the things he was doing outside meant that people had to kind of ignore some of the behaviors that didn't fit with the sitcom persona. i think most particularly, the allegations of violence women. >> geraldo: he's a woman beater. i'm sorry, one time maybe you could say, you went crazy, you slipped, you did something. at least a half a dozen times. he had a knife to one, he shot one accidentally. cooper lawrence, let me ask you. my 20 -year-old son came home from college with his buddy. they out of the blue, dad don't you think charlie sheen is cool?% this is monday or tuesday of this week. i was shocked. my son is not a tv viewer. it is the arch of this spectacle and the fact that he's defying the world and so far surviving, where it ends, nobody knows. although i have deep suspicion it will end like heath ledger and so many others.