Charlie Sheen's unbelievable transformation

well he went from being the highest-paid actor on television to being unemployed in the blink of an outburst yet throughout his dramatic implosion he maintained he was winning Charlie Sheen is nothing if he's not an enigma Hollywood royalty with a string of hit movies to his name and yet his undoing was made even more spectacular thanks to his vast social media following he's coming to Australia for two shows which I'll be hosting I had the pleasure of talking to the very colorful and controversial Charlie Sheen we have very fond memories of your previous trips to Australia looking forward to coming down again I am most looking forward to coming back yes indeed these shows are going to be terrific I think if you and I are involved they're gonna be fabulous the television show two and a Half Men you're the highest-paid actor and television in the world I mean that's quite the badge of honour isn't it it was pretty cool but yeah yeah no I'll I'll take it but I guess I think there was just too much going on you know I created too many distractions personally or whatever that yeah I should just focus on the work and and and just enjoyed it more what do you did for a while you know it was a fantastic run we'd love to show here in Australia it was two million Aussie dollars an episode what is that a week yeah it was I mean not anymore obviously I'm wearing my one jacket but that's all right if it ever happens again and I'd be you know a lot more responsible with it you seem like you in a great place why couldn't it happen again what about a reboot have you made up with with check lorry I haven't in person it's a thing that I that I that I really want to mend you know he lives close by I could easily go by and just drop a note by his door with my phone number which I should and and and I will you know but yeah but you're right it would be so cool to reboot it and I'm not knocking what they did after I left because that is really difficult to keep a show going when the main guy bails so what they did is is spectacular and it'd be awesome for my growth and my journey but it'd also be fantastic for the fans now I want to see those shows I'm available I'm available Cosby Jean she knew me mom come on we trade our Tiger blood for some winning ding Charlie when you bailed as you so quaintly put it it was it was quite it was quite the show that was a spectacular period when you were you know winning emmazym is a lot it was a lot it was it was a bit much we all have choices and everything that we do and those choices were pretty radically off the reservation you know you gave the world a new catchphrase but it didn't it didn't look like you were kind of winning I mean everything was was going to hell in a hand without completely falling apart yeah yeah yeah it is it is one of the ultimate displays of complete and total blind denial you know I got fired no money can't see my kids it's all going to hell and I insist that I'm winning you know I mean that's Wow that's that's that's pretty extreme that's some that's some rich stuff there and it might have been fun to watch but it was not fun to live if I can say in a Manman manly way you look fantastic thank you you've been open about your health issues the big one I'm here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive I had to come clean I had to speak my truth for you know to break out of my own prison and and I also felt that by doing so that that I that I thought that I could give others hope as well it's um you live with and and the technology the medicine is is aces and and will just keep fighting for a cure I look forward to hanging out with you and spending some time is it true that on stage we're going to get some of the audience to to reenact some scenes from Two and a Half Men I mean we just need we need some scripts we need a couple pieces of furniture you know I can stage it and perform in it bring some of those bowling shirts you know you know it's terrific is the idea that you actually believe that I own one of those we look forward to having you in Australia charlie shaky rekt I appreciate it I'll see you soon yeah an evening with Charlie Sheen happens in Melbourne November the 3rd and Sydney on November the 4th tickets are on sale today at tikka tech we have those details on our website there for you very interesting [Laughter]

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Length: 5min 6sec (306 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 07 2018