Charlie Sheen panned for pitching futuristic new condom

HIV-positive Charlie Sheen has been getting negative reviews since he announced his endorsement of a latex condom called HEX by LELO.

“Maybe it’s just me, but having Charlie Sheen pitch condoms basically has the same effect of a meth addict selling life insurance,” Michael Lochrane‎ posted on Facebook.

Said John Thurston: “Isn’t this just like a convicted Arsonist selling Fire Insurance? How can you be a pitchman for something you obviously never thought to use?”

And via Twitter: “Buying This Fancy New Charlie Sheen-Endorsed Condom Would Be Like Buying A Rosie O’Donnell-Endorsed Weight Loss Book.”

As The New York Times reported: “Mr. Sheen acknowledged the reaction, asking the crowd: What business does a man who has five children and H.I.V. have hawking a contraceptive? Well, he continued, one of those things he wished he never had.

“The emergence of Mr. Sheen as a hybrid spokesman-activist at the party, where dancers in hexagon-pattered leotards performed erotic dance routines, signified a new act for the troubled actor.”

The Times quoted Steve Thomson, LELO’s chief marketing officer, as calling Sheen “the perfect choice for LELO, a tragic reflection of the current situation in sexual health of today, but more importantly, a symbol of change with the strength and the courage to confront key issues head on.”

The condoms are available online for $20 for a pack of 12, said the Times.

Sharing their views on the 50-year-old actor:

“AND WHY CHARLIE SHEEN?” Because if a condom can protect you from Charlie Sheen, it can protect you from anyone

— Pinboard (@Pinboard) June 16, 2016

I trust that you know that Charlie Sheen might have contracted HIV through behaviors that a condom would not protect against.

— Lionel (@LionelMedia) June 16, 2016

Charlie Sheen is now the spokesperson for a condom company, hopefully it isn’t too late for them to pull out

— Tyler Morrison (@tylermorrison1) June 15, 2016

Buying This Fancy New Charlie Sheen-Endorsed Condom Would Be Like Buying A Rosie O’Donnell-Endorsed Weight Loss Book https://t.co/vyqBlIy32v

— Total Frat Move (@totalfratmove) June 14, 2016

IDK, @Lelo_Official, but choosing Charlie Sheen, a violent misogynist liar, to rep your new Hex condom feels like a pretty bad PR move.

— chelsea g. summers (@chelseagsummers) June 14, 2016

If having a kid that grows up to be like Charlie Sheen doesn’t scare you into buying condoms nothing will …https://t.co/4zmMCgLDcJ

— Boo! Hoot!! (@64by4) June 14, 2016