Overview

• A two-part Netflix documentary, Nombre artístico: Charlie Sheen (aka Charlie Sheen), directed by Andrew Renzi, debuted on the platform this week.
• The Book of Sheen was published on Sept. 9, pairing with the film to present his own account of decades of excess and fallout.
• Sheen says he has remained drug- and alcohol-free since 2017 and has practiced long-term sexual abstinence as part of his recovery, adding that his HIV is controlled with medication.
• He recounts periods of crack addiction that included sexual encounters with men and says some of those men later attempted to extort him.
• In the documentary he rejects Corey Feldman’s claim that he abused the late Corey Haim, calling it false and harmful, and he voices regret over never sending a planned message to reconnect with Matthew Perry before Perry’s death.