Where Charlie Sheen is now - broke, blacklisted, and flogging video messages for £300
Charlie Sheen was once on of the biggest stars in Hollywood, but it all unravelled in 2011 when a HIV diagnosis sent him into a dangerous spiral
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Back in 2010, Charlie Sheen was one of the highest-paid actors in the business, clawing in £1.3million per episode for Two and a Half Men.
But the wheels came off big time the following year as the troubled actor embarked on a bender to end all benders, infamously ranting about tiger blood and chicken dinners.
A rehab stay did nothing to help and after being released, he promptly demanded a 50 percent pay rise and branded boss Chuck Lorre, "a stupid, stupid little man and a p**sy punk that I’d never want to be like."
Needless to say, the move got Charlie sacked, but it did nothing to slow him down on his self-destructive path that sparked statements like: "The last time I took drugs, I probably took more than anyone could survive" and "I was banging seven-gram rocks and finishing them. That's how I roll."
Aside from a failed stint in Anger Management, the work dried up with one studio executive claiming the star had become 'uninsurable'.
Then in 2015, the cause of Charlie's behaviour became clear when the star - who turns 55 today - revealed he'd secretly been diagnosed with HIV four years earlier.
Having squandered 'millions' to keep blackmailers quiet, the father-of-five admitted he used drugs and booze to cope with diagnosis.
“It was the only tool I had at the time, so I believed that would quell a lot of that angst. A lot of that fear. And it only made it worse,” he said.
“It was to suffocate the anxiety and what my life was going to become with this condition and getting so numb I didn’t think about it.”
Since then, he's retreated from the spotlight living a life that for once, few know little about.
He found love in 2017 with 28-year-old model Julia Stambler - who also happened to be the nanny for his twin boys Max and Bob, 11, with ex-wife Brooke Mueller.
According to TMZ, the occasional actress who once appeared in Entourage, told friend she was 'not scared' of Charlie's diagnosis and that they were taking anti-viral medication and using protection as part of an active sex life.
But while his romantic life was on the up, his fiscal life had taken a nose dive with Charlie threatened with losing his Beverly Hills mansion over a reported unpaid £60,000 mortgage bill.
Desperate to sell the luxe property, Charlie slashed £3.4million off the original asking price, accepting an offer of £6.4million on the seven-bedroom home earlier this year.
He also went to court in 2018 to seek a reduction in his child support payments to ex wifes Brooke and Denise Richards, explaining that he was in a 'dire financial crisis'.
In court documents obtained by The Blast, he said he had “been unable to find steady work, and [has] been blacklisted from many aspects of the entertainment industry.”
His latest venture involves selling personalised greetings for birthdays, anniversaries and other celebrations through the Cameo website at a bargain price of £332.
However, in terms of his health, life has never been better.
After years of battling addiction, Charlie finally got sober two years ago after being unable to drive his daughter to an appointment because he'd been drinking.
"It just hit me that I knew it was time to make a change - and you know, it didn’t require some crazy rehab stint or a shootout with the cops. It didn’t require anything super-dramatic and crazy and front-page news," he said.
"To this day, I am not sure how I created such chaos and wound up in that headspace. It’s as though there was some alien or demonic possession going on."
As for what the future holds, for Charlie, his health is what matters the most.
“I try not to think too far down the line, you know?” he told US Weekly.
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