Charlie Sheen’s Twitter: Number meant for Bieber goes public

“310-954-7277 Call me bro. C.”

While eating at a restaraunt in Las Vegas, Charlie Sheen used his Twitter account to give his cell phone number to pop star Justin Bieber. But Sheen inadvertently sent the tweet to the bulk of his 5.5 million followers.

A photo from one of Charlie Sheen's first tweets. The actor had to change his cell phone number in 2011, after accidentally tweeting it to all of his Twitter followers. Photo via Twitter.

What followed was a maelstrom of calls and text messages from delighted fans. According to one source, Charlie “answered the phone a few times, saying things like ‘Ray’s Pizza’ and ‘Winning.’ But his phone just continued ringing and buzzing and eventually just completely melted down. Charlie was like, ‘I guess I need a new phone.’”

Sheen is a virtual newb to Twitter, only joining after being fired from his gig at ‘Two and a Half Men’. But within an hour, Sheen had over 100,000 followers and tweeted four times his first day, including “Just got invited to do the Nancy Grace show… I’d rather go on a long road trip with Chuck Lorre in a ’75 Pacer….”

Of  Sheen’s recent twitter gaffe, another source told reporters,“It was ringing wildly, and he got 1,800 text messages in minutes.”

For anyone hoping to talk to the “unemployed winner“, the number no longer works.

It seems 2011 will be remembered for notable Twitter faux-pas, and no one is seemingly immune. From businesses to actors and politicians, a blunder on the micro-blogging site can spell big trouble:

In November, Ashton Kutcher tweeted his outrage at the fireing of Penn State coach, Joe Patterno, only to quickly recant. He ultimately hired a PR firm to filter his tweets and the twitter blunder reportedly led to the end of his marriage to actress Demi Moore.

Also in November, Australian airline Quantas went to Twitter to invite customers to share their “dream luxury experience” would be. For weeks the airline received not so nice replies, such as ’Planes that arrive in tact and on time because they’re staffed and maintained by properly-paid, Australia-based personnel.’

In June, Anthony Weiner was forced to resign after he tweeted inappropriate images of himself to underage girls. In the same month, Roger Ebert came under fire for tweeting, “Friends don’t let Jackasses drink and drive,” after the tragic death of Ryan Dunn.

In March, Gilbert Godfied reportedly got himself fired as the spokes-duck for Aflac, after making distasteful jokes about the tsunami in Japan.