Why Charlie Sheen wasn’t #winning after his public meltdown

HOLLYWOOD hedonist Charlie Sheen is gearing up for his Australian speaking tour later this year — and is hoping to reconnect with a famous Aussie who slept on his couch in the 90s.

THE party has well and truly stopped for Charlie Sheen with the Hollywood hedonist saying his children, health and sanity are his new priorities.

And the one-time highest paid actor on TV, pulling $1.8 million per episode for the sitcom Two And A Half Men, is still hoping that his next “amazing” role is around the corner.

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The party has stopped for Charlie Sheen with the Hollywood hedonist saying his children, health and sanity are his new priorities. Picture: Getty Images.

Sheen, who is heading to Australia in November for a speaking tour where he will lay bare his outrageous and extraordinary life, admits he does not miss his wild ways.

“I would not trade anything I went through or what I survived and the sh*t I created because I have such a wealth of knowledge and experience (from it),” Sheen said.

“So I would not trade it, but I don’t miss it enough to re-embrace it.

“I never really had an overdose or had one of those crazy car crashes or any of that crap, but there is only so much physiologically, so much toll that your body can withstand. You’ve got to make a decision to honour a different part of your life.”

Charlie Sheen will bring his An Evening With show to the Plenary in Melbourne on November 3. Picture: Supplied

Sheen’s life spiralled out of control in 2011 when at the peak of his popularity and earning power he disparaged the creator of Two and a Half Men, Chuck Lorre, and was sacked.

He then had a very public meltdown during which he coined the term #winning and described himself as a warlock with “tigerblood” and “Adonis DNA.”

He revealed he was HIV positive in 2015.

He now admits he might have thought he was winning, but he wasn’t.

“It (the success of the show) was exciting, it was as exciting as hell. I wish I was in a better place emotionally and physically to really enjoy it and manage it better,” he said.

“I kind of sh*t the bed on that one.

Charlie Sheen with ex-wife Denise Richards who has joined the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Picture: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Sir Elton John and Charlie Sheen at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Party in February 2016. Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

“I should have taken my problems to therapy and not dealt with them publicly, but things happen and they happened as they did and you can’t really undo what’s there.

“When it was great it was the greatest thing ever. When it went bad it could not have got worse.

“#Winning, it was one of the greatest displays of denial in the history of mankind.”

He hopes another great role is in the future, but would not directly address recent stories suggesting he was black-listed from Hollywood or has a money problem.

“It (acting) is still what I do for a living when I am called upon,” he said.

“But we live in very sensitive times and maybe there have been a couple of stories here and there that could not have been further from the truth, that people react to knee-jerk-wise and out of fear, and it is one thing if people are held accountable for stuff that happened, it is another if others suffer in the wake of that based on hideous accusations or unfounded rumours.

“But we can’t set the timeline for when things are supposed to occur. All I can do is what I am currently doing which is addressing my health and my sanity and just doing everything that I can do that is within my grasp, within my power, so that when that amazing job does show up that they get a spectacular version of me.”

Sheen is hoping to cross paths with Russell Crowe during his Australian tour.

Hugh Jackman.

Russell Crowe Picture: Getty Images for AFI.

“Russell Crowe came to my house for a dinner party back in ‘91,” he said.

“There was a bit of a buzz on him here (in LA) at that time for a film called Romper Stomper. The party ended and it was just he and I for the rest of the night.

“We had a few drinks, we had a great time and he slept on my couch because he did not want to drive home.

“We said goodbye the next morning and then he took a rocket ship to Mars and superstardom and I have never seen him since.

“It is a long overdue reunion.”

Sheen also said he was “blown away” by Jackman when he first saw him on stage in 1999.

“What a talent. Then a few years later Jon Cryer and I presented an Emmy to him.”

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An Evening With Charlie Sheen is at the Plenary on November 3. Tickets: charliesheenlive.com.au