Actor actor Charlie Sheen’s “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option” tour made its way to Boston University’s Agganis Arena on Tuesday evening.
Unlike in Detroit where the audience booed Sheen offstage, attendees of Sheen’s Agganis performance said fans remained calm throughout the performance.
However, by the show’s end a few members of the crowd were arrested, a Boston University Police Department official said.
Sheen’s act included some stand-up comedy, a video montage, a question and answer session for the audience and “a goddess contest,” audience members said.
The show’s attendees expressed a variety of reactions, with many remarks saying the show sucked “sucked,” and others claiming they felt like “winners.”
Outside of the arena, people were handing out “SKULLebrities” T-shirts of Sheen to passerbys.
“He asked if we were winning at least 20 times,” said attendee and College of Arts and Sciences freshman Laura Alessi.
Jersey Shore star Paul “Pauly D” DelVecchio appeared during Sheen’s show as a special guest.
“Pauly D came onstage as a surprise guest and Charlie Sheen said he was a ‘very attractive son of a b—-,’” Alessi said.
Alessi said one audience member got a little too excited to be in Sheen’s presence.
“There was a woman in the front row with a very big rack. She flashed everyone and it came up on the JumboTron,” she said.
One audience member who Alessi said appeared to be under the influence won Sheen’s goddess contest.
“He picked a girl wearing olive drab saying she was mad high,” Alessi said.
Other students said they found Sheen’s show uneventful.
“All he did was the question and answer session. People just asked about his personal life,” said Eric Ash, a graduate student in the Metropolitan College.
During the question and answer session, CAS junior Peter Gilmore said a female audience member requested to get close and personal with the star.
“Some girl asked if she could sit on his lap, and he told her no,” Gilmore said.
Sheen’s former CBS sitcom was also a topic of discussion.
“A lot of people asked about ‘Two and a Half Men,’” Gilmore said. “He said that they wanted him to apologize, but if he did, he wouldn’t really mean it.”
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