Charlie Sheen admitted that he had to shove ice cubes up his butt while on set so that he wouldn’t fall asleep. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, the actor revealed parts of his life that many would want to keep hidden under wraps.
This incident took place when Sheen, who admitted to having intimate relations with men, was struggling with addiction issues and was going through a drug bender, which means that he had been using drugs for a long time. He added that the ice hack was simply his last resort, not anything more.
In his words,
I asked that they [have] somebody get a cup of ice. Not ice water, ice. And I’d never heard of anybody doing this. I’d never done it before. It was never presented in any type of a s*xual setting. It was the only thing I saw as a solution in that moment.
As for how it all went down, Sheen recalled, “And I went into the bathroom. I took one of the ice cubes and keistered it and just put it up the butt. What it did was that’s suddenly the only thing you’re thinking about as you can imagine.“
The director he was working with had previously called him out for falling asleep on the set before his scene. Luckily, the ice did wonders because it allowed him to nail the scene in one take.
Charlie Sheen Ran Through 2 Kilos of Cocaine in 3 Weeks
Charlie Sheen has been opening up about the dark days of his life recently through his Netflix Documentary, aka Charlie Sheen, and his explosive memoir, The Book of Sheen.
We are all aware of his downfall a decade ago when he was fired from Two and a Half Men, as well as his substance-abuse problems. However, did you know that things got so bad back then that a Mexican drug cartel was almost convinced that Sheen was dealing drugs?
In the book (via Radar Online), Sheen remembers that his “most colossal run of all runs” was when he blasted “through almost two kilos in under three weeks“. When the third week came to an end, he was craving more, and hit up his dealer.
The man showed up at his house to inform him that he was “officially being cut off by the cartel, and this ‘one time’, the Sinaloans weren’t gonna take it personally.” His dealer told him, “My guys are shutting you down because they’re convinced that you’re dealing. They’ve never seen this much dope go to one guy who wasn’t dealing.“
He added that Sheen could either find a new dealer or take half of what he asked. The Anger Management actor took him on his deal, but found a loophole. After getting what he could from them, he sought the other half from a different source.
What Charlie Sheen’s Addiction Battle Taught Him
This was not a good time for Charlie Sheen. From overusing drugs and getting fired to contracting HIV and facing one lawsuit after another, his professional and personal lives spiraled into chaos.
But at the end of the day, he walked away with a much-needed lesson. Talking to E! News, Sheen revealed that he didn’t know what he “was trying to prove“. He added, “I still haven’t cracked that nut. And to take it that far, to keep pushing the envelope and chasing whatever that next thing was? I don’t know.“
As for the realization that hit him, Sheen was convinced that his problems would only end with a funeral or something worse. He said,
I had so much evidence by that point that there was really nothing left except a funeral or a wake or something awful. That’s the stuff I look back on. I’m just like, ‘Huh, that could have been pulled back a little bit.’
Sheen quit hard drugs in 2015 and alcohol in 2017. He has been completely sober since then. Now, he’s focusing his energy on telling his truth and taking the narrative into his hands for once, and honestly? Good for him!
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The Book of Sheen is available to buy on Prime Video. aka Charlie Sheen will be available to stream on Netflix on September 10, 12 a.m. ET/3 p.m. PT.
