"Stay off the crack. Drink a chocolate milk," Sheen said at the time. In an apparent reference to that, the dairy fan posted on Twitter a photograph of himself, the milk and porn star Bree Olson, one of two "goddesses" who lives with him in his Los Angeles home. Olson is pictured holding organic "Naked" juice. ''Winning..! Choose your Vice...'' Sheen tweeted (@charliesheen), a message that was retweeted hundreds of times within minutes. Earlier, the idea of Sheen letting loose in another medium, on the back of his explosive media blitz against the producers of his top-rated television comedy, had Tweeters hanging onto their seats. ''Welcome to Twitter @charliesheen - this should be fun!'','' CNN host Piers Morgan wrote.

''Holy shiz! Fasten your seatbelts! @charliesheen has officially joined Twitter!,'' wrote celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. At 9am today, before he had fired off any bizarre or erratic tirades in 140 characters or less or even placed a photograph on his profile, Sheen had 3000 followers, a figure that rocketed up to 100,000 followers by 10am. Shortly after 11am he had more than 200,000. Sheen has verified his account, meaning Twitter has established the author's authenticity and users can trust that it is a legitimate source. Amid high-profile interviews yesterday that managed to upstage post-Oscars buzz, the Two and a Half Men star showed no signs of slowing down. Television crews came and went from the actor's hilltop home - which he dubbed Sober Valley Lodge - the setting for segments scheduled to air on Access Hollywood and NBC's Today show.

Sheen said he wasn't satisfied with an agreement by Warner Bros Television to pay the Two and a Half Men crew for only half of the eight episodes cancelled when producers tired of their star's off-screen antics. He called it "a start" and said his efforts "are paying off," but declared: "I won't sleep until I get all eight. I don't care about me right now." He said he planned to keep up his media blitz until the show's crew was paid for the rest of this season's shows.

He also said getting compensation for series co-stars Jon Cryer and Angus T Jones was "next" on his to-do list. Warner Bros denied that anything Sheen had done - which included threatening to sue the show's producers and extolling the virtues of his hard-partying ways - contributed to the decision to pay the crew. CBS chief executive Les Moonves also broke his silence on the Sheen storm, saying he wished the troubled star put as much energy into campaigning for awards as he put into defending his drug use.

Sheen's media appearances yesterday included duelling morning show interviews with Today and Good Morning America, a midday sit-down with celebrity website TMZ that was streamed online, and an evening chitchat with CNN's Piers Morgan. Through it all, Sheen insisted that he was fine and trying to put back together the pieces of his show. "I'm on a mission right now," Sheen told Morgan. "It's an operation right now to right some terrible wrongs." Sheen was scheduled on Tuesday to appear on ABC's 20/20, an interview that days ago the network considered an exclusive. He has denied he was using drugs and produced a clean screening handled by celebrity website RadarOnline.com to bolster his case.

He also rejected the notion that he was an addict, or that conventional rehabilitation treatments would work on him. "I am on a drug," Sheen told ABC. "It's called Charlie Sheen. It's not available because if you try it, you will die. Your face will melt off, and your children will weep over your exploded body." Sheen's comments appeared to be alienating many of those around him, including the Hollywood honchos who sign his $1.8 million-per-episode paychecks, his co-stars and even his fans. Sheen, 45, told Morgan that he hasn't gotten support from his co-stars, or his father, actor Martin Sheen. Nor has he spoken to the producers of Two and a Half Men, whom he has repeatedly derided. CBS and Warner Bros cited Sheen's statements against executive producer Chuck Lorre as one of the reasons it cancelled the remainder of the eighth season of the sitcom.

Sheen's publicist, Stan Rosenfield, resigned shortly after the TMZ interview. He had been with Sheen through three hospitalisations in three months related to the star's wild behaviour. In that interview, Sheen implied that Rosenfield had lied to the media by saying he was hospitalised for an allergic reaction after trashing a room in New York's Plaza Hotel. In his resignation, Rosenfield said he was "unable to work effectively as his publicist." Sheen has left open the possibility for reconciliation with most of those he has attacked in recent days. But when it comes to getting Two and a Half Men back on the air, he has made clear he wants it on his terms. He remained under contract for a ninth season of the show, and has demanded a pay raise of $US3 million ($A2.95 million) per episode for a 10th season.

Loading "I've got a whole family to support and love," he told ABC. "People beyond me are relying on that. I'm here to collect. They're going to lose. They're going to lose in a courtroom, so I would recommend that they settle out of court." With AP, AAP