Two And A Half Men actor Charlie Sheen is making headlines once again as he opens up about some of the most intimate and controversial moments of his life.
The 58-year-old star is set to share his truth in two upcoming projects – his memoir The Book of Sheen (releasing September 9) and the Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen (premiering September 10). In both, Sheen candidly discusses his past drug-fuelled escapades, including s*xual encounters with men, and his experience living with HIV.
Charlie Sheen’s SHOCKING confessions
“I flipped the menu over,” Sheen says in the documentary and the book, referring to his exploration beyond relationships with women. Reflecting on this journey, he adds, “I’m not going to run from my past, or let it own me.” When asked about speaking openly on the subject for the first time, Sheen admitted, “Liberating. It’s f—ing liberating… [to] just talk about stuff.”
Sheen started sleeping with men after doing crack
Sheen revealed that his sexual experiences with men began during a period of heavy crack use. “That’s what started it,” he said. “That’s where it was born, or sparked. And in whatever chunks of time that I was off the pipe, trying to navigate that, trying to come to terms with it – ‘Where did that come from?… Why did that happen?, and then just finally being like, ‘So what?’ So what? Some of it was weird. A lot of it was f—ing fun, and life goes on.”
During that time, Sheen contracted HIV, which he disclosed publicly in 2015 after attempts by others to extort him over his status. “I do know for a fact that I never passed it on,” he said. With these projects, Sheen says he aims to tell his full truth without censorship.