‘Charlie Sheen drinks, smokes, takes drugs and has multiple sex partners. If he outlives me, I’m going to be seriously pissed!”
Now, I can’t claim to even know who said that, and let’s face it, you probably don’t even care. But it’s safe to say that the moment you read the line, you were probably agreeing with the guy (In all probability, it was a guy who said that… I’m just guessing though). And at the same time, you probably had images in your head of a drunken (relatively) old man sitting on the couch at a Malibu beach house with a glass of bourbon in his hand. Honestly, I wouldn’t really blame you.
But seriously, stop busting the guy…. You watch in awe as a man-child with serious issues destroys himself in front of the world, and yet, all you can do is blame him! To be fair to you, I will admit that the guy does well…a lot of shit. He gets stoned or drunk (sometimes both) and likes walking around with strippers and porn star. But consider this…at the end of the day, he does his job. He gets to the set of Two And A Half Men and frankly, keeps the show alive. He works hard, and parties harder. (Fine…a lot harder) .So you can go harping on about how he’s a danger to society, but deep down…you’re probably thinking the same as millions of others across the globe are…This guy is Living the Dream!!
Ok, I’ll admit…not everyone’d dream …but still, it’s the lifestyle most of you desire..(Sure…you’d probably die in the end, but what the hell; you’ve got to pay for it some way!!).
I can’t claim to know Charlie Sheen. Or that I’ve even met him. But every guy knows a little bit of what he’s going through. If there’s one thing we know how to do well, it’s chasing down dreams…dreams that in the end, make you feel good. But when we see a man who goes to such limits to do so…we shun him, mock him …even fire him from an award winning TV show!!
I’m not here to question whether Charlie Sheen has behaved like a jackass. It’s probably too stupid to even dispute that fact. So why am I writing this? Probably just to remind you that not everyone who lives a life like his should be despised and ridiculed. At some point of you’re life, you’ve desired it as well. The consequences to Sheen’s actions might just destroy him.
All I know that when I switch on the TV and hear “Men, men, men, men, manly men, men, men” and not see Charlie Sheen on the show, I shall truly be disappointed.
