Charlie Sheen calls media ‘pathetic’ while his rep issues damage control ‘thank you’

Charlie Sheen’s rep is using celebrity mouthpiece People Magazine to thank everyone for their “support” as he tries to hold on to his client’s career as the top paid star on television now that everyone knows that he smokes crack and hires porn star hookers on his off time. The statement to People is in contrast to what Charlie told E! in a typically dismissive text message in which he pulled the ‘ol celebrity “there’s a war on, why are you paying attention to me” argument. First off, Charlie’s texts to E!:

“All crap,” he told us via text.

“Believe nothing. I will never speak about any of this as long as I’m alive. You’re all gonna have to keep towing the same redundant line, guessing wrong.”

He’s obviously following the news, because Sheen suggested the focus on his situation was overblown.

“BTW, two wars are in an endless state of sorrow. Egypt about burned to the ground, and all you people care about is my bullsh-t….?”

Sheen called it “pathetic” that the media cared about his personal life and how he chooses to spend it.

“Shame shame shame,” he said.

We wished the troubled actor well and told him people really do just want to see him get healthy and happy and return to work.

“Absolutely I see that,” he said. “For that I am grateful.”

[From E! Online]

According to Charlie, we should be ashamed that we’re listening to the 22 year-old porn star he paid $30,000 to f*ck him and watch while he smoked cocaine all night and critiqued porn. There’s photographic evidence the dude was with these women, he looked like death in the picture, and he was rushed to the hospital shortly afterwards with a “hernia.” This is his M.O, though, deny and act like it’s our problem for paying attention.

Charlie’s rep realizes that he’s alienating his fan base and all of the people whose jobs depend on him showing up for his easy, insanely high paid job. He issued a statement thanking everyone and suggesting Charlie is going to take a hiatus and put his “sword down,” “like Errol Flynn,” although I bet that hiatus will last all of three weeks.

“I have a lot of work to do to be able to return the support I have received from so many people,” the actor, 45, says in a statement released by his rep Wednesday.

“I want to say, ‘Thank-you’ to my fellow cast members, the crew of Two and a Half Men, and everyone at CBS and Warner Bros … for their concern and support.” He singled out his bosses, CBS chief Les Moonves and Bruce Rosenblum, president of Warner Bros. Television Group.

“Like Errol Flynn, who had to put down his sword on occasion, I just want to say, ‘Thank-you,’ ” says Sheen. “And to my fans, your good wishes have touched me very much.”

[From People]

It’s too bad that Rosenthal’s efforts are being undermined by Charlie and his bitchy text messages. Also, I’m not as up on old Hollywood as I should be so I checked Errol Flynn’s wiki page and he was a partier like Charlie Sheen, was married three times and was accused of statutory rape by two different women. Charlie at least likes them a smidgen on the other side of 18. US Weekly has an overview of the porn stars that were over at Charlie’s house the night in question and two of them were 19 – Gigi Rivera and Melanie Rios, while the one who is going to media, Kacey Jordan, claims to be 22. His latest madam starred in the “Barely Legal” porn movies and told Radar Online that Charlie would regularly request women from that series. They’re “legal,” although prostitution isn’t outside of the state of Nevada.

These photos are from January, 2010 of Sheen courtside at a Laker’s game. Credit: PRPhotos