Charlie Sheen’s Public Outburst (2011)

Even when celebrities go dangerously off the rails, a publicist generally intervenes to do damage control before they start discussing, say, tiger blood. But not with Charlie Sheen. Charlie Sheen's public outburst in 2011 - which delivered a series of vengeful, fanciful, and apparently drug-fueled media rants – is the start of a supernova of stunning tirades dubbed his "violent bomb of truth."

Charlie Sheen is the son of the star Martin Sheen. He featured in the hit comedy series "Two and a Half Men" on CBS. However, reports started to circulate in early 2011 that Sheen was misusing narcotics to the point of being incoherent and unable to work. Sheen flouted Hollywood's standards of deference and attacked the series's exec producer, Chuck Lorre, naming him a "piece of s—-," a "troll," and a "dumb little guy."

This sparked a media frenzy as Charlie Sheen's public outburst became more unpredictable. Sheen claimed to be sober, but his evidently insane claims of being a "wizard" with "tiger blood veins" cast doubt on that claim. Sheen embarked on a lecturing and comedy tour after CBS dismissed him in late February. The tour, however, received lukewarm critical reviews and crowd booing. Within several months, when Sheen's frenzy waned, the public demand for it waned as well. Sheen seems to have put his tiger blood into peaceful dormancy as of January 2012.