Charlie Sheen feels ‘shame shivers’ over his party days

2 September 2025

Charlie Sheen feels “shame shivers” over his turbulent past.

Charlie Sheen feels ‘shame shivers’ over his turbulent past

The actor, 59, is celebrating eight years without drugs or alcohol, and has now given a frank interview about his partying days.

Charlie told People magazine about the difficulty of forgiving himself: “Forgiveness is still an evolving thing. I still get what I call the ‘shame shivers.’

“These are the moments that hit me, of the heinous memories and choices and consequences.

“They’re getting farther in between, so I guess that’s progress.

“What has been interesting about making amends is that most people have been like, ‘Hey yeah, we’re good man, but we hope you’ve also forgiven yourself.’”

Charlie rose to fame with roles in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Platoon before becoming one of TV’s highest paid stars in his leading role on Two and a Half Men, while enduring years of public scandals and drug use.

In the 1990s he testified that he paid more than $50,000 to call girls employed by “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss.

And in 2005, during divorce proceedings from his second wife, Denise Richards, she accused him of making death threats, shoving her and endangering their children.

In 2010 he was reportedly ejected from New York’s Plaza Hotel after trashing a room while using cocaine.

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