This morning, Charlie Sheen revealed that he is HIV-positive. In a revealing interview with Matt Lauer on the TODAY Show, Sheen disclosed that he was diagnosed four years ago, after he suffered cluster headaches, migraines, and incessant night sweats. “It’s a hard three letters to absorb. It’s a turning point in your life.”
Sheen says that he’s been a victim of betrayal and extortion, by “unsavory” people who have tried to out his HIV status over the past four years. Despite being HIV positive, Sheen admitted that he’s continued to have sexual contact with multiple partners and prostitutes, but every counter has been protected. He told Lauer that he’s paid people millions to keep silent about his diagnosis. “My trust turned into their treason,” he says.
A prostitute even took a photo of his anti-retroviral medication in his medicine cabinet after he’d disclosed his status before sex, and threatened to leak the photo for money. He hopes that his TODAY announcement will end the extortion. “I’ve released myself from this prison today,” Sheen says.
Lauer confronted Sheen explicitly about any possibility that he’s infected a partner since being aware of his diagnosis, and Sheen was adamant that it’s impossible for him to have transmitted the disease. He did admit that he’s had unprotected sex with two partners since being diagnosed, but both were under his doctor’s care. Sheen doesn’t know when he contracted the disease.
Sheen’s personal physician says that he does not have AIDS, and that his HIV levels are virtually undetectable.
Watch Sheen’s revealing interview and stunning admission below.
SOURCE: TODAY | Getty: PHOTO
Charlie Sheen On TODAY Show: “I Am In Fact HIV-Positive” was originally published on globalgrind.com
