LOS ANGELES — Figuratively, lots of tiger blood was spilled this weekend throughout Comedy Central’s Charlie Sheen roast, that mercilessly skewered the outspoken sitcom star whose high-flying career was derailed because of an unprecedented multi-platform public meltdown this year.
But literally, it absolutely was “Jackass” blood that flowed throughout the Saturday night taping as Steve-O broke his nose when deliberately ramming his face into the fist of fellow roaster and ex-heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson.
That a modern-era roast become blood sport solely served to spotlight the bizarre nature of the evening, one thing that one roaster termed a “comic intervention.” The event drew an enthusiastic and packed house of fans and business insiders at Sony Studios in Culver town — and maybe most bizarrely included Sheen’s estranged wife, Brooke Mueller.
While escaping bodily hurt, Sheen was nevertheless subjected to a comic book fusillade of taunts, jeers and private attacks from a wierd mixture of roasters that included roast master Seth MacFarlane, William Shatner, Kate Walsh (“Private Practice”) and comedians of varying stature (Jon Lovitz, Patrice O’Neal, Anthony Jeselnik).
An edited version of the roast can air Monday, a similar night because the season premiere of CBS’ “Two and a 0.5 Men” — the top-rated comedy from that Sheen was bounced when substance-abuse issues, legal run-ins and a highly publicized fight together with his boss, government producer Chuck Lorre. Ashton Kutcher has stepped in for the troubled star, whose character reportedly are going to be killed off this season.
Introduced to ear-splitting riffs by rock guitarist Slash, Sheen was seated on an elaborate stage equipped with giant missiles — a comprehensible nod to his “violent torpedo of truth” stage tour this past spring. Members of the dais wasted no time ripping into Sheen.
“How abundant blow will Charlie Sheen do? Enough to kill two-and-a-half men,” fired off Lovitz.
“Don’t you would like to measure to check your youngsters take their 1st twelve steps?” asked Jeffrey Ross, who was dressed as deposed Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi. “How does one roast a meltdown?”
Comedian Amy Schumer compared Sheen to Bruce Willis: “You were massive within the ’80s, and currently your previous slot is being crammed by Ashton Kutcher.”
Even Walsh, who incorporates a comedy improv background and said she was there to hone her comic skills, quipped: “Charlie is an incredible medical specimen. i assume that’s what comes from waking up at the crack of crack.”
And those were a number of the a lot of delicate comments in a night that wallowed in raunchy, brutal humor. Even Mueller, who has battled her own addictions and engaged in high-profile court battles with Sheen over the custody of their young twins, was subjected to withering barbs regarding her drug use and having sex with Sheen. (She laughed.)
Others who were trashed included Sheen’s former costar Jon Cryer, Sheen’s brother Emilio Estevez; his father, Martin Sheen; and Charlie’s 1st wife, actress Denise Richards. None attended.
This latest roast resembled in spirit its predecessors, that featured such soft comic targets as Joan Rivers, David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson. The cable channel’s roasts are a way cry from the Dean Martin-hosted televised roasts of the ’70s, where a kinder, gentler humor prevailed.
In the Sheen roast, issues of race, sex and politics were left within the automobile parking space — and there have been even a couple of pokes at deceased singer Amy Winehouse moreover as Casey Anthony, who was recently acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter. The roasts, that Comedy Central began manufacturing in 2003, became one in all the cable network’s most well-liked offerings. whereas vicious in nature, the “roasts” are billed as tributes to the roastee.
After being referred to as a drug addict, an abuser of girls, a connoisseur of porn stars and prostitutes, a horrible actor and a reckless loser who threw away one in all the foremost lucrative gigs in prime-time TV, Sheen finally took the stage. When he did, the star revealed a moderate version of the defiant star who frequently beat his chest that he was “winning.”
“Once once more I even have embark unscathed,” declared Sheen, who appeared notably healthier than the gaunt, wild-eyed persona on show throughout this year’s media blitz during which he talked of being “a warlock” and surrounded himself with “goddesses.”
Said Sheen: “You can’t hurt me. Hell, even I can’t hurt me.”
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