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Interview With the Warlock 2: TMZ in Charlie Sheen's Backyard

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I am going to try to limit the amount of Charlie Sheen I bring you at Tuned In, but TMZ just livestreamed a fascinatingly strange interview with Sheen from his own backyard. Above is part one; the whole thing is posted at TMZ.

A few thoughts:

* I was torn between thinking the interview was obsequious and that it was brilliant. Maybe both. The questioner clearly tries to ingratiate himself to Sheen, laughs at his jokes, fist-bumps him, lets him skate on some excuses—and yet arguably does a far better job letting Sheen expose himself than his network interviewers.

* Credit where due: Sheen does make a cogent point when asked by TMZ about his finances and what he’s blown his money on in the past—Warner Brothers (his studio and TIME’s sister division in Time Warner) should have known what kind of guy they were giving the dough to.

* You can see my longer thoughts on Sheen’s media tour this morning, but this just bolsters my impression that he sounds as much like a cultleader as an addict, what with all the references to his “plan” and his antagonists’ “unevolved,” overly “terrestrial” thinking.

* Sheen’s publicist has reportedly quit, according to TMZ. Uh, I might have guessed.

* Getting a glimpse inside the polyamorous porn compound in which he lives with “The Goddesses” is engrossing—and not at all funny, when the interview comes around to who else is in the picture, Sheen’s young kids. “Everybody here is parenting the kids,” he says. Jesus. This does not give me a good feeling.