Charlie Sheen: I’m going to reveal the real me... on West End stage

Sheen said the stories circulating about him are not “rooted in any kind of reality”
Back on track: US actor Charlie Sheen
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Alistair Foster27 April 2016
The Weekender

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After a public meltdown, several spells in rehab and the revelation last November that he is HIV positive, Charlie Sheen wants to clear up the “truth” about his life — with an appearance in London in June.

In a rare UK interview, Sheen told the Standard that many of the stories circulating about him are not “rooted in any kind of reality”. The actor said he is frustrated by the attention his private life receives and would prefer the focus to be on his work.

He spoke out as he announced he will appear in an “audience with” evening at the Drury Lane Theatre, hosted by Piers Morgan.

“Basically it’s a casual conversation,” he said. “It talks about things I’ve been through recently and storytellings of the past. Also just about my career and trying to focus more on the body of work, future work, current work and not delve into the things that everybody seems to have so much curiosity about.

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“It is frustrating. It feels like there is an idea or a concept that people have about me and not necessarily about knowing the actual man.

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“The reason I don’t comment on a lot of this stuff is that there really is nothing to say. Often-times talking about it brings more attention than situations need and it isn’t rooted in any kind of reality or where my life is currently. It’s different when people hear it from you — or me — directly. As opposed to what they’ve heard from second, third or fourth-hand stories.”

Sheen, 50, has long made headlines for his troubled private life. In 2011 his contract with CBS and Warner Bros for Two And A Half Men, which at the time made him the highest paid star on TV, was terminated after a period of increasingly bizarre behaviour. Police are now investigating allegations that he made death threats against his former fiancée Scottine Ross, who is suing him for allegedly not disclosing his HIV status. Ex-girlfriends Bree Olson and Natalie Kenly, who both lived with him at the same time, have alleged publicly that he did not tell them that he was HIV positive.

He would not be drawn on the police probe, but said he was now in a better place and his state of mind and health were both good. After reports that he was back on HIV medication following a break, Sheen said: “I’m doing what I have to to address all those issues. I am focused on my work, kids, friends, family, just trying to embrace all the things that support me. I don’t comment on a lot of it because I think it fuels it further … At the end of the day, I know the truth.”

An Evening With Charlie Sheen is on June 19. For tickets go to rutlive.co.uk.

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