performing. Believe me, the minute he can’t make it through a taping, they’ll go after him for breach.
When was Lohan unable to render services? I think the point is that Sheen is on a hit Tv show, while she is not. Remember I Know Who Killed Me?
Lohan was unable to render services on the Lovelace picture because she was in court, jail and rehab and the pic kept postponing.
When Lilo was booked on a film she would miss days or show up late. Charlie is never dumb enough to screw up a production day.
That movie is a joke and has problems even getting financing let alone distribution!!
When Lilo was booked on a film she would miss days or show up late. Charlie is never dumb enough to screw up a production day.
Comment by Nellie — Thursday January 27, 2011 @ 3:43pm PST
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That was 4 years ago: she made 2 movies after that and the producers and directors were had no problems with her. Not to mention the fact that she made crappy movies.
As for Lilo, it isn’t just that she isn’t on a hit show or had a hit movie lately — when she did that movie with Jane Fonda (which I can’t recall the name of right now), she got a warning letter from the producers for her flaky attendance. Even a recent photo shoot for her own line of clothing, she was reportedly 12 hours or so late. This affects insurability. Producers can’t get insurance, whereas Charlie still keeps his work commitments.
Yep and Marty Singer will yell about legalities in order to let Charlie kill himself. pig
A new episode aired last week and Charlie looked really haggard. He looked really thin and tired (more than usual). Sad to think that people around him say it’s just “Charlie being Charlie”…..
He looked so thin. I thought it was Christian Bale for a minute.
The guy’s got a playboy mentality, unlike his papa. Playboys usually get into trouble and he’s no exception.
Warren Beatty was a playboy. Robert Evans was a playboy. Charlie is proving to be nothing more than a coke and porn addict!
er, I believe you meant coke and porn star addict… with a license to print MONEY!!! pump his stomach, get him hydrated and get him back on the set so the presses can keep rolling. come on people, Leslie has stockholders to appease.
He’s addicted to both. Look at the records from his divorce with Richards.
Severe abdominal pain is code for explosive diarrhea. Just come out and say it. No need to protect this ass.
Shut up Ho!
Given his alcohol issues is ‘severe abdominal pain’ a major symptom for liver issues.
He sure is prone to a lot of “illnesses.” Take some Pepto and “Git back to work!”
CBS won’t be satisfied until he’s dead.
Ha-ha, Charlie my boy, you keep em laughing! Lay off Charlie folks. He’s got a strong constitution, he’s a young man sowing his wild oats and most of all, HE IS A SURVIVOR! So let Charlie be charlie. He’s a man’s man, you chicks wouldn’t understand. He’s the pride of Malibu even though he doesn’t actually live in the ‘bu he still parties hardy here and the merchants and restauant owners and cocktail servers love his big tips, his nice smile and his friendly way!
Malibu Rocks, out.
Young man sowing wild oats?! He’s 45 and has two kids. He’s making himself look like a freaking idiot. And like you said, the only people who think he’s a hoot and so much fun are people who are making money off of him. What really counts in a person’s life is how they treat other people and whether or not they value their life. He clearly doesn’t value his life and must not give much of a sh*t about his daughters. Yeah, that’s a real class act right there. A guy trying to act half his age, doing illegal drugs, and f*cking so many porn stars he’s probably got a half a dozen STDs. What a life, what fun! NOT.
Uh, he has four kids, not two, but your other points remain valid.
Charlie has five kids, one who is 25 from a previous relationship back in the day.
Oh crap I forgot. I was thinking he just had the two with Denise. Well then that’s even worse, just adds on to the number of people he’s throwing aside in exchange for coke and porn. Classy guy, classy guy.
He actually has 5 kids, including the daughter that just got married.
But, I can understand not remembering. Its a sure thing that Charlie doesn’t.
UHH actually he has 5 kids not 4
I bleed for him, I really —–.
I’m sure he has a pleasant personality and a lot of good qualities, but “chicks” understand all too well physically abusive, alcohol, drug and porn addicted guys — it has nothing to do with being a man. In fact, since it is the opposite of honorable and dignified, it seems to be taking him in the opposite direction of what would be described as manly.
When you’re in showbiz & your successful, a 45 year old is allowed to behave like a 21 year old…until the actor is no longer a success…and then “It’s Scott Baio time”. Charlie, you better have a good reality TV agent!
he wont need to do reality, guys got enough money even with doing a constant train of cocaine and hookers…
The guy is a douche. Simple as that.
You know the only thought that came to me when I read this was to read up on the difference between affect and effect. I always get them confused.
Well read up assistant.. The effect of your confusion affects my head.
Charlie just seems as if he doesn’t want help. He doesn’t seem to think he has a problem. Never ashamed. He’s older and still acts the same way he acted in his youth.
Is it possible to… swallow an entire hooker?
Bwahahahahahaha! Thanks, that had me rollin’. This whole situation is so NOT funny but THAT was.
What’s the over/under on a Leno writer reading this and sticking it in the monologue?
Is it possible to swallow an entire hooker? Well, given his alleged propensity to overindulge — if anyone could I’m sure Charlie would.
This has kind of reached the Anna Nicole/Michael Jackson tipping point where you stop asking if or how he’s going to die but you just start counting the days.
Am with you on that. I thought about Anna Nicole as soon as i read the headline.
The real bad news here is production on ‘Two And A Half Men’ will NOT be affected.
It says that his ABDOMINAL PAINS triggered the 911 call. It’s obvious that Charlie thought to himself “well if c.o.c.aine was used for toothache back in the 1800′s, a lil c.o.c.aine will help my abdominal pains” so he went ahead and dunked his head into a pile: http://bit .ly/etYpXq
Boy in Police Station: What’s your name?
Jeannie: It’s Jean, but most guys call me Shauna.
Boy in Police Station: Okay, Jean
Boy in Police Station: There’s someone you should talk to.
Jeannie: If you say Ferris Bueller, you lose a testicle.
Boy in Police Station: Oh, you know him?
How do you get on his list of partiers or is it always just Charlie & a bevy of porn stars? Am I jealous? You bet!
Please fire Mr. Sheen he’s an embarrassment and I no longer want him portraying me on such a fine show. I had a good reputation before CBS stole my life story and cast Mr. Sheen as me. I was never paid for my life story rights and to this day I don’t understand why. They told my lawyer they thought I was just a fictional character and therefore they don’t owe me any money. But having to watch Mr. Sheen week in and week out has now become too much for my delicate sensibility to take. I simply can’t watch the show any more. Please send Mr. Sheen to Celebrity Rehab or if that can’t be arranged as a reality show just send him to prison where he belongs. He got away with attempted murder in Aspen then again in New York. Why does he always avoid being sent to prison for his terrible crimes against women? You never see me getting in trouble like that.
Replace Charlie with Thomas ‘tomas’ Lennon.
Charlie’s probably suffering from “mercury poisoning.”
Sad news. Once again CBS will pretend everything is OK. Sheen’s publicist will let loose some BS story about what happened. Probably will be “food poisoning” or the “flu”. CBS will probably give Sheen another raise. At least his latest porn star “date” Kacey is kind of hot in the “jailbait” look category.
It could be appendicitis.
Hey folks this is the industry that eats its young. Why would it not eat it’s middle aged?