Charlie’s manager Mark Burg told People magazine: “Bree Olson is all over Howard Stern but the truth is she wasn’t in Charlie’s life when he was HIV-positive and so there was no reason to tell her anything”.
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The National Enquirer tabloid named Sheen on Monday, and “Today” makers announced that Sheen would appear on the show to “make a revealing personal announcement” in an interview with lead anchor Matt Lauer.
“He’s a good man, and I feel very fortunate to have spent the time with him that I did”, she said.
“It started with what I thought was a series of crushing headaches”, he said.
Olson famously broke up with Charlie almost two weeks prior to that date via text message.
Revealing when he was diagnosed, the Wall Street star said: “Roughly four years ago. It is a turning point in one’s life”.
Advocates for disease prevention say the focus must remain on reducing risky behaviors.
Lauer also read during the live show a letter Sheen sent to him. “In and around this perplexity of hard time, I dazedly chose or hired the companionship of unsavory types”, he read.
As for HIV-positive individuals like Sheen, the State and federal law prohibits discrimination which includes refusal to hire someone because of his or her HIV status or even to ask about it in job interviews.
The TV star did admit that he’s had unprotected sex since news of his diagnosis.
“I was the doctor for her boyfriend, we called in other doctors and they felt the risk of transmission if she took the prophylaxis and he had undetectable level was miniscule, “Huizenga explained”.
The actor then asked the audience to view HIV no differently to an illness like cancer or substance abuse. “I’m clean, ‘ he told me”. “And I’m so sad to hear of his health troubles”.
“Are you still paying these people?”.
“Charlie responded back calling me a liar. The reality is we had known each other for many months before we had engaged in that [sex] and we were a couple, I was in love with him”.
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“I hope he shines a light on a lot of the people that are struggling with those same issues that don’t have the resources”, she said.
