
Apparently Charlie Sheen wasn’t #winning in Detroit, when his “Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour kicked off.
Shortly after Charlie took the stage on Saturday, he was booed off, ending his first show abruptly.
After being heckled and booed, Charlie stopped the show. Many of the audience members were chanting “refund” as the headed for the exits.
Detroit was the first of 20 cities to host Charlie’s show. The night began with applause, but ended just 70 minutes later. Charlie reportedly tried to appease the audience – at one point even bringing out his friend Simon Rex, who began rapping. He ultimately chalked up the first show as “an experiment”.
The former “Two and a Half Men” star learned firsthand at Detroit’s 5,100-seat Fox Theatre that show business still requires a show. The debacle called into question the fate of the nascent tour. Some fans already predicted a premature end for the monthlong trek, which was scheduled to resume Sunday in Chicago.
“No way” the show makes it through all the dates, said Bob Orlowski, a lawyer from Plymouth, Mich., who watched with six clients in a suite.
“He’s not suited for this,” said Orlowski, 46. “It wasn’t funny.”
Sheen’s publicist, Larry Solters, declined to comment after the show. Sheen, 45, reappeared after the house lights went up to thank the hundreds who remained.
It wasn’t clear when Sheen lost the audience, but there were many awkward moments.
Sheen, known for his wild partying and rampant drug use, said he thought Detroit would be a good place to tell some stories about crack cocaine. The remark prompted loud, immediate boos.
At another point, Sheen showed a short film he wrote, directed and produced years ago called “RPG.” He sat in the front row to watch the flick, which starred a much younger Johnny Depp. Again, more boos.
As the showed bogged down, an audience member booed, prompting Sheen to reply, “I’ve already got your money, dude.”
Things only got worse.
“Tonight’s an experiment,” he said.
For some, it was an expensive experiment.
Linda Fugate, who paid $150 for two seats, left the theater and walked up the street, yelling, “I want my money back!”
“I was hoping for something. I didn’t think it would be this bad,” said Fugate, a 47-year-old from Lincoln Park, Mich.
Fans who arrived at the theater – some flying in for the show – said they were hoping to see the increasingly eccentric actor deliver some of the colorful rants that have made him an Internet star since his ugly falling out with CBS and the producers of “Two and a Half Men.”
They got the ranting. It just wasn’t funny.
“Brutal. I expected him to at least entertain a little bit,” said Rodney Gagnon, 34, of Windsor, Ontario.
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Posted Monday, April 4th, 2011 at 7:07am
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