A ‘comic intervention’

Figuratively, plenty of tiger blood was spilled during Comedy Central’s Charlie Sheen roast, which mercilessly skewered the outspoken sitcom star whose high-flying career was derailed thanks to an unprecedented public meltdown.

But literally, it was “Jackass” blood that flowed during last Saturday night’s taping as Steve-O broke his nose after deliberately ramming his face into the fist of fellow roaster and ex-heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson.

That only served to highlight the bizarre nature of the evening, which one roaster termed a “comic intervention” – one which perhaps most bizarrely included Sheen’s estranged wife, Brooke Mueller.

While escaping bodily harm, Sheen was nevertheless subjected to a fusillade of taunts, jeers and personal attacks from a strange mix of roasters that included roast master Seth MacFarlane, William Shatner, Kate Walsh (“Private Practice”) and comedians of varying stature (Jon Lovitz, Patrice O’Neal, Anthony Jeselnik).

An edited version of the roast will air Monday, the same night as the season premiere of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men” – the top-rated comedy from which Sheen was bounced after substance-abuse problems, legal run-ins and a highly publicized fight with his boss, executive producer Chuck Lorre.

Ashton Kutcher has stepped in for Sheen, whose character reportedly will be killed off.

Introduced to ear-splitting riffs by rock guitarist Slash, Sheen was seated on an elaborate stage equipped with large missiles – an obvious nod to his “violent torpedo of truth” stage tour this past spring.

Members of the dais wasted no time ripping into him.

“How much blow can Charlie Sheen do? Enough to kill two and a half men,” fired off Lovitz.

“Don’t you want to live to see your kids take their first 12 steps?” asked Jeffrey Ross, who was dressed as deposed Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi.

Comedian Amy Schumer compared Sheen to Bruce Willis: “You were big in the ’80s, and now your old slot is being filled by Ashton Kutcher.”

And those were some of the more delicate comments in an evening that wallowed in raunchy, brutal humor. Even Mueller, who has battled her own addictions and engaged in high-profile court battles with Sheen over the custody of their young twins, was subjected to withering barbs about her drug use and sex life. (She laughed.)

Others who were trashed included Sheen’s former co-star Jon Cryer; his brother, Emilio Estevez; his father, Martin Sheen; and his first wife, actress Denise Richards. None attended.

There were even a few pokes at deceased singer Amy Winehouse as well as Casey Anthony, recently acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter.

After being called a drug addict, an abuser of women, a connoisseur of porn stars and prostitutes, a horrible actor and a reckless loser who threw away one of the most lucrative gigs in prime-time TV, Sheen finally took the stage.

“Once again I have come out unscathed,” he declared, seeming notably healthier than the gaunt, wild-eyed persona on display during this year’s media blitz in which he talked of being “a warlock” and surrounded himself with “goddesses.”

“You can’t hurt me,” Sheen said. “Hell, even I can’t hurt me.”

Touching his chest, he added: “Here beats an eternal flame. I just need to keep it away from a crack pipe.”