Charlie Sheen: ‘Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option’

Charlie Sheen brought his show “Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option” to Detroit’s Fox Theatre on Saturday. Promising “the real story,” the 45-year-old former “Two and a Half Men” star hit the road for a month-long, 20-city variety show tour, with the first stop in Detroit, where the audience was not kind. (Geoff Robins / AFP/Getty Images)

March 14, 2014 6:41 PM PT

Charlie Sheen walks with an unidentified woman to the stage door at the Fox Theatre, displaying Tiger Blood energy drink. (Geoff Robins / AFP/Getty Images)

Actor Charlie Sheen, with the women he refers to as his “goddesses,” Natalie Kenly, left, and Rachel Oberlin. Sheen is introduced to the audience at Fox Theatre, where viewers began booing early in the show. (Carlos Osorio / Associated Press)

An image of Sheen is projected in the background as he performs. Sheen did the show without a workable script or an interviewer and seemed at sea, says Los Angeles Times reviewer Charles McNulty. (Carlos Osorio / Associated Press)

An image from the “Two and a Half Men” title sequence is projected during the show. (Carlos Osorio / Associated Press)

Sheen shows off a Detroit Tigers jersey adorned with the moniker “Warlock.” The actor faced a tough crowd in Detroit. The warm-up act, Kirk Fox, could barely finish a joke amid the hoots and jeers. (Carlos Osorio / Associated Press)