EARLIER THIS WEEK, CHARLIE SHEEN CAME OUT WITH A PRETTY SHOCKING
REVELATION INDICATING THAT HE TESTED POSITIVE FOR HIV..
HIV IS UNDER CONTROL; HOWEVER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF HIS
FORMER STARS THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
FACT THAT HE DID NOT DISCLOSE THAT HE HAD HIV.
ONE OF THOSE STARS IS JENNY MCCARTHY, WHO OCCASIONALLY
OCCURRED ñ OCCASIONALLY APPEARED ON 2 1/2 MEN.
SHE APPEARED ON HER OWN RADIO SHOW TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
THE THING THAT I THINK ALSO, IN THE ACTING WORLD, IS QUITE
FASCINATING, WHEN, BEFORE WE DO A JOB, WE HAVE TO SIGN A PIECE
OF PAPER THAT SAYS, DO YOU HAVE
COLD SORES? YOU HAVE TO SIGN A RELEASE THAT SAYS, YES I HAVE
COLD SORES, YOU HAVE TO SHOW
THEM THE MEDICATION. AS I SIT HERE WITH ONE ON MY FACE. FOR
YEARS I HAVE SIGNED THIS PIECE
OF PAPER. BEING ON 2 1/2 MEN MYSELF, BEING ON THE SHOW, AND
PLAYING A LOVE INTEREST, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE
SOME TYPE OF ñ I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, NOT CRIMINAL ISSUE, BUT,
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THAT. WAIT A SECOND, IF I
HAVE TO BE UP FRONT ABOUT A HERPE, HOW COULD YOU NOT BE
UPFRONT ABOUT HIV? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION. LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE PLAYED HIS
LOVE INTEREST ON THE SHOW. I MEAN, NOT THAT YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY
GET IT THROUGH KISSING, BUT
STILL, THAT'S A BIG DEAL. EVERY PERSON I'VE EVER SLEPT WITH, AND
THIS IS HONESTLY ñ I'M SORRY, I HAVE PAPERWORK. I NEED EVERYONE
GET AN HIV TEST, BECAUSE I AM STD PHOBIC BECAUSE OF ALL THE
THINGS I WENT THROUGH WITH EVAN SELF. I SAID TO MYSELF, THERE'S
NOTHING I WANT TO DO THAT WOULD BE DUMB ENOUGH TO GET ANY TYPE
OF DISEASE. I HAVE TO LIVE
FOREVER FOR MY KIDS. SO I SLEEP WITH ANYBODY AND SO I GOT THE
RIGHT PAPERWORK. THE FACT THAT EVEN PLAYING HIS LOVE INTEREST
ON THE SHOW, I GO, ICK, THAT'S NOT FAIR, AND IT'S SCARY.
TO BE FAIR TO HER, SHE IS STD PHOBIC, UNLIKE THE REST OF THE
WORLD, WHERE WE ARE OBSESSED WITH STDS AND WE CAN'T GET
ENOUGH OF THEM. I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO HARD ON HER, BUT I AM
GOING TO BE TOO HARD ON HER. HERE IS THE THING, HIS MANAGER
HAS COME FORWARD AND HE IS LIKE, LOOK, HE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE
HIV, OR HE DID NOT GET THE DIAGNOSIS UNTIL WAY AFTER THE
TWO AND HALF MEN SITUATION. SO
CALM DOWN. ON TOP OF THAT, THE REASON WHY YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
DISCLOSE THAT YOU HAVE ORAL HERPES IS BECAUSE IF YOU ARE
PLAYING A LOVE INTEREST, AND YOU ARE KISSING, YOU CAN SPREAD
HERPES, ORAL HERPES SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE EASILY
THROUGH KISSING. SOMETHING LIKE HIV, YOU CANNOT SPREAD THAT
THROUGH CASUAL CONTACT, THROUGH KISSING, AS SHE MENTIONED IN
THAT SOUNDBITE.
THAT IS PROBABLY WHY SHE DID ñ
THAT IS PROBABLY WHY HE DID NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE IT BY LAW.
YOU ARE NOT HAVING SEX WITH HIM ON THE SHOW JUST BECAUSE
YOU ARE PLAYING HIS LOVE INTEREST, AT LEAST I HOPE
THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS. I THINK SHE SHOULD NOT BE THAT
WORRIED ABOUT IT. IF SHE HAS GOT SOMETHING, JUST TAKE A VACCINE
AND YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT. OH NO. ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER THING.
SEX WITH JENNY MCCARTHY SOUNDS SO HOT. PAPERS!
YOU GONNA GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND GET PAPERWORK, AND THEN THREE
WEEKS LATER IT'S LIKE, NOW LET'S READ EACH OTHER'S CLOTHES OFF.
I GET WHERE SHE'S COMING FROM, BUT THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT
MAKING SURE YOUR PARTNER GETS TESTED RIGHT BEFORE SEX, THAT IS
WAY EASIER SAID THAN DONE. THAT IS NOT REALISTIC, PEOPLE DON'T
USUALLY DO THAT. THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE SAFE
AND USE CONDOMS UNTIL SOMEONE
GETS THAT TEST, BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC.
IF YOU ARE JENNY MCCARTHY, AND PEOPLE ARE LINED UP OUTSIDE
THE DOOR, I GUESS YOU CAN SAY, YOUR FILE YOUR APPLICATION AND
SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT. BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE SAFE, I HOPE, BY
USING A CONDOM FIRST. AND THEN YES, IT MAKES SENSE, GO MAKE
SURE EVERYBODY IS CLEAN. BUT IN THE MOMENT OF ATTRACTION AND
HEAT, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE
UNREALISTIC TO ASK FOR PAPERS. LET'S GET THE PAPERS LATER,
LET'S BE SAFE FIRST. FINALLY, MY
DEFENSE OF HER. NO, I MEAN LOOK, MAYBE I AM THE BAD GUY, BUT I
WOULD WANT TO KNOW IF SOMEBODY
THAT I WAS GONNA KISS HAD HIV. MAYBE I'M A LITTLE IGNORANT
HERE, BUT I WANT TO GOOGLE AT FIRST, AND I'D WANT TO HAVE THAT
OPTION, AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION NOT SHARED
WITH ME. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD AGREE WITH ME AND HER ON
THAT, EVEN IF THEY DON'T
CHARACTERIZE IT IN THE SAME WAY. I DIDN'T LIKE HER REACTION, AND
MAYBE THAT'S PULLING HAIRS, BUT MAYBE WE AREN'T AND THAT IS AN
UNFORTUNATE WAY TO TALK ABOUT
SOMEBODY'S HIV. NOW, DID CHARLIE SHEEN REALLY KNOW ONLY YAP ñ
ONLY AFTER HE LEFT TWO AND A HALF MEN?
THE LEFT IN 2011, AND HE SAYS HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE HIV IN
2011, THE TIMING WAS CLOSE.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO DISCLOSE YOUR STD IF YOU ARE
PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE AT RISK. I
THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE AN OBLIGATION LEGALLY BECAUSE IT'S
BETTER TO THEM, AND YOU ARE
PUTTING THEM AT RISK.