US actor Charlie Sheen, as well known for his on-screen work as his off-screen
debauchery with drugs, alcohol and prostitutes, disclosed Tuesday that he is HIV
positive.
“I am here to admit that I am in fact HIV
positive,” Sheen, 50, said on the NBC morning
talk show “Today.”
Sheen said he has known of his illness for about
four years and that when he first started feeling
sick it was so bad he thought he had a brain
tumor.
After undergoing tests — “spinal taps, all that
crap” — doctors gave him the diagnosis that he
had the virus that causes AIDS.
“Its a hard three letters to absorb, you know?
“It’s a turning point in one’s life,” Sheen said.
Posted by: Philip Ochika