Maybe it’s Ben Affleck? They named the 10-82 for him, after all.
I doubt it’s Clooney, since it says “the star has previously admitted to engaging in tattooing, injecting drugs and having sex with prostitutes”, none of which Clooney is known for. Johnny Depp popped into my head, since he’s big on tattooing, and I think had a drug problem at one point, but I don’t know of him being with prostitutes.
Anyway, I don’t take too much stock in blind items, since they can be just completely made up. But if it is true and there is a celebrity knowingly exposing women to HIV without telling them, I do hope the news comes out.
Yeah… but that was more about them all banging starlets and club girls and supermodels, not porn stars and prostitutes.
What on Earth is a “blind item”? I know I could look it up, but it would be helpful for readers to have someone define it here – thanks.
“A blind item is a news story, usually gossip, in which the details of the matter are reported while the identities of the people involved are not revealed. The invention of the blind item is credited to William d’Alton Mann (1829 – 1920), publisher of Town Topics, who often used it for blackmail.”
– Wikipedia
I don’t get the joke. Are we, for whatever reason, pretending that Radar Online wouldn’t call “top megastar” to practically anybody down to, and including, Corey Feldman?
Thanks for the feedback, I’m horrible at these things. When Charlie Sheen first started wasn’t his acting well thought of though?
Between Platoon and Wall Street he had a pretty big couple years, but after that it was forgettable films, Hot Shots!, and cameos. He was potential A-List circa 1986-1987, but he never quite made it, from all I can see. At this point he’s a punchline in a semi-obscure pop culture gag.
And anyone who evokes a big fat “Who?” from people reading this thread is probably not going to be described as a megastar.
Very recently he was the highest paid person in television. Maybe this qualifies as a megastar notwithstanding his movies.
Possibly. Beyond that role, he was a punchline, and it doesn’t seem like he’s visible beyond that series and the occasional reference.
Maybe I’m just too young for this television stuff anymore.
Following Sheen were Kutcher and Cryer as the #1 and #2 highest paid actors. I can’t see either of them being considered great talents either. The story could just be bait, there’s likely to be at least one well known actor with HIV who is considered a megastar by some measure and the eRag is just phishing for a story. Assuming they have someone in mind I don’t see any reason to give their description of the guy any credibility.
Two and a Half Men was a shitty sitcom that lasted for at least seven seasons longer than it should have, but Jon Cryer did have a sense of comic timing, which Charlie Sheen lacked. Not the greatest comic talent, but he was competent, which is more than what I can say for Charlie Sheen.
I’m aware. I mentioned him as an example of someone who was rumored to be infected, but denies it, and how the story still gets brought up from time to time (this time by me) without anything conclusive on either side.
Charlie Sheen is definitely a huge star, and it doesn’t have anything to do with not being successful in movies. He’s probably talked about more than any other “actor” and when he had his famous meltdown he was making over $1 million a week on TV and had hundreds of more millions thrown at him. Yeah, it’s not the height of “Winning”-Mania or anything, since it’s a few years out from that whole 2 1/2 Men stuff. While I never watched the show, I am aware that it was a huge hit. I mean, even the kid was making something outrageous like 400-500 grand a week, and anything paying Jon Cryer millions as a 2nd banana has to be big. I guess Jerry Seinfeld is obscure, too- a 1 hit-wonder who never had a movie and has been gone from TV 17 years.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Charlie Sheen is making an appearance tomorrow on the Today show to make a “revealing personal announcement”.
Well how about that. Of course it could be him and the story is just a little off with the details. Or maybe he’s sick of everyone thinking it’s him. The thing is with Charlie, it could be anything.
I’d say that pretty much confirms that Sheen is the guy. He certainly looks gaunt in the accompanying photo.
He’s looked like that for years now.