访谈录 2011-03-11&03-13 查理-辛不屑被炒鱿鱼

Besides the legal fight, the biggest question surrounding Charlie Sheen is where does he go from here? Well, PopEater.com's Rob Shuter talked with Sheen yesterday and he's here now to fill us in.Hi there, Rob.

It’s quite a conversation. It was text messages. I thought I was gonna talk to him on the phone, and we ended up just texting each other throughout the day, and actually throughout the weekend and the evening, it was a long conversation. Several things came up. I asked him first of all what he thought about his children who have been removed from him, and they are out a lot with their mother Brooke Mueller, some people are claiming Brooke is setting up photo ops with the children. And she might even be getting paid to set up these photo ops. I asked Charlie what he thought about that and he wrote back in capital letters, DUR, so I take that as a yes that Charlie assumed it as yes.

How did he respond to being fired?

He told me it was the best thing ever, he confirmed that he was fired and he wrote back in capital letters WINNING. So I think Charlie thinks this is a good thing. It's interesting there because my own research has showed Charlie has a clause in his contract, that he calls the Michael J. Fox clause.This clause actually was in Michael J. Fox’s contract when ironically Charlie took over for him in Spain City, what this means is that if an actor is let go or can no longer do the role, they still participate in financially in the show.

Oh, so he still will be getting paid even if someone takes over his role?

Well, this is where it gets a little tricky¹. If he had left the role because of medical reasons or didn't want to do it anymore, he would get paid, because he was fired, he's technically² in breach³ of contract, so they might not have to pay him, this is gonna be one ugly legal buckle⁴.

But don't they have to have legitimate⁵ reason for firing him?

I think they do, if you've seen some of the tapes that he's done recently, they will argue that that is the reason, I spoke⁶ to many sources of the show who told me they're gonna try to make the show work without Charlie. It ends way too much money to throw it away.

Sure, sure.

Another interesting conversation I had with him that was whether or not he wanted more children, there was a rumor⁷ that the guarder says might be one day having children with Charlie. He wrote back absolutely not, he said it's hard enough keeping in hold of the children I've got. So he was having some fun.

Oh my goodness.

It’s quite a weekend.

So any, absolutely, but any talk of him worried about his finance, I mean, obviously he's made a lot of money on the show,but,

He has, Charlie lives like a king, though true.

Right.

I did ask him just before I came on your set, if indeed that was true, if there was financial troubles, he didn't respond but when he does, I will let you know.

Absolutely,

But he does, he does live like a king, he earns a lot of money, he spends a lot of money.

So literally⁸ well, this is certainly when you continue to unfold the public spectacle, thank you so much Rob Shuter for all of that.

Good to see you.

1 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

2 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

3 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

4 buckle   

n.扣子，带扣；v.把...扣住，由于压力而弯曲

参考例句：

• The two ends buckle at the back.带子两端在背后扣起来。
• She found it hard to buckle down.她很难专心做一件事情。

5 legitimate   

adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法

参考例句：

• Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
• That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 rumor   

n.谣言，谣传，传说

参考例句：

• The rumor has been traced back to a bad man.那谣言经追查是个坏人造的。
• The rumor has taken air.谣言流传开了。

8 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。