Charlie Sheen has been revealed to be the Hollywood actor diagnosed HIV-positive, TMZ reports.
Rumors have been swirling ever since a tabloid website reported a Hollywood ‘A-lister’ will announce their diagnosis.
Sheen will make the announcement Tuesday morning during an interview with Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today Show, the report said.
Sheen’s personal life has made headlines, including reports of alcohol and drug abuse and marital problems, as well as allegations of domestic violence. He was fired from Two and a Half Men by CBS and Warner Bros. in March 2011. Sheen subsequently went on tour.
On May 20, 1998, Sheen suffered a stroke after overdosing while using cocaine and was hospitalized. Sheen was found in his seaside home by a friend, after which paramedics had to give emergency life-saving treatment and rushed him to Las Robles hospital. He was described as being in a “serious condition” after his stomach was pumped.
Sheen subsequently checked into a rehab clinic days later but told doctors within hours that he did not intend to stay. Sheriffs later forced Sheen back into the clinic after he fled only hours after arriving. On August 11, 1998, Sheen, already on probation in California for a previous drug offense, had his probation extended for an extra year and entered a rehab clinic.
In a 2004 interview, Sheen admitted that the overdose was caused by his injecting of cocaine.
