Charlie Sheen has admitted he was a sex addict who was extorted by his sexual partners during the height of his drug abuse that made headlines and nearly cost him his acting career. Sheen had sex with men during that time, but kept it secret due to being extorted, the actor told " Good Morning America " co-anchor Michael Strahan in an interview that aired Friday on "GMA." "It did come with a tremendous amount of extortion," Sheen told Strahan. "And so at the time, I was just like, 'Alright, let's just pay to keep it quiet. And just hope it just stays over there, make it go away, you know? Make it go away.'" Sheen, 60, said that over the years, he felt like he was being "held hostage" by choosing to pay people instead of risking his secrets being made public. "I just need to be free of that
Charlie Sheen admits to being a sex addict during height of drug use

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