Charlie Sheen described feeling liberated while speaking out publicly for the first time about his sexual encounters with men and discussed the extortion he faced over his HIV status.
Charlie Sheen is speaking out for the first time about his past sexual encounters with men.
In his upcoming memoir, „The Book of Sheen“, and Netflix documentary, „aka Charlie Sheen“, the 60-year-old actor opened up about deciding to try something new after years of being with only women.
„I flipped the menu over“, Sheen said in the documentary, according to People magazine.
In the documentary, the „Two and a Half Men“ alum reflected on how he felt about revealing publicly that he had previously slept with men.
„Liberating. It’s f—ing liberating. [to] just talk about stuff“, he said, per People.
Sheen continued, „It’s like a train didn’t come through the side of the restaurant. A f—ing piano didn’t fall out of the sky. No one ran into the room and shot me.“
In an interview with People, published Friday, the Golden Globe Award winner — who has been open about his past substance abuse — said he began having sexual encounters with men after he started smoking crack.
„That’s what started it“, he told People. „That’s where it was born, or sparked.
