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<\/p>\nCharlie Sheen: \u2018I Am In Fact HIV Positive\u2019 \u2014 VIDEO<\/b><\/p>\n
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Actor Charlie Sheen sat down with Matt Lauer on the TODAY show this morning and told Lauer, “I’m here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive.”<\/p>\n
Sheen told Lauer he was diagnosed four years ago, and he has paid people millions of dollars to keep them silent.<\/p>\n
“That’s money they’ve taken from my children,” he added.<\/p>\n
“I chose the companionship of insipid types,” he said. “I always led with condoms and honesty…Sadly my truth became their treason.”<\/p>\n
Sheen said that people shook him down and threatened to reveal his status. A prostitute came over to his house and took an image of his retroviral medication and threatened to sell it to tabloids.<\/p>\n
“I was doing a lot of drugs. I was drinking too much. I was making really bad decisions.”<\/p>\n
Sheen said it is “impossible” that he has transmitted the virus to anyone else. He has had unprotected sex<\/a> but “they were warned ahead of time” and under the care of his doctor.<\/p>\n Sheen’s “tiger blood” period was more of a roid rage and not a reaction to his diagnosis, he said.<\/p>\n “I don’t” [feel the stigma of HIV anymore], he added. “I have a responsibility to better myself and to help a lot of people. ‘<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n We’ll post better quality video<\/a> as soon as it is available.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Charlie Sheen: ‘I Am In Fact HIV Positive’ — VIDEO<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n