Charlie Sheen has a message for CBS executives – they might want to get him back on the set soon, before he “unravels.”
In a candid, unfiltered interview with “The Dan Patrick Show,” televised on DirecTV 101 on Monday morning, Charlie called in to the popular sports radio show to talk about topics ranging from his “forced hiatus” from “Two and a Half Men” and whether or not CBS has a morality clause, to why he doesn’t like to use the word “sober.”
“I’m ready,” Charlie said when asked if he was prepared to return to his CBS sitcom after the network put the show on temporary hiatus. “We’re on a forced hiatus. They said, ‘You get ready. We’ll get ready.’ I got ready and went back – nobody is there.”
A raspy-voiced Charlie told Dan that he had lost his voice after heading to the set and “banging on the stage door,” where no one would let him back in the studio.
However, the sitcom star cautioned that the network might want to lift the work stoppage sooner than later to avoid any further personal problems.
“But you want to go back to work?” the radio host asked the actor.
“Oh yeah man. I’m a man of my word. I have a contract. They said, ‘Get your act together.’ And I did. Now, I don’t know, I think maybe it’s a timing thing – they didn’t think it was going to happen this fast. But check it, it’s like, I heal real quickly, but I also unravel really quickly, so get me right now guys. Get me right now!” Charlie said.
When asked when he does expect to return to work, Charlie said, “I believe August of 2014 at this pace. I don’t know. It’s supposed to be [February] 28 or 29. That’s what it is – the 29th in a non leap year.”
During the bizarre half-hour interview on the national radio program, Charlie also made several jokes about abusing crack, including a reference to a recent pep talk he gave to the men’s baseball team at UCLA.
“I said, ‘Stay away from the crack.’ Which I think is pretty good advice, unless you can manage it socially, Dan. If you can manage it socially, then go for it! But not a lot of people can, you know,” the actor said.
“Did you think you could [manage it]?” Dan asked.
“Yeah, but that kind of blew up in my face,” Charlie said. “Like an exploding crack pipe.”
Dan, a former ESPN SportsCenter mainstay who now hosts his nationally syndicated radio show, asked Charlie if any of his off-set problems could potentially violate his multi-million dollar deal with CBS.
“Is there a morality clause in your contract?” the host asked.
“Yeah, blah blah. Nitpick. Nitpick. I mean, I haven’t read it but I don’t think it covers, ‘Let us totally dominate and interfere with your personal life,’” Charlie replied.
“How long have you been sober?” Dan asked.
“I don’t use ‘sober’ anymore. I’m not in AA. I don’t believe in it,” the embattled actor revealed. “It’s off and on. I was sober for five years a long time ago and just bored out of my tree and decided, you know, this is inauthentic and not who I am.”
When he does party, Charlie said it has nothing to do with peer pressure.
“The only thing that makes me want to party is when my brain says, ‘It’s on!’ It’s not about what’s going on, it’s about what’s going on in me,” he said.
“When does that happen?” Dan asked.
“Wow, usually at the wrong times… It tends to do with boredom. It’s never been about, everyone else is drinking – I should too. It’s just about wanting to make things better, whether it’s real or imagine,” the actor, who said he gets a lot of “really lame” advice from people, noted.
However, Charlie said he is now “100 percent” off drugs and alcohol – and anxious to get back to work.
“I feel great. I am here and I’m ready,” he told Dan.
“You’re the star of the show. You can’t do ‘One and a Half Men,’” Dan responded.
“No, that was clearly revealed when they had them bring me back this year,” Charlie jabbed. “I don’t know what to tell you. I’m ready – they’re not. Bring it!”
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