And don’t forget his regular abuse of his ex-wife Denise Richards, both by fucking her over by taking her home, abusing her all over social media, and generally being the biggest douche around. He is vile and it has nothing to do with him being HIV positive (other than him not informing his partners).

Not holding my breath. Someone coached him well on how to present this and he hit his marks. He’s an actor, after all, and not a horrible one. The actions, character, and behaviour he’s displayed for much of his adult life say to me that he’ll talk a good game but when it comes to actually doing something it will be…

one can only hope, but you’re a better person than me for believing this might be possible :/

I suspect a lot of people, myself included, will be surprised if Charlie Sheen rises to the occasion and truly “betters [him]self”, however, for what its worth, I hope he does.

I’m so torn. On the one hand I completely understand that the risk of transmission exists on a spectrum and that those who are HIV+ are often stigmatized, even if it’s more subtle than it used to be. But, on the other hand, as a person who is very conscious of her sexual health because of other health issues I have, I…

THIS. He could have used this as an opportunity to draw attention to the tragedy of HIV around the world, but instead, he’s pretending he’s a victim of the choices he made that led him to this point. He didn’t have to pay millions of dollars in bribes or lie to his sex partners, so the “woe is me” card is absurd.

He says that, but there have been multiple women coming forward and saying that wasn’t the case and he never told them. He lied. Just like he lied and basically said women were just trying to steal his money when asked about his domestic violence incidents.

Estevez*

Sheen himself is the shameful ‘80s flashback, his HIV status has little to do with that.

You left off him shooting a woman.

But two separate people have said that is not the case. Sorry Charlie Sheen is a world class asshole who does not get the benefit of the doubt.

Sheen, himself, stigmatized it by lying to several partners (by not telling them he was infected), and by paying millions of dollars to cover it up.

And given that he claimed he informed all of his sexual partners that he had HIV when he very obviously did not, it’s hard to take his word for it that his virus loads are undetectable now/that he had any idea what they were then.

Yes THANK YOU. Pretending this is simply about the fact that he has HIV is ridiculous. It’s the insane lying and subterfuge. He didn’t HAVE to pay off anyone to keep it a secret, he chose to. And his woe-is-me “that’s money taken from my children” bullshit is infuriating. The money he blew up nose and spent on sex…

Charlie Sheen LIED to multiple women about his status, paid extra for prostitutes to let him not use condoms, LIED again about ‘always using protection’ when multiple exes claim they were never informed till well after the fact, gong so far as to tell his last ex ‘I’m clean,’ when he KNEW he was positive. Then he goes…

Carlos is such a stark contrast to Emilio.

Great read and wonderful approach to this topic as it’s been on my mind in how I reacted to the news. Your article allows us to get back to what really matters and that is the treatment of people and the perception we have going forward.

That this is generating any sympathy at all for this ass head is pathetic.

Yeaaah, but don’t you think a good deal of the uproar is due to the concealment and subterfuge surrounding his status, as well as the possibilities (despite his insistence that he informed each and every partner) that he willingly exposed his partners to the virus?

Sheen is still a complete asshole for not telling his partners that he was infected with an STD. I can’t disassociate that from Charlie Sheen. He is no Angel here. I don’t understand why Gawker media is glossing over this.

If I knowingly have sex while carrying an STD and don’t know tell my partner I am a complete…