\u201cI flipped the menu over,\u201d Sheen said, confirming the same-sex romps.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today \u201cI\u2019m not going to run from my past, or let it own me.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheen said he was using drugs at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what started it,\u201d Sheen told the publication.<\/p>\n \u2018That\u2019s where it was born, or sparked.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd in whatever chunks of time that I was off the pipe, trying to navigate that, trying to come to terms with it \u2014 \u2018Where did that come from? \u2026 Why did that happen?\u2019 \u2014 and then just finally being like, \u2018So what?\u201d So what? Some of it was weird. A lot of it was f**king fun. And life goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheen later said he was extorted over his sexual experiences with men.<\/p>\n \u201cIt did come with a tremendous amount of extortion. So, at the time, I was just (like), \u2018All right, let\u2019s just pay to keep it quiet\u2019, and hope it stays there, make it go away,\u201d he told Good Morning America on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cThey had videoed things or whatever and had stuff over me, so (I) was kind of held hostage, you know, and that\u2019s a bad feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheen said he felt it was \u201cliberating\u201d to go public with the experiences.<\/p>\n \u201c(To) just talk about stuff. It\u2019s like a train didn\u2019t come through the side of the restaurant. A f***ing piano didn\u2019t fall out of the sky. No one ran into the room and shot me (it\u2019s fine),\u201d he told People magazine.<\/p>\n Sheen has previously disclosed he is HIV positive, which he declared in 2015.<\/p>\n At the time, he said he was being extorted over it.<\/p>\n The 1980s heartthrob also admitted to his past serious drug use.<\/p>\n Sheen has since turned his life around, getting sober and attempting to make amends for his prior reckless behaviour.<\/p>\n He is now living a quieter life.<\/p>\n Sheen is a father of five, sharing Cassandra, 40, with high school sweetheart Paula Profit.<\/p>\n He and ex-wife Denise Richards have daughters Sami, 21, and Lola, 20. He also has twins Bob and Max, 16 from his marriage to ex Brooke Mueller.<\/p>\n aka Charlie Sheen will debut on Netflix on September 10.<\/p>\n The Book of Sheen will be released September 9.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Iconic musician behind \u2018Happy Together\u2019 hit dead at 78<\/p>\n 1 min read<\/p>\n![\"Download](\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\"){kind=icon}
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\u201cI flipped the menu over,\u201d Sheen said, confirming the same-sex romps. Here in 1988. Credit: Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty<\/p>\n