In a candid conversation on Tuesday night, Charlie Sheen delved into the tumultuous years marked by his drug addiction, revealing the extent of his substance abuse.
At one point, Sheen's consumption was so excessive that even the cartel supplying him decided to cut him off. "The amount that they were selling to [his drug dealer] Marco [Abeyta] the amount that he kept requesting from them at the frequency that he was asking for they had never transferred that to someone who wasnt dealing,"
Sheen recounted to Jesse Watters during an interview on "Primetime."
According to Fox News, Sheen elaborated on the cartel's suspicion that he was "blowing through this stuff so freaking fast, hes dealing without our permission." He further explained the cartel's protocol, stating, "Youve got to get permission from the shot callers" to engage in dealing.
Reflecting on his time as the star of "Two and a Half Men," Sheen shared an incident where CBS intervened, sending a jet to take him to rehab. "They sent the jet hoping I would get on it and get the rehab," he told Watters.
He assured Les Moonves, the former CBS CEO and chairman, "I appreciate this. You have my word, Im going to shut it down, but Im going to do it here at home."
Sheen's tenure on the show ended in 2011 when he was dismissed and replaced by Ashton Kutcher. Reflecting on his past, Sheen expressed a sense of disillusionment with the lifestyle he once led.
"There was no bigger party to attend. There was no higher high left. And I just felt like Id been letting people down for too long and myself included in that, and it just lost its luster. It lost its effect. It lost its seat at the table," he admitted.
Now approaching eight years of sobriety, Sheen described the turning point in his life. "It stopped working," he said, explaining his decision to quit drugs. "I had to get to a place I had to make the decision, you know, and I had to do it for myself first, my children second, and then the rest of my family."
His journey of recovery and reflection is further explored in the documentary "aka Charlie Sheen," premiering on Netflix, and his memoir "The Book of Sheen," which was released on Tuesday.
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