Speaking of strippers (see yesterday's post), I guess I'm going to weigh in on Charlie Sheen too. Why is everybody talking about him? Easy answer... we hate/love to watch a trainwreck. It's like Britney Spears a few years ago. Both of them are adults. Both have a lot of money. Both are celebrities. Both became out of control... We try to imagine what WE would be like if we had all the money we would ever need or want, how would WE react?? Very few people in America make this kind of money... very few... and those of us who have to work hard, raise kids and sacrifice often, look at these types who are just burning money like it's nothing, and are disgusted.
In America, we're free to do as we please until we infringe on someone else's rights. Charlie Sheen makes an inordinate amount of money (he's currently the highest paid actor on CBS), has been through 3 wives with children with each of them, and is CHOOSING to blow it all on porn stars and cocaine. I guess he's free to do that, especially in California who's cops seem to turn the other way when it comes to drugs... unlike Texas, where the cops here go after Willie Nelson for pot, but I digress...
But in the end, as it was with Britney Spears, it's hard to watch. There's nothing we can do. We can hope his family, someone, will step in and get him help...But the guy hasn't 'hit bottom' as they say in Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous. He doesn't think he has a problem. He's doing what the world says is cool - "Sex, Drugs and Rock-n-Roll." He's surrounded by enablers who, like with Spears, are using him for his money, not caring a whit about what happens to him. On the Today Show (which I do NOT watch) but have seen snippets today, one of the porn stars said he was doing so much cocaine that she thought it was a suicide binge. Did she try to stop him? Of course not. She got paid $30,000 and then ran to the media to get her 5 minutes of fame. She said when she walked out of Sheen's house, she didn't know if she'd ever see him again. But she didn't have the decency to try to help him, nor did anyone there except for one lone person, who didn't even call the cops, but a neighbor, who then called them. But then, what do you expect when you hang out with porn stars and druggies?? This guy is only at rehab (which, by the way, they are saying is at his home and not in a facility) only because CBS is probably making him, again, because they too have a vested interest in his successful show. He probably has only a handful of people who really care but he's not listening to them.
Sheen could be using his money to help people; he could really make a difference, but he only seems to care about himself. It's the ultimate selfishness. Not caring about others. Not caring about his kids. Not caring about his coworkers. He's a Peter Pan, devoid of morals or character. He's going to hit rock bottom one of these days.
I just hope it won't take a death sentence to do so....
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