Charlie Sheen confirms he is HIV positive in television interview

Sheen (50) tells NBC’s Today show he was diagnosed four years ago

Appearing on NBC's Today Show, actor Charlie Sheen has revealed he is HIV positive. Video: NBC

Former Two and A Half Men star Charlie Sheen said on Tuesday he is HIV positive.

Sheen (50) told NBC’s Today show that he was diagnosed about four years ago.

“I am here to admit I am HIV positive,” Sheen said. “It’s a hard three letters to absorb.”

Sheen, who is three times divorced, played the womanising bachelor Charlie Harper on top-rated US comedy series Two and A Half Men for eight years.

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He was fired in 2011 for bad behaviour that included cocaine-fuelled partying with porn stars and a conviction for assaulting his ex-wife.

Sheen has been married three times and has five children. His first marriage was to Donna Peele and his second to former Bond girl Denise Richards. Richards and

Sheen have two daughters together, Sam and Lola. The couple finalised their divorce in November 2006.

In 2008, Sheen wed for a third time, to Brooke Mueller, with whom he has twin sons — Bob and Max.

Wedding number four was on the cards when he announced his engagement to adult film star Scottine Ross, but it was called off after a few months.

Reuters