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The 11+ Craziest Moments From “aka Charlie Sheen” On Netflix, Cataloged

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The Netflix docuseries aka Charlie Sheen presents a reflective but uneasy portrait of the actor, blending candid interviews, archival footage, and commentary from friends and ex-wives to explore his cycles of fame, addiction, and recovery.

One of the main things that comes across over and over is how Charlie continued to fail upward, despite his bad behavior and insane life. Here are some of the most wild moments to relive.

  • When filming Free Money (1998) during a drug bender, Charlie Sheen says he was so impaired he couldn’t keep his eyes open. To stay awake enough to finish the scene, he went to a bathroom and stuck an ice cube up his butt. Who even would think of this! And how unbelievable it even worked.
  • While on his honeymoon in 1995, Sheen says he was “approaching pirate drunk,” and got invited into a plane’s cockpit. He donned pilot attire, asked to sit in the captain’s chair, and briefly had his hands on the controls before the co-pilot regained control. Charlie mentions that pilot seemed to get unnerved when he realized Charlie was actually flying the plane.
  • He bailed from rehab to judge a Hawaiian Tropic bikini contest with Nicolas Cage. But he actually returned to rehab when he said he would; which is crazy…
  • For a brief time, when he was around 5 years old, his parents practiced nudism in their Malibu house. Charlie says his parents are going be really annoyed he publicly said this. But hey, honesty.
  • He claims to have lost his virginity at 15 to a professional named “Candy” in Las Vegas, paying for it with his famous father’s credit card.
  • Sheen addresses his 2015 public revelation of being HIV-positive, talks about being sickly before getting tested, says he’s been blackmailed by people threatening to expose his medication/condition, and insists he has “never transmitted HIV to another person.”
  • He discusses having had male partners, particularly during periods of drug addiction, describing it as “liberating,” but doesn’t name specific partners or label himself in a definitive way.
  • One earlier intervention (in 1990) is recounted: a surprise intervention disguised as his father’s birthday party. Clint Eastwood made a pivotal phone call encouraging him to “get the train back on the tracks, kid.”
  • Charlie made so much money on Two and Half Men, like an insane amount for given how off the rails he was.
  • Sheen regrets many choices, especially around his crack use, and reflects on how close he was to real disaster. Crack was his worse mistake for sure.
  • Sheen’s dealer, Marco, admits he slowly weakened the crack to help Sheen quit; Sheen credits that taper with getting him sober and says he’s eight years clean.