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Charlie Sheen did a bit of soul-searching to figure out what went wrong with his Detroit show.LOS ANGELES - Charlie Sheen admits his debacle in Detroit got under his thick warlock skin.
"There was a moment on the bus when it was like, we can just keep going, we can drive home," he told EOnline.com, describing the shock he felt after Motor City fans booed and panned his inaugural "Violent Torpedo of Truth" show Saturday night.
"I'm like 'Yeah, that's what losers do, man.' F--k it, you know? Maybe I just, you know, needed a bigger challenge," he said.
The unemployed actor, 45, knew he had less than 24 hours to redeem himself with a sold-out show in Chicago.
"Yeah, we talked about it on the bus coming back, tons of input. Then when I got back to the hotel ? we started writing, just to get some thoughts out, some feelings out, just some stuff that would be interesting," he told E. "I was up till about 5, 6:30 (in the morning), kept working on it."
Sheen said he got to the Chicago theater at 8:30 in the morning and just sat on the stage to reflect.
"(I) looked out, came up with just the chair idea and we started talking about it ... the interview thing," he said. "And then I went back and took a two-hour nap and came here and did it."
Sunday night's retooled show ditched the rapping and his rambling monologue in favor of a Q&A interview format moderated by Live Nation co-producer Joey Scoleri.
It ended with a standing ovation and generally positive reviews.
"The fans want Charlie Sheen, not trix," Scoleri said in Twitter post that included a photo of the two on stage at the Chicago Theater.
An "unedited" spoof of his "20/20" interview - which he reportedly played in Detroit - was posted to YouTube Sunday and attracted 193,000 views by Monday night.
The seven minute mash-up intercuts comedic new responses to questions posed by ABC News' straight-laced reporter Andrea Canning. In one cutaway, Sheen has cigarettes hanging out of his ears, nostrils and mouth. It ends with a video tribute to REO Speedwagon's song "Take it On the Run."
More than 1,000 tickets to Sheen's Friday show at Radio Studio Music Hall were still up for grabs Monday on StubHub.com with discounted prices starting at $39.50.
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