It has been a rumor for a while now and today finally, the announcement was made by an STD resource center ending months of speculation: Charlie Sheen is HIV-Positive! Charlie decided to make this announcement today on national television to Matt Lauer. Right about yesterday, news media were already reporting this news and that Charlie was set to appear on The Today’s Show just to make this announcement. Gossip sites, though, already knew back then with several of them creating blind items. Since there was no confirmation, we didn’t think it was right to publish a blind item about an HIV-positive star, who has yet to go public. Also, we could have gone wrong. Many people thought it could have been Leonardo DiCaprio! Back to the Charlie Sheen HIV-Positive announcement, Charlie mentioned that he has known about his health status for four years. This pretty much explains how he went looking healthy to really unhealthy, from the last season that he worked on ‘Two and a Half Men’ to all seasons of ‘Anger Management’, which he did after he was fired from ‘Two and a Half Men’.
Charlie Sheen went from looking like this:
To this:
Charlie now looks like this:
Charlie started the interview by thanking Matt Lauer and his wonderful team (his words). He then stammered at lot as he went on to address his HIV rumors. Apparently, Charlie HAD to come out with his health status because some women were blackmailing him up to $10 million until he realized they were taking too much money from him. Charlie said that was the reason he decided to come out and tell the world that he’s HIV-Positive. Charlie also went on to say that he was wrong in bringing women that he thought he could trust to his home. By women, he meant prostitutes! He also doesn’t know how he got HIV. We are guessing it was during his very public meltdown after he got fired from ‘Two and a Half Men’.
Charlie’s doctor was also on board for this interview. His doctor said that while Charlie has HIV and is living with HIV, he does not now have AIDS completely; he added that Charlie is healthy. Charlie is said to be worried about the number of lawsuits that will hit his way now that he has confirmed he has HIV. Though he did mention that his ex-wives were fully aware of his situation since he was diagnosed. Only recently did Charlie tell his children and he said that the older ones old enough to know what HIV is were shocked. To be fair, the whole world isn’t shocked as Charlie Sheen never hid the way he really led his life behind the cameras. Now (or four years ago), it’s all coming down crashing fast! It’s sad how he almost looks as old as his dad when he was really good looking in his younger days. We wonder how this will affect his career and the choices he will get now that he has announced his situation publicly. Let’s just wait and see.