The guest
Charlie Sheen: Actor known for Platoon, Wall Street, and Two and a Half Men, and son of Martin Sheen. Now nearly eight years sober and promoting his memoir 'The Book of Sheen' and a Netflix documentary.
What this episode covers
Charlie Sheen sits down with Joe Rogan for a wide-ranging, candid conversation timed to the release of his memoir and documentary. He revisits his public meltdown, the 'Tiger Blood' interview, two divorces and four kids during an eight-year run, and how testosterone cream plus cocaine fueled his rage. He explains getting sober after a moment with his daughter, his break from AA, and managing HIV with a newer medication. The talk also dives deep into JFK assassination theories, the CIA-Manson 'Chaos' connection, and the on-set world of Apocalypse Now and Platoon. The episode is interrupted by breaking news that Charlie Kirk had been shot, prompting a somber discussion of political violence and media spin.
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Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
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“I actually read Chaos before it got all the attention. Really? Yeah. friend of mine gave it to me and I was like oh okay this is this is one of the best books”— Charlie Sheen
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Apocalypse Now (Redux)
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“my family binge watched Big Bang Theory. It's a good show. It's a funny show. It's a really well-written show. It's very funny.”— Charlie Sheen
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The guest's own work
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The Book of Sheen
Charlie Sheen
“there's not a chance that I could have done the two projects that I've that wow the book came out yesterday and the doc comes out today”— Charlie Sheen
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The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ
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“Did you ever read um The Man Who Killed Kennedy? I think it's uh Jim Mars. Do you remember Jim Mars?”— Charlie Sheen
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“He wrote Sci Spies, which um was in it all about remote viewing.”— Charlie Sheen
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Platoon
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“You think it's as big a hit if he keeps the the Yeah, I don't think it matters. It's a great movie. It's a great movie.”— Joe Rogan
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Red Dawn
John Milius
“not not like super memorable films except maybe uh parts of Red Dawn I think are pretty memorable”— Charlie Sheen
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
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“I think parts of Beller were kind of memorable. Ferris Beller, right.”— Charlie Sheen
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Two and a Half Men
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Anger Management
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Bookie
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“He hired me for a show he had a few years ago called Bookie with Sebastian Maniscalo.”— Charlie Sheen
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Leanne
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“I think Chuck's new show on Netflix. it's called Leanne.”— Charlie Sheen
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Naked Gun
David Zucker
“You watch him on like Naked Gun and you're like, that guy murdered his wife with a knife. Like what?”— Charlie Sheen
Big reveals from this episode
- Sheen reveals he was using testosterone cream like 'a Ponds commercial' combined with cocaine, fueling his rage.
- Frames his decade-long career exile not as a comeback but a 'reset' enabling his book and documentary.
- Says drinking, not cocaine or heroin, became 'the most unmanageable drug' he ever tried to navigate.
- Pinpoints his sobriety turning point: his 13-year-old daughter watching him unable to drive her to a hair appointment.
- Reveals he has had HIV for years and switched to a newer, less toxic medication he can't drink on.
- Explains the infamous 'Tiger Blood / Adonis DNA' lines came from a pep talk with Giants pitcher Brian Wilson.
- Admits the high from his first time smoking crack 'hasn't been topped.'
- Episode interrupted by breaking news that Charlie Kirk had been shot, which he and Rogan condemn.
Worth remembering
- Sheen reconciled with Chuck Lorre and did a cameo on Lorre's show 'Bookie.'
- The Haight-Ashbury free clinic closed in July 2019, one month after Tom O'Neill's book 'Chaos' came out.
- Rodney Dangerfield sold aluminum siding for years and didn't make it in comedy until his 40s under a name suggested by a club owner.
- As a 10-11 year old, Sheen spent eight to nine months on the Philippines set of his father's film Apocalypse Now.
- Sheen says he was making $54,000 an hour (pre-tax) on Two and a Half Men.
- His first 'My Violent Torpedo of Truth' tour stop in Detroit bombed; he rewrote the entire show on the bus to Chicago and turned it around.
- During the tour someone threw a Canadian loonie from the balcony and hit him in the head, nearly costing him an eye.
- Quincy Jones was producing 'Thriller' and would leave their Bikram yoga class mid-pose to scribble notes at the front desk.
- Sheen says he read 'Chaos' before it became famous and calls it 'one of the best books.'
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