Everybody Can’t Handle The Spotlight: Celebrities Whose Fame Literally Drove Them Crazy

Charlie Sheen

If you’d like to know just how much crazy it takes to be fired from the gig that makes you the highest paid actor on television, study Charlie Sheen, he’ll show you the way. Despite an early career characterized by hard-work and normal behavior, Charlie began to lose his mind in sync with his growing fame.

But it really wasn’t until 2011 that he went full nutso, following a number of rehab visits and public statements slamming “Two and a Half Men” series creator, Chuck Lorre. In addition to calling Lorre a “piece of sh—“, Charlie claimed he was underpaid, prompting the show’s producers to fire him. What followed was a crazy meltdown of epic proportions; warlocks, tiger blood and Adonis DNA mentions included.