America Just Gave Charlie Sheen Over $7 Million

Charlie Sheen's live show (titled My Violent Torpedo of Truth) will be headed to NYC next month, along with a slew of other cities. It's still not sold out here, despite numerous reports that it is (really, we just checked, still seats available!). Anyway, for those concerned with Charlie earning enough money to support himself and his goddesses sans his high paying television gig, fear not: TMZ reports that he will make $7 million dollars for this tour.

A source told the site, "the deal is for Charlie to perform on 21 dates. He'll get 85% of the profits, with Live Nation getting the remaining 15%. Charlie's cut is projected to average between $250,000 - $275,000 for each show." He will also profit from after parties and merch sales.

There's no advertising costs, since the MaSheen has done his own publicity work through his Twitter account. Anyway, congratulations America! We did it! We raised funds for a womanizing, drug addicted, privileged white male so that he may continue down his path of destruction!

Meanwhile, if you want to fight violence against women, instead, you can buy this Unfollow Charlie shirt—which was almost banned by the MaSheen's team of lawyers.

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By Jen Carlson in Arts & Entertainment on March 18, 2011 4:15 PM

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S.D.

Which is still a lot more work and less pay than his old job...

robingee

America can be so gross.

jonna scotts

I think he has the skills of marketing, and he is successful in that.

Maurice Moore

He's a complete idiot as well as the people who purchased the tickets!

Megan Gale

Oh man, this is terrible...!
I'm going to donate as much money as I've got to RAINN so they can buy America's women padlocks to put on their doors to keep Charlie Sheen out, thus preventing rape, abuse, and, um, incest.
Going beyong E-Online style befuddlement and jealously, most people I talk to at work, around town, and even in my family support him! I suspect A LOT of average people are digging the chutzpah Sheen's got to own up to drug use, the desire to make it with as many hot women as will have him, and tell his employers who siphon away the ludicrous amounts of advertising cash his tv work earned for them, to shove it! In this age of media outlets villianizing proponents of collective bargaining, what Sheen's pushing for in terms of wealth distribution amongst the cast of Two and a Half Men is practically Molly Maguire territory. Long may he run!
ANyone who wants to see him do some disingenous Tiger Woods style public apology tour either hates all expressions of personal freedom and the danger that comes with it, or else personally stands to gain from seeing him fall. Can't wait to see him in Radio City. He's the Lenny Bruce of my generation.

thesporkgirl

wait, did tiger woods shoot kelly preston too?

Brandon Fluffy Baker

America wants to give him money to see him self-destruct again, its entertaining and keeps peoples attention off the real terrible things happening in the world. The human psyche can't take so much terrible events in without something good balancing out, it drives people mad

unretrofiedforu

Hmm - 7 million for his drug-crazed, idiotic remarks. And the bloat is still those teachers making $35,000 a year right?

reztek

who really cares about teachers??? its the drugs man its doing me good

NlGGAZ

HAHAHAH! You guys did good in school. Went to business school. got an MBA and kissed so much ass at your 9 to 6 job and you make 75K and hope you get a good tax refund so you can afford to buy an ipad 2 and shop at Ikea. Meanwhile, this dude is banging 7 gram rocks and fucking porn goddesses and smoking crack all the time and making stupid remarks and he's making 7 million dollars just by blinking!!!!! Where is the Karma? This is why religion is stupid. Heaven isn't in the afterlife. It's here on earth. You just got to find it. Charlie Sheen knows where it's at.