The “Platoon” star admitted to the New York Post<\/a> this week that he has been celibate for the better part of a decade since he got sober in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to his sobriety, Sheen had a revolving door of women \u2013 sometimes more than one at a time \u2013 as well as three failed marriages.<\/p>\n “Oh my gosh, for so long [sex] was all I cared about, or it was near the top of the priority list,” he told the Post. “And so I just saw [celibacy] as a needed break from those pursuits. That\u2019s not me slamming the door on anything in the future. No, I would absolutely welcome some type of companionship.”<\/p>\n CLINT EASTWOOD CONVINCED CHARLIE SHEEN TO GO TO REHAB AFTER FAMILY INTERVENTION LED BY MARTIN SHEEN<\/a><\/p>\n Charlie Sheen admitted this week that he has been celibate for the better part of a decade since he got sober. (Dominik Bindl\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Asked to clarify that he indeed meant he is celibate, he said: “If I don\u2019t have a girlfriend, and I\u2019m not paying for it, then I think the math is pretty simple. The math is pretty simple.”<\/p>\n Sheen described himself in the past as essentially a sex addict, in an interview with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America<\/a>” this week, after revealing in his memoir “The Book of Sheen” that he lost his virginity at 15 years old to a Las Vegas prostitute, putting the charge on his father\u2019s (actor Martin Sheen) credit card, according to the Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n When Strahan said Sheen had admitted to spending $53,000 on Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss\u2019 services, the “Major League” actor replied, “That\u2019s what they knew of.”\u00a0<\/p>\n Charlie Sheen and second wife Denise Richards at the Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “aka Charlie Sheen” on Sept. 4. (Unique Nicole\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n He has also been candid about how his sex addiction was intertwined with his prolific drug use. In a recent interview with People magazine, the Golden Globe Award winner<\/a> \u2014 who has been open about his past substance abuse \u2014 said he began having sexual encounters with men after he started smoking crack.<\/p>\n CHARLIE SHEEN ADMITS HE \u2018LIT THE FUSE\u2019 THAT BLEW HIS LIFE APART AS TURBULENT PAST RESURFACES<\/a><\/p>\n The 60-year-old has been married three times: first to model Donna Peele in 1995, then to Denise Richards<\/a> from 2002 until 2006, and finally Brooke Mueller from 2008 until 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sheen is one of a number of celebrities who have been open about going through periods of celibacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n Charlie Sheen with third wife, Brooke Mueller, in 2008. (Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n LIKE WHAT YOU\u2019RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/a><\/p>\n Lenny Kravitz told the Guardian<\/a> last year that he hadn’t been in a serious relationship in nine years, calling his celibacy a “spiritual thing.”<\/p>\n Lenny Kravitz said last year that he hadn’t been in a serious relationship in nine years, calling his celibacy a “spiritual thing.” (Getty Images for MTV)<\/p>\n In 2022, Drew Barrymore<\/a> said she hadn’t been in an intimate relationship since her split from ex-husband Will Kopelman in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n “Some people can get out of a marriage or relationship and in the near future find themselves in another relationship. There is nothing wrong with that! Not one bit. I do not judge! I celebrate their journey! Because for some people that really works. It didn\u2019t work for me,” Barrymore wrote in a blog post. “I needed to stay very celibate and honoring and in some sort of state of mourning of the loss of a nuclear family that I swore I would have for my daughters and to find grace and acceptance and what our new normal of a blended family would be.”<\/p>\n In 2022, Drew Barrymore said that she hadn’t been in an intimate relationship since her split from ex-husband Will Kopelman in 2016. (Raymond Hall\/GC Images)<\/p>\n CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/a><\/p>\n “It took time. I\u2019m proud of myself that I took that time,” she continued. “That’s what I, as my own individual and no one else just me, needed to do and I honored that and I respect myself for it, as I respect anyone else for their choices. I have just simply come to laugh about the fact that it is not my personal priority to be with a partner, but that doesn\u2019t mean it won\u2019t become one someday. I need time. And my view on sex has truly changed.”<\/p>\n In 2019, Justin and Hailey Bieber told Vogue that they abstained from sex until they were married.\u00a0<\/p>\n In 2019, Justin and Hailey Bieber told Vogue that they abstained from sex until they were married. (Aeon\/GC Images)<\/p>\n![\"Charlie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/charlie-sheen-sitting.jpg\")
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