Charlie Sheen reveals being ‘too irresponsible’ to care for his daughter forced him get sober
CHARLIE Sheen revealed being “too irresponsible” to care for his daughter made him get sober for good. The actor, 53, also claimed his 2011 meltdown was like an “alien or demonic possession” as he approaches nearly 18 months of sobriety. Appearing on today’s Loose Women, Charlie looked fit and healthy eight years on from his […]
CHARLIE Sheen revealed being “too irresponsible” to care for his daughter made him get sober for good.
The actor, 53, also claimed his 2011 meltdown was like an “alien or demonic possession” as he approaches nearly 18 months of sobriety.
Appearing on today’s Loose Women, Charlie looked fit and healthy eight years on from his very public personal troubles.
Telling the panel he hadn’t touched booze for “1.4 years”, Charlie admitted he didn’t like looking back on media coverage from that time.
He explained: “It feels awful. Some of it is very surreal to this day I’m not sure how I created such chaos and wound up in that head space. It’s as if there was some alien or demonic possession going on.
“I wish I could make a lot of it go away but they wouldn’t call it the past if it wasn’t.”
At the time Charlie was the highest paid actor in America as the lead star of Two And A Half Men, bringing home a reported $48million a year.
He struggled with drink and drugs before going on to reveal he was HIV positive in a high profile US TV interview.
Reflecting on his behaviour, he said: “I didn’t go to prison, I didn’t kill anybody. This guy took the brunt of it.
“You get tired of apologising for things you can’t remember doing.”
Having turned his life around, Charlie revealed the reason he decided to clean himself up for good.
He said: “I’ve had times in the past, every other time I was led there through intervention. The last time, I couldn’t get my daughter to an appointment she had.
“I never drink and drive. I called my buddy Tony, we got to the thing. That night I was like ‘I’m not even responsible enough for my children’s needs.’ I woke up and was like ‘today’s the day’.”
Charlie was married to actress Denise Richards for four years between 2002 and 2006.
He was invited to her wedding last year to Aaron Phypers but revealed he declined as it was being filmed.
He added: “We do our best to park all of our nonsense and be responsible.
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“I didn’t feel like I needed to be there.”
Charlie has been married three times and has five children in total.
He married his first wife, Donna Peele, in 1995. The marriage was short-lived and they divorced in 1996.
Charlie met Denise on the set of Loaded Weapon 1 in 1991, but didn’t start dating until a few years later.
They have two daughters together – Sam J. Sheen and Lola Rose Sheen – but divorced in 2016.
Sheen married his third wife, Brooke Mueller, in 2008. The pair have two sons together – Bob and Max.
However, Sheen and Mueller divorced in 2011.
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