Charlie Sheen may be a divisive figure in the national discourse, but there's one thing everyone can agree on: The guy isn't afraid to poke fun at himself.
Sheen — who got the ax from the hit show "Two and a Half Men" early last year, after a spree of erratic behavior and a public war of words with show creator Chuck Lorre — appears in a pair of new ads, for DirecTV and Fiat, both of which take playful jabs at his history.
In the Fiat ad, Sheen comes tearing into an opulent home in a Fiat 500 Abarth, then emerges and embraces a fetching young woman — all while wearing a monitoring bracelet on his ankle.
"I love being under house arrest," Sheen tells the camera, before asking his new companion, "What do I get for good behavior?"
The DirecTV ad, meanwhile, plays off of Sheen's past volatility, featuring a cable customer who, discouraged by his inability to record his favorite shows, wanders off and winds up in a Turkish bath house with the actor, and is eventually confronted by a crossbow-wielding scene, sporting a manic gleam in his eye as he reprises his role in the 1986 film "Platoon."
"Don't reenact scenes from 'Platoon' with Charlie Sheen," the narrator of the ad cautions.
Seems like sound advice.
Check out the ads below.
