CHARLIE Sheen has been praised for his “brave” interview coming clean about living with HIV, but former girlfriend Bree Olson is not so impressed.
The glamorous ex-porn star who says she lived with
Sheen when he was first diagnosed, called into question Sheen’s claims he had been upfront with the women in his life, claiming he flat-out lied about being upfront with all his partners.
The contradictory claims come only hours after Sheen’s explosive interview admitting he had been diagnosed with the disease and that he’d been paid “millions” to keep quiet about it, but claimed he had divulged his secret to every one of his sexual partners.
In an interview on the Howard Stern Show, Olson strongly refuted this.
“I was living with him, we were sleeping together every single night,” she said.
“And he never said anything, ever. ‘I’m clean’ he told me, ‘I’m clean, I’m clean’.”
The livid ex-girlfriend, who said she loved Sheen and left her career as an adult actor for him, claimed the 50-year-old TV star not only concealed his condition from her but also insisted the pair use lambskin condoms, which are less effective in preventing the transmission of STDs than regular condoms.
“I made the mistake that a lot of people do, I trusted him,” she said.
“Stupid me for not having us both getting tested but I feel like a lot of people make this mistake.”
Olson said she remembered her partner having closed-door meetings with doctors, but never questioned his condition.
Olson said she was tested for HIV over the weekend when she was first quizzed by media about the Sheen rumours and said she was clear.
Actor Charlie Sheen appears during an interview on “Today”.
Another of Sheen’s former “goddesses”, Natalie Kenly, told entertainment site TMZSheen never told her about his virus before they had sex. She lived with Sheen in 2011.
The former Anger Management star admitted he’d had unprotected sex with two women since his diagnosis.
“But the two people I did that with were under the care of my doctor and warned ahead of time.”
He then said he’d told every one of his sexual partners before sex.
Sheen strongly refuted that he knew he had HIV and was intentionally spreading it secretly.
He insisted he hadn’t risked any woman’s health and had instead been blackmailed for his money.
Tabloid The National Enquirer claims at least four women say Sheen exposed them to the virus and that the TV star had been threatened with lawsuits.
“Having divulged it is the reason I’m in the mess that I’m in, with having all the shakedowns,” Sheen said.
“I’ve paid those people. Not that many but enough where it has depleted the future ... enough to bring it into the millions ... that’s money they’re taking from my children,” he said.
Sheen said that by coming clean on live TV, he was releasing himself from a “prison” and he would no longer pay people for silence.
“I have to put a stop to this onslaught, this barrage of attacks and of sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me, that threaten the health of so many others that couldn’t be further from the truth.”
Charlie Sheen has been praised for ‘speaking out’ about the virus.
Sheen said he wanted to use his case to do good for HIV awareness. He follows a number of celebrities, such as actor Rock Hudson, basketball star Magic Johnson and singer Freddie Mercury, who have battled the virus.
“If there’s one guy on the planet to contract this who is going to deliver a cure, it’s me. Seriously,” Sheen said. “I’m not going to be the poster man for this but I will not shun away from responsibilities and opportunities that drive me to helping others.”
He said he would speak out often about the subject but pick his spots “carefully and respectfully.”
Sheen also addressed his well-publicised meltdown in 2011, saying he went through that for reasons apart from the HIV diagnosis. He added he was “very far down the road” of relieving himself from those demons.
“There’s a lot of that I’m not proud of. But I’m approaching a time of more of philanthropic approach in my life.”
Sheen’s camp announced last night’s tell-all interview on NBC after the Enquirer and a string of other US media outed Sheen’s condition on Monday.
Celebrities have tweeted their support for the star, including former Spin City co-star Heather Locklear who wrote, “My heart hurts. Prayers for Charlie and his family.”
Sheen has previously admitted to using sex workers and drugs during his chequered career, with a dramatic meltdown in 2011 seeing him sacked from Two and a Half Men.
Sheen has been married three times and has five children, but has long flaunted his promiscuous ways.
The first hint of Sheen’s health came in the Sony hack in March 2014, when an email between executives linked to a story about him missing work days on the set of his sitcom Anger Management, with the words: “It’s hard to be a drug addict and be HIV positive and do 40 eps a year.”
Top Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman said he was approached by the Sheen camp six months ago to manage from a PR perspective, but didn’t end up taking the contract.
Bragman told People Magazine — and later confirmed his comments to other media — that Sheen had been getting treatment and those close to the troubled actor were aware of his condition.
“The interview could open up a lot of sympathy for him, but he has to be concerned about fear of litigation from former sexual partners. You don’t take that lightly.”
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