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Charlie Sheen Has A Twitter Induced Cellphone Melt Down

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A few days ago, Charlie Sheen accidentally tweeted his personal cellphone number. The mistake happened when the ‘Money Talk’ star tried to direct-message Justin Bieber.

Sheen was sitting at a restaurant and tried to privately contact the singer, tweeting “310-954-7277 Call me bro. C,” not his 5 million followers who saw the message by mistake.

A witness at the restaurant said: “Charlie’s phone immediately went into meltdown. It was ringing wildly, and he got 1,800 text messages in minutes. Charlie saw the funny side and answered the phone a few times, saying things like ‘Ray’s Pizza’ and ‘Winning’. His phone just continued ringing and buzzing and eventually just completely melted down. Charlie was like, ‘I guess I need a new phone.’ Charlie was the most polite in the group. At one point, he started getting out a cigarette. One of his friends told him, ‘You are Charlie Sheen, you can do whatever you want,’ but the restaurant manager told him that was not the case, and Charlie put his cigarette away.”

After being unsuccessful at contacting the actor directly,  his rep said that “I haven’t been able to get through to him on the phone since Wednesday. He just got a new number.”

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