In Today Show Interview, Charlie Sheen Says He's Done Paying Others to Keep His Secret

Star discusses HIV-positive diagnosis

Charlie Sheen has been trying to keep secret his HIV status for four years. After a series of headaches and a hospitalization, Sheen thought he had a brain tumor. Instead, doctors told him he was HIV-positive. "It's a hard three letters to absorb," he said this morning on the Today show.

Sheen went into a depression as those around him began to extort money from him. He says he's paid "millions" of dollars to keep people quiet.

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