Charlie Sheen talks about his s*xual relationships with men, calls them 'liberating'

Charlie Sheen has opened up about his s*xual relationships with people of the same sex in two of his latest projects: The Book of Sheen, his memoir that debuts on September 9, and aka Charlie Sheen, a Netflix documentary that premieres the next day.

In a profile for People Magazine, he opened up about not running from his past and his same-sex encounters:

"I'm not going to run from my past, or let it own me," he said. As for how he felt about the intimacy, "Liberating. It's f---ing liberating ... [to] just talk about stuff. It's like a train didn't come through the side of the restaurant. A f---ing piano didn't fall out of the sky. No one ran into the room and shot me."

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In the same interview with the outlet, Charlie Sheen, who is now eight years sober, divulged that he'd begun having s*x with men when he was using crack.

"That's what started it," Sheen said. "That's where it was born, or sparked. And in whatever chunks of time that I was off the pipe, trying to navigate that, trying to come to terms with it, 'Where did that come from? Why did that happen?' — and then just finally being like, 'So what?' Some of it was weird. A lot of it was f---ing fun, and life goes on."

However, Charlie Sheen eventually contracted HIV, a diagnosis he revealed to the world in 2015. He takes antiretroviral medication to contain it and swears he has never passed it on.

He celebrated his 60th birthday just this week, and while he's making a conscious effort to stay healthy and fit, he told the outlet that he never thought he'd make it this far in his life:

"I have more days behind me than in front of me, and that's fine," he said. However, he's health is in perfect condition, he told the outlet: "I'm feeling pretty good! Most guys my age, they usually have a bad back or knees. Somehow I dodged that," Sheen joked. "I just have a bad shoulder that I have to take Advil for."

Charlie Sheen also credited his years-long progress to the pillars in his life, who all urged him to forgive himself for his past behavior:

"They're getting farther in between, so I guess that's progress," Sheen said of his "Shame Shivers." He continued, "What has been interesting about making amends is that most people have been like, 'Hey yeah, we're good man, but we hope you've also forgiven yourself.'"

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