Sheen's Korner: Many Episodes, One Saga
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Charlie Sheen's been all over the media the past couple of days. From daytime talk shows to 20/20 to Twitter, it's impossible to pick up any entertainment news at this point without hearing something about the ex-"Two and a Half Men" star's latest ridiculous comments.
When he first opened his Twitter account, Sheen gained more than a million followers in less than a day. Three days ago, he posted his first web livestream, which has since been made private (but still managed to rack over a million views).
However, things are slowing down for the Sheen show, both in terms of media interest and his own personal cockiness.
A followup livestream showed a noticeably despondent Sheen, swilling out of a bottle and rambling recent Sheenisms like "I'm winning!" into the camera halfheartedly.
What hasn't been clear, but what was made clear by this second video, was whether or not Sheen actually bought into the media hype surrounding him, or if he was playing the system. It seems evident that at least to some extent, this newfound infamy is taking its toll on the actor, or at least that his recovery isn't going as smoothly as he's trying to play it.
Yet just today, another livestream (supposedly his last) dropped, showing Sheen roaring and swinging, this time even at CBS. What's notable here is that Sheen's viewership has dropped considerably - this third livestream is at over 700,000 down, which is already 30% down.
Yes, that's still a lot of people paying attention to Sheen, but it seems that people are seeing Sheen less as a comedic celebrity-mess-of-the-day and more like a man who needs serious help.
