Charlie Sheen's "winning" ways get roasted on TV (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – He may have looked like he was "winning," but actor Charlie Sheen took it on the chin on Saturday night at a Comedy Central TV roast where his sex life, drug use and talent drew punches -- and punch lines.

Sheen, once TV's highest paid actor on the comedy series "Two and a Half Men" before he was fired in March by the CBS network, has seen numerous ups and downs in recent years.

He was arrested on charges of assaulting his former wife Brooke Mueller, who turned out for the Comedy Central roast. He saw his drug and alcohol use make headlines around the world. And after his firing, Sheen went on a public rant against his old bosses.

The actor, 46, posted videos of himself online saying he had "tiger blood" and was always "winning" against rivals. He dated two women at one time he called his goddesses, and some onlookers wondered if he had become mentally unstable.

"This is hard. How do you roast a meltdown?" joked comedian Jeffrey Ross, dressed in military costume to look like a caricature of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

"How much blow can Charlie Sheen do?" asked former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Jon Lovitz, "Enough to kill 'Two and a Half Men.'"

Rocker Slash ushered Sheen onto the Comedy Central stage, and host Seth MacFarlane introduced the roasters -- an odd mix of celebrities including Ross, Lovitz, actor William Shatner, actress Kate Walsh, "Jackass" stuntman Steve-O and former world heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson.

While many of the jokes used language too strong for print, as is typical of these programs, the roasting of Sheen was fairly lukewarm compared to others.

Through it all, the actor, dressed in a gray suit and red tie, sat in his chair and took the hits, mostly laughing, sometimes rolling his eyes.

"It's true I've hung around a lot of shady characters," Sheen said when he took the microphone for his turn to speak, "but to have you all here on one night is really special."

The Comedy Central roast airs on September 19.

(Reporting by Bob Tourtellotte; Editing by Will Dunham)

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Jon Cryer says he doesn't have Charlie Sheen's phone number (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – In his first joint interview with new "Two and a Half Men" costar Ashton Kutcher and the returning Angus T. Jones, Jon Cryer says he doesn't even have Charlie Sheen's phone number anymore.

"I have not heard from him," Cryer told TV Guide Magazine. "I don't even have his number. He still has mine."

Sheen famously called Cryer "a traitor" and "a troll" during the media blitz that preceded his firing in May. He later apologized to Cryer in public statements -- but apparently not in person.

Kutcher joins the show, which returns September 19, as Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt. Cryer's character becomes something of a mentor to him after a bad breakup -- and the death of Sheen's character, Charlie Harper.

In the interview, Kutcher said he was on a fishing trip with his father in Idaho when he got the call to meet about joining the show. CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler suggested Kutcher after negotiations with Hugh Grant fell through.

"I was completely convinced that we needed a fortysomething costar who would be a peer to Jon," executive producer Chuck Lorre told the magazine. "It was obvious my assumption was wrong. ... Here was a guy with great comedy instincts, tons of experience and who is totally fearless. Taking the job proves that."

How's the on-camera chemistry between the three? Viewers can find out Thursday when they present a Top Ten list together on the "Late Show With David Letterman."

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