Charlie Sheen, who has reportedly paid Gaddafi’s government over $2 million, came clean about his purchases of Libyan moonshine, exotic prostitutes from the presidential harem, and for babysitting services. Members of the Gaddafi family themselves oversaw the child care responsibilities for Sheen’s five children, treating them to an authentic Bedouin experience by dragging them deep into the desert and forcing them to sleep alone in a tent.
Mariah Carey Never Heard of Gaddafi
In a prepared statement, the diva said she was “naïve and unaware of who I was booked to perform for. I feel horrible and embarrassed to have participated in this mess.”
Carey was just 16 in 1986 when the United States bombed Libya in response to a terrorist attack carried out by Gaddafi’s forces on a Berlin discotheque.
A public relations specialist for Carey said, “She was just a baby when Reagan ordered air-strikes against Libya. At that young age, she really couldn’t have known much about Gaddafi, so you can’t fault her ignorance of the dictator. Besides, it wasn’t really that newsworthy to begin with.”
The military action, code-named Operation El Dorado Canyon, injured 2,000 and killed at least 100, including Gaddafi’s adopted 15-month old daughter.
The singer’s statement follows in the wake of similar announcements from stars Beyoncé and Nelly Furtado, who have also been criticized for accepting money to perform for Gaddafi.
Making Amends
Beyoncé said she already donated her earnings to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund. Furtado has also vowed to give her money to a charity that has nothing to do with assisting the Libyan people, insisting that these actions support the UN sanctions levied against Gaddafi.
Mariah Carey told reporters that the next time a foreign dignitary offers extravagant sums of money for a private performance, she will have one of her staff research the individual.
Carey called her only remaining overseas venue a “super safe show, performing in North Korea for Little Kim [sic].”
When reporters corrected Carey by pointing out that Kim Jong Il -- a diminutive but tyrannical autocrat -- controlled North Korea and not Li’l Kim -- the popular American rapper -- Carey appeared visibly shaken and confused.
When asked for his comments, Charlie Sheen claimed that he invented the schwa and said that his urine is made of stardust from Betelgeuse.