Why Charlie Sheen Temporarily Went Off His HIV Medication, ''Amazed'' That He's Still Alive. Charlie Sheen made some eye-opening and very personal revelations during his interview with Dr. Oz on Monday. The 50-year-old actor opened up about his HIV diagnosis and the struggles he's faced in battling the disease. For example, why he made the decision to go off his medication for a little while. "There's a host of side-effects that are manageable," Sheen told Dr. Oz. "I was just curious, as I think a lot of people are. You know, you ingest something every day, and you feel a certain way. I just got curious about what I might feel like off this stuff. And then, if what was being professed, if any part of it was true, then I thought it was worth exploring." Meanwhile, Sheen also admitted that he regrets taking so long to do something about his disease once he was diagnosed. "I'm amazed that I'm actually alive. But I beat myself up from time to time about why it took me so long once I knew that I was HIV positive to really start embracing the whole physical package and the whole psychological package about bettering myself," he tells Dr. Oz. However, now that he's come out to the public about his battle, Sheen says he's dedicating his life to finding a cure for it. "I hope in my abilities to do something really positive with this," he said. News of Sheen's diagnosis went public in November, and the actor decided to open up about his personal battle in an interview with Matt Lauer shortly thereafter. "I have a responsibility now to better myself and to help a lot of other people," he told the host at the time. "And hopefully with what we're doing today, others may come forward and say, 'Thanks, Charlie. Thanks for kicking the door open.'" (Eonline)
Charlie Sheen's HIV diagnosis has brought him closer to his famous father and "Wall Street" co-star Martin Sheen. "I don't want to say it's specifically changed our relationship but something happened with he and I. We are such better friends than we've ever been," Charlie said in an interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz set to air on Tuesday. "We don't judge each other. [It's] nothing but fun when we hang out. We don't agree on everything, obviously. I mean what son and father do? He's a special cat. And I'm really lucky to have him." An insider adds about Charlie's talk with Oz: "He's worried about following in his father's footsteps based on his hard living. Bad health runs in his family. He took numerous smoke breaks during the interview." Martin Sheen had quadruple bypass surgery in December. Charlie also tells Oz that his addictions hindered his marriages to Brooke Mueller and Denise Richards. "It didn't help. I don't know that I'm cut out for marriage to begin with," Sheen says. "I'm 0-for-3. I'm just not good at it. I have amazing children as a result. I don't regret that for one second .?.?. Denise and Brooke, they're doing the best that they can and they're both terrific mothers and, we don't always get along." Sources told Page Six that Sheen -- who was paid $1.8 million per episode of "Two and a Half Men" -- flew on his first commercial flight in years for the Oz interview. The first part of the interview aired Monday on Oz's show. Page Six previously reported that the doc's been a medical mentor to Sheen since he went public with his HIV diagnosis. (Page Six)
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