CBSJenny McCarthy has a lot to say about Charlie Sheen and his HIV admission.
The Dirty, Sexy, Funny host opened up about working with Sheen on Two and a Half Men and playing one of his character's love interests Wednesday and admitted to being baffled by him and the entertainment industry. She explained that in the "acting world" stars not only have to "sign a piece of paper that says do you have cold sores," but they also have to show their medication.
Given that actors have to disclose information about a cold sore, McCarthy didn't understand why other important information didn't have to be supplied. "If I have to be upfront about a herpe how could you not be upfront about HIV?" she asked.
Sheen appeared on the Today show Tuesday to come clean about his HIV-positive diagnosis and said that he's expecting lawsuits to come his way. While some people, including Heather Locklear and father Martin Sheen, have vocalized their support for the actor's courage, others are pondering the legal ramifications, including the SiriusXM host.
"Being on Two and a Half Men myself and being on the show and playing a love interest you would think there would be some type of—I don't want to say—criminal issue but I don't even know how to feel about that," she said. "That could've been some valuable information."
The former The View co-host also admitted to having her own sexual partners sign a form indicating they were STD-free because she wanted to be around "forever" to take care of her son, Evan Asher.
"I'm STD-phobic because of all the stuff with Evan's health," she admitted. Despite her own personal preferences and requests, the Jenny star said she did feel bad for him but reinforced his need to apologize.
"I have sympathy for him because he's sick and it's awful, but man he's going to have to take major accountability for many people in his life," she continued.
Sheen insisted to Matt Lauer that since his diagnosis he has had unprotected sex with two women, but insisted they were aware of his health situation. "The two people that I did it with were under the care of my doctor and they were completely warned ahead of time," Sheen explained.
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