Charlie Sheen Confirms He Is HIV/AIDS Positive On LIVE TV

Charlie Sheen revealed he is HIV positive in an explosive interview with Matt Lauer on Today.

‘I’m here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive,’ said Sheen. ‘It’s a hard three letters to absorb,’ he later added.

The news comes just one day after reports emerged that the actor was battling the virus.

Sheen said that he learned he had the virus ‘roughly four years ago.’

He also said that he was ‘not entirely’ sure how he contracted the virus.

Sheen said that he had told people that he trusted his status over the past few years, but also bought the silence of others.

‘We’re talking about shakedowns,’ Sheen said of some of the people he had been forced to pay to keep quiet.

‘Enough to bring it into the millions,’ said Sheen of the amount he had paid out over the years.

‘For some reason I trusted them, they were deep in my inner circle. I thought they could be helpful and instead, my trust turned to their treason,’ said Sheen.

When asked if he was still paying anyone for their silence, Sheen said; ‘Not after today I’m not.’ He then said; ‘I think I release myself from this prison today.

He also said it was ‘impossible’ that he had transmitted the virus to anyone else.

‘I always led with condoms and honesty when it came to my condition,’ said Sheen. Moving forward Sheen said; ‘I have a responsibility now to better myself and help a lot of other people.’

Sheen, 50, has spent most of the past year out of the spotlight and has not appeared on television since his show Anger Management went off the air in 2014 save a guest appearance on the ABC comedy The Goldbergs in February.

The National Enquirer was the first to report that Sheen is HIV positive, a story they have worked on for 18 months, and two hours after they released their story People confirmed the news with crisis manager Howard Bragman.

Charlie – who has had three wives, additional fiancees and lived with various porn star ‘goddesses’  – has long flouted traditional ways.

‘Charlie had sex with multiple partners since learning his HIV status without informing them of his potentially deadly HIV infection,’ a source told the Enquirer.

Another source said; ‘Charlie hired escorts, and him being HIV-positive never entered these women’s minds.

‘The fact is, he was playing Russian roulette with their lives, while the women were playing Russian roulette with the prospect of becoming pregnant by Sheen, and being set for life.’

The Enquirer is also reporting that one of the women who was allegedly exposed settled a civil action against the actor after retaining Gloria Allred as her lawyer.

Sheen has been married three times and has five children – a daughter Cassandra, 21, with high school sweetheart Paula Profit; Daughters Sam, 11, and Lola, 10, with second wife Denise Richards; and twin boys Bob and Max, 6, with third wife Brooke Mueller.

He had been engaged to be married to adult film star Scottine Ross, also known as Brett Rossi, but the engagement was called off in October 2014 after eight months.

In a video obtained by the Enquirer, Ross is reportedly seen screaming about Sheen; ‘You exposed me to HIV for a year and a half!’

An insider claims; ‘Sheen waited over four months to inform Scottine that he was HIV positive. From the very beginning, Sheen never used protection, saying he “loved” her.’