Charlie Sheen to pen autobiography?

Charlie Sheen's manager has reportedly been inundated with requests for him to write an autobiography following his revelation he is HIV positive.

The 50-year-old actor revealed he is HIV positive earlier this week, and since his confession on the 'Today' show, his manager Mark Burg has reportedly been "buried with offers" from publishers who are desperate for the 'Anger Management' star to tell his colourful life story.

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The former 'Two and a Half Men' actor revealed he had been diagnosed with the disease four years ago after initially believing he had a brain tumour.

He said: "I thought based on migraines and cluster headaches and sweating the bed for nights in a row that I had a brain tumour. I thought it was over. After a battery of tests they told me this is what's going on. It's a hard three letters to absorb, it's a turning point in one's life."

And Charlie also hopes that going public with his diagnosis will help to reduce the stigma surrounding HIV.

He said: "I have a responsibility now to better myself and to help a lot of other people and hopefully with what we're doing today others will come forward and say, 'thanks Charlie, thanks for kicking the door open'.

"I'm not going to be the poster man for this, but I will not shun away from responsibilities."

Charlie Sheen threatened by ex-flame

Charlie Sheen's ex-wife Brooke Mueller made repeated threats to expose his HIV positive status, one of his former personal assistants has claimed in a radio interview.

The 'Anger Management' actor disclosed his health condition on Tuesday following weeks of speculation, but a former personal assistant (PA) to the star claims Brooke Mueller - the mother of his six-year-old twin sons Bob and Max - frequently warned she would expose the news when things between them were strained.

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The unnamed staff member said: "Brooke, she almost pulled the trigger plenty of times when they were at war.

"I know there were times when she was super close to letting the cat out of the bag. She held that over his head for four years."

The ex-employee - who worked for the 50-year-old star for two years - revealed all of Charlie's staff knew about his diagnosis and had signed confidentiality agreements to keep his secret.

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Speaking on the Kyle and Jackie O Show on Australia's KIIS 1065 radio station, she said: "We all had to keep it hidden. We signed disclosure agreements when we started working for him.

"I think a lot more people knew about it than they're saying. It was a hush hush thing in Hollywood".

Despite his lavish home, the former PA claimed the star opted to stay in a "dark little corner" in one room of the house leading a "sad" existence.

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She said: "He lives in a $20 million house but he likes to stay in a small room and have the door closed and do whatever he's doing in there.

"It's his dark little corner where he had his drugs and is surviving off Naked Juices and is just kind of holed-up

There's a full staff downstairs at all time for his beck and call ... but he rarely goes outside and he never really leaves that little room. It's sad."

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And she claimed he kept a lot of cash in the property in order to pay for his penchant for prostitutes and drugs.

She added: "He did pay his hookers, sometimes if he really liked them, up to $50,000 for the companionship and obviously the sex.

"He's kind of lonely. It's a sad life."

Charlie Sheen plans to 'deliver HIV cure'

Charlie Sheen believes he could be able to "deliver a cure" for HIV, after being diagnosed as HIV positive four years ago.

The 50-year-old actor revealed in an interview on the 'TODAY' show on Tuesday that he was diagnosed as HIV positive four years ago and has hopes that he can "deliver a cure".

He said: "If there was one guy on this planet to contract this, that's going to deliver a cure, it's me."

And Charlie also hopes that going public with his diagnosis will help to reduce the stigma surrounding HIV.

He said: "I have a responsibility now to better myself and to help a lot of other people and hopefully with what we're doing today others will come forward and say, 'thanks Charlie, thanks for kicking the door open'.

"I'm not going to be the poster man for this, but I will not shun away from responsibilities."

Charlie decided to go public with his illness after being blackmailed out of millions by people who threatened to reveal his secret.

He said: "We're talking about shakedowns. I've paid people, not that many, but enough to bring it into the millions and what people forget is that's money you've taken from my kids.

"I trusted them and they were deep in my inner circle, and I thought they could be helpful. My trust turned to their treason. I think I released myself from this prison today."

Dr. Robert Huizenga, who has treated Charlie for the past "five or six years", also appeared on the show and clarified that the actor does not have AIDS.

He said: "Charlie does not have AIDS. AIDS is a condition when the HIV virus markedly suppresses the immune system and you're susceptible to rare, difficult cancers and infections. Charlie has none of those. He is healthy. He does not have AIDS."

Denise Richards vows to stand by Charlie Sheen

Denise Richards says she and Charlie Sheen are at peace and she will "always" be there for him.

The 44-year-old actress has daughters Sam, 11, and Lola, nine with her former husband - who announced on Tuesday that he is HIV positive - and in an interview just days before, she insisted that she and Charlie are "at peace" after years of ups and downs.

Appearing on the podcast, 'Allegedly With Theo Von and Matthew Cole Weiss', Denise said: "[It's] up and down. I'm always here [for him,] but he's an addict. I believe we move past your s**t. Don't sweat the small stuff. For better or worse, he's going to be in my life for the rest of my life so I personally like to keep the peace."

Denise and Charlie fell in love and married during a sober period of his life and she admitted his relapse took a toll on their relationship.

She said: "Charlie, when I married him, he wasn't a bad boy. He was sober for almost four years. He was a very different person. His lifestyle was very, very different. He was a former bad boy, I guess.

"I have a lot of empathy for anyone that struggles with addiction. I'm not going to judge the choices they made under the influence. I can only judge the person I'm meeting and I think sometimes past experiences make who you are so I just went off the person I had met and gotten to know and fell in love with. He was very different."

Denise also claimed that her relationship with Charlie adversely affected her career as many people in Hollywood took his side when they split.

She said: "I was surprised how much that affected me work wise...I was perceived as being a lunatic and crazy. There are people that have [since] come up to me and apologised for drinking the Kool-Aid...It was hard."

In his 'TODAY' interview on Tuesday, when he revealed he was diagnosed four years ago, Charlie said that Denise and ex-wife Brooke Mueller have been aware of his illness for some time.

Charlie Sheen's ex-lover Bree Olson given all clear

Charlie Sheen's ex-girlfriend Bree Olson has revealed she has been given the all clear after being tested for HIV, but claims he never told her he has the virus.

The former porn star, who decided to get tested for the virus shortly before the actor admitted on Tuesday he has been living with it for the past four years, has been given a clean bill of health.

While the blonde beauty is relieved she never contracted the condition from the former 'Anger Management' star, Bree claims Charlie was allegedly lying when he insisted earlier today that he had informed all of his sexual partners about his illness since being diagnosed in 2011.

She told Howard Stern on his SiriusXM show: "It's bull****."

Bree, who lived as one of Charlie's two "goddesses" with Natalie Kenley four years ago, during which time he was also fired from sitcom 'Two and a Half Men,' admits they occasionally had unprotected sex.

The 29 year old explained: "I was living with him, I was sleeping with him every single night; he never said a word. 'I'm clean', he told me, 'I'm clean, I'm clean.'

"There were times when we didn't use condoms because it was only to prevent against pregnancy - he's my live-in boyfriend, and again, stupid me for I suppose not getting tested, but I feel a lot of people make this mistake.

"There's plenty of girls, I'm sure, that he's had in his life who don't get tested regularly like I do."

When the radio host asked if she planned to confront Charlie, 50, about allegedly keeping the virus a secret from her, Bree added: "No, because he doesn't even value my life."

Charlie Sheen: I'm releasing myself from prison with HIV revelation

Charlie Sheen says he revealed his HIV diagnosis in order to be free of blackmail plots after keeping it secret for four years.

The 50-year-old actor admitted he has been the victim of several extortion plots as he tried to keep his diagnosis secret over the past four years and has paid out millions to prevent the news going public.

During an interview with Matt Lauer on the 'TODAY' show, the interviewer said: "You've said that you have been the victim of betrayal and extortion. You've told me that people have demanded money to stay silent about this."

Charlie replied: "We're talking about shakedowns. I've paid those people, not that many, but enough to bring it into the millions. That's money they're taking from my children. It's not just me. I've got five kids and a granddaughter."

Charlie also revealed he spoke out in order stop "harmful" speculation and attacks about him.

He said: "I'm here to admit that I am in fact HIV positive. I had to put a stop to this onslaught and barrage of attacks and sub-truths. These very harmful and mercurial stories about threatening the health of so many others."

Charlie was diagnosed four years ago and first thought he had a brain tumour.

He said: "I thought based on migraines and cluster headaches and sweating the bed for nights in a row that I had a brain tumour. I thought it was over. After a battery of tests they told me this is what's going on. It's a hard three letters to absorb, it's a turning point in one's life."

Charlie also insisted that it is "impossible" he has knowingly or unknowingly transmitted the virus since his diagnosis and said he had always been honest with his sexual partners.

Charlie admitted to having unprotected sex twice since he found out about his condition but added: "They were under the care of my doctor".

He also revealed that one prostitute tried to blackmail him after finding HIV medication in his bathroom.

When asked why he continued to invite prostitutes to his home despite the blackmail, Charlie said it was because he was depressed.

Charlie - who called himself a "survivor" during the interview - revealed both his ex-wives, Brooke Mueller and Denise Richards were aware of his illness and said: "I'm not going to be the poster man for this, but I will not shun away from responsibilities."

Meanwhile, Charlie's doctor Robert Huizenga also appeared on the show and clarified that Charlie does not have AIDS.

He said the actor had an undetectable level of HIV in his blood and was "absolutely healthy", revealing his main concerns are about how Charlie's depression and past drug use could hinder his treatment.

Charlie said he is not currently taking drugs but still drinks alcohol.

Charlie Sheen is HIV positive

Charlie Sheen is set to make a "revealing" personal announcement during a live interview with NBC, the network announced Monday, as celebrity websites reported the US star was HIV-positive.

NBC gave no further details on what the actor, who has long battled drug and alcohol problems, would disclose in the interview to be aired Tuesday morning on the network's 'Today' show.

But several entertainment news outlets said the actor would say that he is HIV-positive.

The celebrity website TMZ said Sheen, who was fired in 2011 from the top-rated "Two and a Half Men" set after a much-publicized spat with Warner Bros. over his behavior, was making his HIV status public because several former partners were threatening him with lawsuits.

TMZ claimed the 50-year-old actor had known about his status for more than a year and had kept it confidential, sharing it only with several friends - who spread the information.

"That led to several of Charlie's former partners contacting him and threatening a lawsuit because they were unaware of his status when they had interaction with him," TMZ said. "Our sources say Charlie settled several of the cases and, in return for money, got confidentiality agreements."

Sheen, the son of movie star Martin Sheen, rose to fame after starring in a number of hit films including "Platoon" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", both released in 1986.

His career took off further as he became known for his television roles - "Spin City", "Two and a Half Men" and most recently "Anger Management".

Between May 2010 and 2011, he was the highest paid actor on television earning $40 million, according to Forbes.

Access Hollywood, a nightly entertainment program, said on its website that Sheen's former wife Denise Richards, with whom he has two daughters, had long known that he was HIV positive.

Quoting a source close to Richards, it said Sheen contracted the virus after the couple divorced in 2006.

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