Again in 2011, the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Males was thrown into chaos in the midst of its eighth season amid star Charlie Sheen’s drug abuse and troublesome habits. The actor is now opening up about his life — together with his tumultuous exit from Two and a Half Males — in his memoir The Guide of Sheen, and he mentioned testosterone cream was partially responsible for the “raging demon” he grew to become on set.
In his new ebook, Charlie Sheen opens up in regards to the occasions that led to CBS firing him after he made disparaging remarks about sequence co-creator Chuck Lorre and manufacturing was shut down on Two and a Half Males’s eighth season. Sheen says CBS head Les Moonves had provided to ship him to rehab however the actor declined, quitting the entire medication chilly turkey, he says in The Guide of Sheen (through EW). He continues:
It did not go as deliberate. What I selected to not stop was the testosterone cream that I used to be slathering on in mind-altering gobs like a f–ken Pond’s industrial. In any case, it was ‘authorized.’ I might been utilizing it to get my physique again into form, not figuring out that on the identical time I used to be being shape-shifted.
Whereas Charlie Sheen doesn’t deny utilizing medication, he mentioned the testosterone cream — within the quantities he was utilizing it — brought on a number of the habits that grew to become a problem on the set of Two and a Half Males. He writes within the ebook:
That drug is thought to metabolize into the similar psych profile an anabolic steroid will produce. Anybody who bore witness to the raging demon I melded with will hopefully glean some readability for what my mind-set was up towards.
Charlie Sheen says this doesn’t excuse any of his actions, however he needed to offer context for what these round him witnessed. He went on:
Not making excuses or asking for a move. Simply placing it on the market there as a element that will have been confused with a laundry record of different potential suspects. I’ve heard nice issues in regards to the drug when used responsibly, however let’s maintain it actual — ‘medication’ and ‘accountable’ are two phrases I by no means product of behavior of cramming into the identical sentence.
The actor’s habits in 2011 ignited a longtime feud with Chuck Lorre that resulted in 2023, when Charlie Sheen cameoed as himself on Lorre’s HBO Max comedy Bookie. Sheen has additionally since tried to reconnect with Jon Cryer, his Two and a Half Males co-star.
The discharge of Charlie Sheen’s memoir coincides with the Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen, which hits the 2025 TV schedule on Wednesday, September 10. The 2-part sequence options Jon Cryer, Sheen’s ex-wives Denise Richards — who appeared with him on the pink carpet on the premiere — and Brooke Mueller, in addition to many others, together with his alleged former drug seller.
It’s wild to suppose that of all of the drug use that Charlie Sheen admits to, an enormous a part of his points might need stemmed from a street-legal testosterone cream. Make sure to take a look at the actor’s documentary with a Netflix subscription and/or his new memoir if you wish to study extra.