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Charlie Sheen has disclosed that he is HIV positive, in a television interview that followed weeks of speculation about his condition.
“I am here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive and I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks, of sub-truths – very harmful ... stories that are threatening the health of so many others,” the actor told NBC’s Today show on Tuesday.
He said he had learned about the diagnosis “roughly four years ago”, adding: “It’s a hard three letters to absorb.”
Asked whether he had transmitted HIV to anyone since his diagnosis, Sheen said: “Impossible.” He also said he was “not entirely” aware of how he contracted the virus. Sheen’s doctor, Robert Huizenga, told the program the actor did not have Aids.
Sheen claimed that people who knew his HIV-positive status had extorted money from him to keep it a secret.
And the Hollywood star said he would stop paying them now that his HIV status was public, adding: “I release myself from this prison today.”
Charlie Sheen reveals he is HIV positive | Culture | The Guardian
“I am here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive and I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks, of sub-truths – very harmful ... stories that are threatening the health of so many others,” the actor told NBC’s Today show on Tuesday.
He said he had learned about the diagnosis “roughly four years ago”, adding: “It’s a hard three letters to absorb.”
Asked whether he had transmitted HIV to anyone since his diagnosis, Sheen said: “Impossible.” He also said he was “not entirely” aware of how he contracted the virus. Sheen’s doctor, Robert Huizenga, told the program the actor did not have Aids.
Sheen claimed that people who knew his HIV-positive status had extorted money from him to keep it a secret.
And the Hollywood star said he would stop paying them now that his HIV status was public, adding: “I release myself from this prison today.”
Charlie Sheen reveals he is HIV positive | Culture | The Guardian
