{"id":2209,"date":"2015-11-20T03:11:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2015-11-20T03:11:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T03:11:29","slug":"entertainment-news-charlie-sheen-admits-he-is-hiv-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/2015\/11\/20\/entertainment-news-charlie-sheen-admits-he-is-hiv-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment News:  Charlie Sheen Admits He is HIV-Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Sheen is HIV-positive.<\/p>\n<p>On November 17 in an exclusive interview with The Today Show&#8217;s Matt Lauer, the \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d star revealed his 4-year diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen explained he has been treated since his diagnosis and his status is currently undetectable.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Globe-nominated actor admitted he paid off numerous individuals in order to keep his secret about his HIV-positive status but claims that any sexual partners he has had since his diagnosis were forewarned.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans as well as members of Sheen&#8217;s inner circle were positive and supportive following his announcements.<\/p>\n<p>But some are less supportive, including former partner Bree Olson, who said in an interview with The Today Show immediately following Sheen&#8217;s announcement that his status was never disclosed to her.<\/p>\n<p>Sources such as Slate Magazine applaud the TV star for his willingness to come out as positive and argue that his status as an HIV-positive straight male could change conversation regarding the stigma of HIV and AIDS.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hsFwi5IKcR8\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/hsFwi5IKcR8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Sheen is HIV-positive.<br \/>\nOn November 17 in an exclusive interview with The Today Show&#8217;s Matt Lauer, the \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d star revealed his 4-year diagnosis.<br \/>\nSheen explained he has been treated since his diagnosis and his status is currently undetectable.<br \/>\nThe Golden Globe-nominated actor admitted he paid off numerous individuals in order to keep his [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":2211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2210,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2209\/revisions\/2210"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/com.bradley.edu\/butvnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}