Charlie Sheen to Make ‘Revealing Personal Announcement’ on ‘Today’ Amid Tabloid HIV Reports
Interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer will air a day before National Enquirer story hits newsstands
Tim Kenneally | November 16, 2015 @ 10:10 AM
Last Updated: November 16, 2015 @ 10:54 AM
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Charlie Sheen will appear on NBC’s “Today” on Tuesday to make “a revealing personal announcement” during an interview with Matt Lauer, the network announced Monday.
News of the live in-studio interview comes just as National Enquirer publishes a report that the former “Two and a Half Men” star is HIV positive, and has been concealing his status.
The Enquirer’s report, scheduled to hit newsstands on Wednesday, follows a previous blind-item report from the publication that a “notorious Hollywood womanizer” was secretly living with the condition.
“It’s the culmination of a dogged 18-month investigation that has uncovered how television’s one-time highest paid star potentially spread the devastating virus to dozens of unsuspecting women,” the National Enquirer said of the upcoming report.
NBC and Sheen’s reps have not yet responded to TheWrap’s request for further comment on the nature of the interview.
Sheen famously experienced a meltdown in 2011 and was terminated from the hit CBS comedy “Two and a Half Men” following a run of erratic behavior and a series of derogatory comments about the show’s creator, Chuck Lorre.
11 Young Stars (and Charlie Sheen) Who've Had Messy Public Meltdowns (Photos)
Troubling tweets -- like the ones she sent from the Betty Ford Center while in rehab -- are the least of the problems, legal and otherwise, Lindsay Lohan has dealt with in the past few years.
Britney Spears has settled down and her tweets about her family and new record releases have become almost mundane of late -- at least compared to the head-shaving days of her youth.
Weeks after stirring outrage with his Anne Frank comments, 19-year-old Justin Bieber set off a Twitter storm when he posted a racy cartoon depicting himself in bed with a naked young girl lying on his chest with the words "Justin Belieber" across the top.
Charlie Sheen (pictured with Mike Tyson) isn't that young. But he was a groundbreaker in terms of using Twitter to take his meltdown to a mass audience... and redefining the term "Winning!"
New hair-dos are just some of the fun things Miley Cyrus has tweeted -- along with insults to Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Rihanna, New York cops, her landlord ... you get the idea.
The days of rehab for an eating disorder, depression, and drug use are behind her, but Demi Lovato isn't afraid to bring up history on her Twitter. She frequently calls out haters, magazines and even Disney for causing body image issues.
If you look at former Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes' Twitter, you'll see tweets like, "I'm Not Crazy" and "Believe everything I say on Twitter," which probably is considered a contradiction at this point.
Having grown up with a heroin addiction, the now 49-year-old Tatum O'Neal uses Twitter to assure fans that she's sober and spending time with her children.
Dana Plato's life went off the rails long before social media was introduced to the world. Still, the "Diff'rent Strokes" star's personal problems were well documented by the mass media. She died in 1999, at the age of 34, due to a prescription painkiller overdose.
Todd Bridges, another "Diff'rent Strokes" star, battled a crack cocaine addiction throughout his 20s. He was arrested, tried, and ultimately acquitted for attempted murder in 1988, then in 1993, stabbed a man in the chest in what prosecutors concluded was self-defense. Unlike Plato, however, Bridges was able to overcome his demons and is currently a comedic commentator on "TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest…"
"American Pie" star Tara Reid has managed to avoid taking and uploading career-damaging selfies, but has a really bad habit of getting incoherently drunk in front of other people with cameras.
Chris Brown has been embroiled in controversy since he was arrested for beating then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. A few of his greatest hits include a violent outburst in the "Good Morning Studio" studio, brawling with rapper Drake's entourage in a night club, and assaulting Frank Ocean over a parking spot.
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These stars rose to fame at a young age, but crumbled (or are in the process of crumbling) under the pressure of being in the public eye as they transitioned into adulthood
Troubling tweets -- like the ones she sent from the Betty Ford Center while in rehab -- are the least of the problems, legal and otherwise, Lindsay Lohan has dealt with in the past few years.
