<div>"Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen has revealed that he is HIV positive. The 50-year-old actor said he was diagnosed with the HIV virus that causes AIDS roughly four years ago.<br /><br />"I am here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive," Sheen said in interview with NBC's Today show.<br /><br />"It's a hard three letters to absorb. It's a turning point in one's life," said the actor, who has had a troubled history with drug addiction, pornography and prostitutes.<br /><br />The actor said he decided to come out clean about his diagnosis to put a stop "to this barrage of attacks and sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me that threaten the health of so many others."<br /><br />Once the highest paid TV actor, Sheen was fired from "Two and a Half" men in 2011 following an epic meltdown where he called the show's producer "a contaminated little maggot".<br /><br />On the show, Sheen played a womanising jingle writer, who moves in with his brother and nephew, a storyline that was somewhat similar to the actor's real life as he became a tabloid darling with his wild antics. Sheen has two children each with former wives, Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller.</div>
<div>"Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen has revealed that he is HIV positive. The 50-year-old actor said he was diagnosed with the HIV virus that causes AIDS roughly four years ago.<br /><br />"I am here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive," Sheen said in interview with NBC's Today show.<br /><br />"It's a hard three letters to absorb. It's a turning point in one's life," said the actor, who has had a troubled history with drug addiction, pornography and prostitutes.<br /><br />The actor said he decided to come out clean about his diagnosis to put a stop "to this barrage of attacks and sub-truths and very harmful and mercurial stories that are about me that threaten the health of so many others."<br /><br />Once the highest paid TV actor, Sheen was fired from "Two and a Half" men in 2011 following an epic meltdown where he called the show's producer "a contaminated little maggot".<br /><br />On the show, Sheen played a womanising jingle writer, who moves in with his brother and nephew, a storyline that was somewhat similar to the actor's real life as he became a tabloid darling with his wild antics. Sheen has two children each with former wives, Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller.</div>