NEW YORK — here's something for Jeff Rossen to reflect after a crazy week: is called a "rock star" by Charlie Sheen good or bad for her career in television journalism?
Rossen, a correspondent for NBC News who works mainly for the "today" Show, played an important role of the actor bizarre media tour to bash his head suspension "Two and a half men," and explain a lifestyle of drugs and "Dee." Andrea Canning, ABC News, Piers Morgan and radio Star Howard Stern also spent time with the shine of CNN.
It was however, Rossen which Sheen described as a "rock star" whose interview was "pure gold". Sheen said Morgan live on CNN that Rossen was awful and should be a guest on his show.
"I think what he meant by calling me a rock star is that I have kept my word to him," said Rossen, who joined NBC News in 2008, after working for seven years at the station of ABC's New York City.
Rossen had tried to obtain Sheen to come on the show "today", since shortly after the actor trashed a room in Hotel Plaza in New York last fall. He said he spoke frequently with the management team of Sheen and met the actor on "Two and a half men" set in November. Sheen subsequently spoke to Rossen for background on other stories, but never went into the camera until last weekend.
In addition to taped interviews that appeared on "today" on Monday and Tuesday of last week, Rossen convinced the plaintiff to stand up — or stay up — for a 4: 30 a.m. PT live interview the morning after losing custody of her twins.
Rossen don't pull punches. Asked Sheen his drug use and whether it has provided a healthy home environment for her children and her role in making future sitcom more popular wobbly.
"I said from the beginning (that) I'll make no agreements," says Rossen. "I'm going to ask anything that I want to ask you. Applications will be harsh. Sometimes they are uncomfortable. What I promise to you in return is that I keep your answers in context. I'm not going to have any endings clever, deceptive. I'm going to explain. "
Head of Rossen, "Today" Show executive producer Jim Bell, called a versatile reporter and relentless.
"Literal and figurative Doors were slammed in your face along the way, but he would not simply take ' no ' for an answer," Bell said. "His work on this story is consistent with the many stories that he covers for ' today ' investigative pieces, complete with the latest news."
Sheen's interviews were a brilliant piece of performance art or evidence that he is off his rocker, or a combination of the two. He probably set a record for the insertion of additional catchphrases in the public lexicon in less time. Most spoke, more wrenching has become.
Rossen, said Sheen told him that he wanted to Upstage Academy Awards.
Is he nuts? "It is difficult to say," says Rossen.
"I was given a very limited snapshot of Charlie Sheen," says Rossen. "I spent about 10 hours with him in the course of several days, sometimes with cameras and sometimes cameras. You can't judge a person completely on the basis of 10 hours. I hope that nobody will judge me in this way. "
Clearly, Sheen is at a crossroads in her life and coming to grips with that, he said.
As the line "rock star" sticks with Rossen is an interesting question. Journalists normally look askance praise from subject interview, perhaps seeing it as a proof that not enough tough questions were asked.
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