US EditionCharlie Sheen Talks His Road to Sobriety Ahead of Release of His Memoir, 'The Book of Sheen'
Charlie Sheen reveals his HIV diagnosis, addiction struggles, and sexual experiences in his memoir and Netflix documentary as he seeks to own his past and find redemption.
- Actor Charlie Sheen announced in his memoir and documentary he is revealing past sexual encounters with men for the first time; The Book of Sheen releases September 9, aka Charlie Sheen drops September 10.
- During periods of crack use, Sheen says his sexual encounters with men began and he initially kept his HIV diagnosis private before revealing it in 2015 after facing overnight guests and extortion threats.
- Now sober, Sheen framed his memoir and documentary as efforts to tell his full truth and make amends after eight years of sobriety, telling People he won't play the victim.
- Sheen revealed he faced extortion over his HIV status and paid people to keep it quiet, asserting he "never passed it on" to others.
- For fans, the projects offer an unfiltered look at Charlie Sheen, and he hopes the candidness reframes his saga toward redemption and connects with the sober community and people in similar pain.
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Charlie Sheen has become the ultimate cliché of the many pitfalls of a Hollywood star. From Oscar-worthy in his twenties to the highest-paid TV actor ever twenty years later, and then fired and out of control a year or so after that. Drink, drugs, bizarre pronouncements about tiger blood, and plenty of paid sex. Eight years later, he's sobered up and gives an account of himself in the Netflix documentary "Aka Charlie Sheen."
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Charlie Sheen talks his road to sobriety ahead of release of his memoir, ‘The Book of Sheen’
By ITZEL LUNA Charlie Sheen said fatherhood quickly occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago. “It turned into just an interesting daily grind of just sudden responsibility and, you know, having to answer the call and it was amazing,” Sheen said Monday, telling an audience that once he “finally put down the bottle,” his children started coming to his home. Sheen sat down with actor and writer David Duchovny during an event at 92nd Stre…
Charlie Sheen talks his road to sobriety ahead of release of his memoir, 'The Book of Sheen' (Entertainment)
Charlie Sheen said fatherhood quickly occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago. 'It turned into just an interesting daily grind of just sudden responsibility and, you know, having to answer the call and it was amazing," Sheen said Monday, telling an audience that once he 'finally put...
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