Hollywood wildman Charlie Sheen's self-destructive joyride rolled on Friday with a series of rants that had one top producer comparing him to Lindsay Lohan.
At various points, he floated a bogus claim about a new talk show, insisted he was going back to "Two and a Half Men," and vowed not return unless the "turds" are fired.
Armed with a cell phone and an inflated ego, Sheen sent erratic text messages to celebrity news outlets all day, capping the gabfest with a warning to his foes.
"This is me warming up," Sheen texted People.com from the Bahamas, where he claims he's staying sober. "They have awoken a sleeping giant."
It was a manic escalation of the insanity that began Thursday when Sheen took to the radio airwaves to call the creator of his CBS sitcom, Chuck Lorre, a "stupid, stupid little man."
He pointedly referred to Lorre by his Jewish birth name, Chaim Levine - and then yesterday denied accusations it was fueled by bigotry.
He told TMZ he called Lorre by his real name "because I wanted to address the man, not the bulls--- TV persona."
Thursday's tirade prompted executives to pull the plug on the remaining episodes of "Two and a Half Men" that were slated to be filmed next week.
But Sheen, who makes $1.2 million an episode, said he'll report Tuesday for work anyway.
Later, Sheen called Fox Sports Radio with Pat O'Brien to say he won't go back to the show unless "the turds that are currently in place" lose their jobs.
"Can you imagine going back into the sludge pit with those knuckleheads at this point? Can you imagine? It would go bad quickly," he said.
At the same time, he claimed in a text message to "Good Morning America" that he doesn't need CBS because of an "epic" Plan B - a $5 million-per-episode deal for a half hour show on HBO.
However, that appears to be a figment of his imagination. An HBO spokesman said there was "no truth" to the claim."
Despite a personal history filled with sex, drugs and legal woes, Sheen was considered a very bankable star.
However, he's been on a downward spiral since last year's meltdown in a Manhattan hotel where he was holed up with a porn star.
Movie producer James Robinson said Friday that Sheen's role in a third "Major League" film is in jeopardy and compared him to Lindsay Lohan.
"If Charlie doesn't straighten up... I unfortunately can't put him in the movie," Robinson told TMZ.
"When Lindsay was doing 'Georgia Rule,' she would miss full days of work," he said.
"When an actor doesn't show up for work, you can lose half-a-million dollars a day."
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