Charlie Sheen Goes On The Today Show To Reveal He Is HIV Positive

Yesterday, the world was in an uproar with rumors that Charlie Sheen is HIV positive. He went on the Today Show with Matt Lauer to clear everything up.  And the truth is shocking and sad.

After all the rumors that surfaced in the past few days, Charlie Sheen has come forward to confirm that he is HIV positive.  In the interview, he told Matt Lauer,  “I am here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive.”

Sheen said he was diagnosed over four years ago after experiencing severe migraines and has been receiving treatment for HIV for over a year. He claims that the virus is undetectable in his blood stream, though doctors have said that once you have HIV, you have it for life. The actor did admit to having sexual contact with multiple partners since his diagnosis, but says they were all “warned ahead of time” regarding his condition. Sheen said that because his blood tests didn’t reveal the presence of HIV, it’s “impossible” he passed it on to any of his sexual partners. There is much debate on whether it truly is impossible for him to transmit or not.

Sheen says he wanted to speak out at because of the “barrage” of attacks and speculation in the media about his health. Over the past few years, Sheen says he has been extorted by people who knew about his condition paying “millions” to keep people quiet.  The people he paid off includes a prostitute who took photos of his anti-viral medications and threatened to sell them to the tabloids. When asked if he was still paying these people, Sheen replied, “Not after today, I’m not.”

Sheen’s physical appearance has changed dramatically over the past few years, although most attributed his gaunt features to years of drug and alcohol abuse. After all his crazy behavior and multiple rehab stints that led to his exit from Two and a Half Men back in 2011, the actor made a soft comeback with FX’s Anger Management series. Sheen says his behavior during those controversial years was due in no small part to his diagnosis and his depression.

Sheen’s appearance on the Today show with his personal battle makes sense with all his latest behavior.  And since Anger Management’s final episode last December, Sheen has remained virtually absent from the public eye.

This is definitely a difficult thing to share with the world and we wish him and his family all the best.  And hopefully, this will bring awareness to the disease.