Charlie Sheen's Twitter Friends: Why They're All Winners
Charlie Sheen. What else is left to say?Now that he's ranted and raved, flaunted his goddesses and talked up his Adonis DNA and tiger blood all over national radio and TV, he's taken to spewing all over the Internet with a live-streaming Web show and quotables on Twitter.
Since joining Twitter less than a week ago on March 1, he's amassed a Guinness World Record–breaking number of followers in a few short days; at our last check-in, he was up to 2,077,451. But what about the 30 special people he's chosen to follow?
Here's a list of his ridiculously random Twitter friends, and what we think makes them, well, winning.
Bob Maron (@BobMaron): Watch salesman -- for Warlocks and those of us without tiger blood coursing through our veins -- and proud owner of the title First Person Charlie Sheen Followed
Omid Ashtari (@omid): Twitter's own celebirty liaison, Omid likely had a hand in getting the press-happy sheen to tweet
Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano): Actress, philanthropist and super-Twitterer; no obvious ties to Sheen except that they've both been in the business a long time
Howard Stern (@HowardStern): Sirius/XM radio host and self-proclaimed King of All Media, Howard had the pleasure of having Sheen call in to rant, er, talk on a few occasions last weekPiers Morgan (@piersmorgan): Host of CNN's 'Piers Morgan Tonight' and one of the first to get Sheen for an in-studio interview
Wynner Mitchell (@kweeneverything): Sheen's pal who claims to have convinced him to join the wonderful world of Twitter; according to her avatar, she knows she's awesome, too
Cat Schwartz (@Cat_Schwartz): A tech expert, pal of Wynner's and founder of HiTechMommy.com; maybe she's got a gadget to help Sheen get visitation rights with the kids ...
Rick Calamaro (@RickCalamaro): His bio says it all: he's the guy who chooses to be Charlie Sheen's assistant
Sean "Diddy" Combs (@iamdiddy): Yep, that Diddy. He recently called Sheen his "big brother" in a tweet, and had a friendly back-and-forth the day Sheen joined Twitter, starting with this classy message from Diddy:@charliesheen can u please send me the address to ur house? Ive been dreamin about a party like this all my life #winning! See u soon! Lol
Nick Swisher (@NickSwisher): Sheen loves baseball, so following this New York Yankees outfielder -- who's married to actress Joanna Garcia and runs in Hollywood circles -- was a no-brainer
Brian Wilson (@BrianWilson38): Another baseball guy, Giants pitcher Wilson has actually hung out on Sheen's yacht with him, though the two haven't tweeted to each other yet; maybe Wilson can help him prep for 'Major League 3'
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (@FloydMayweather): The famous boxer encouraged his followers to follow Sheen, compared their similar "winning" streaks and even talked up Sheen's 1994 flick 'The Chase' for it's driving-sex scene
Fred Durst (@freddurst): Limp Bizkit's Durst tweeted quite a bit about what a winner he thought Sheen was, prompting Sheen to follow him
Paul Scheer (@paulscheer): Actor and comedian Scheer described Sheen's arrival on Twitter "like Christmas has come early," then proceeded to bait the troubled star with tweets like "Oscars should be called Charlies," which Sheen quickly re-tweeted
Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman): The actress and comedian joked on Twitter that Sheen had "been diagnosed with Full Blown Busey" -- apparently Sheen's got a sense of humor about all of thisMinka Kelly (@minkakelly): She's a gorgeous actress, starring in the 'Charlie's Angels' TV reboot, but there's no real tie to Sheen. Maybe he just wants to feel closer to her baseballer boyfriend, Yankee Derek Jeter.
Nicky Hilton (@NickyHilton): Heiress, designer and Paris' sister, Nicky re-tweeted this frightening message to Sheen from fellow heir to a fortune Brandon Davis, with her fitting reaction "Yikes":
@nickyhilton: Yikes RT @BrandonDavis14: @CharlieSheen I live 2 doors away from u and am even more terrible than u r. Let's hang
Will Arnett (@arnettwill): As far as I know, these two have zero connection, but Sheen obviously likes the funny ones, and Arnett's company is called dumbdumb ... coincidence?
Brett Ratner (@BrettRatner): Ratner's directorial debut was Sheen's 'Money Talks,' which the star handpicked him for; Ratner recently tweeted "I owe him my career"
Sylvester Stallone (@TheSlyStallone): Considering Sly hasn't tweeted since before Sheen joined, we're calling him the wild card of this already random group of Twitter friendsRob Patterson (@robpatterson666): The Filter frontman, who's currently engaged to Carmen Electra, has grown fond of the Sheen-centric hashtags #winning, #tigerblood and @sheenskorner; he also recently updated his Twitter profile to note that he is "Team Sheen," in case we couldn't tell
Jesse Waits (@JesseCWaits): He's a Las Vegas nightclub owner who's known for dating Playboy models ... kind of all Sheen (or any of us) needs to know
Jeff Rossen (@jeffrossen): This NBC news correspondent has snagged multiple interviews with Sheen since the drama began, and Sheen seems quite fond of him
Rebecca Fuentes (@rmf811): Charlie Sheen's 1,000,000th follower on Twitter, she tweeted that he should follow her back, and now he does
Brad Wyman (@bradwyman): The man behind WyTV, a LiveStream online TV channel, Wyman capitalized on Sheen's current unemployment at just the right time
Wy TV (@WyTVLive): The online broadcasting network responsible for Sheen's latest gig, Sheen's Korner
Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien): 'Conan' host, comedian and a proud Sheen Twitter followee, O'Brien tweeted:
"It's official: @charliesheen is following me on Twitter, so I win. Charlie, I'm sending over a van to collect the goddesses."
Paris Hilton (@ParisHilton): The heiress, probably jealous that Sheen followed her sister Nicky before her, tweeted to the star:@CharlieSheen Hey Neighbor, I think I might have #Tigerblood ;) and I'm definitely #Winning! Huge! Can't wait to see #Sheen's-Korner
Rob Dyrdek (@robdyrdek): The pro skateboarder and star of MTV's 'Rob & Big' and 'Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory' has been loving Sheen's antics on Twitter ... now they're Twitter pals
Brian Pingleton (@BrianPingleton): This self-proclaimed VIP realtor from Oklahoma tweeted for Sheen to follow him, and lo and behold ...
@charliesheen Let me be the first person from Tulsa, OK that you follow! Wouldn't know if I didn't ask! Lovin' the tigerblood!
People Sheen has already unfollowed:
*One of his live-in goddesses, porn star Bree Olsen, was one of the very first people he followed ... until she moved out of the mansion. I guess sometimes the easiest part of a breakup is the "unfollow" button.
*Sheen had some 'Modern Family' kids on his follow list on Day 1, including Rico Rodriguez (Manny) and Sarah Hyland (Haley), but unfollowed them after Hyland responded by saying she was "really creeped out."
*Sheen also dropped Chris Ovitz, the guy tasked with hooking celebrities up with Twitter endorsement opportunities. What, is Sheen suddenly not good enough to endorse things?
So who do you think Charlie Sheen will follow next? And -- admit it -- do you/would you follow him on Twitter? Sound off in the comments.
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