Charlie Sheen says he ‘shared a deeper truth’ with fellow addict Matthew Perry

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9 Sep 2025 • 4:20 PM MYT
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  • Charlie Sheen's new memoir, The Book of Sheen, details his past struggles with addiction.
  • In the book, Sheen recalled attending a private men's addiction group hosted by the late Friends actor Matthew Perry.
  • He wrote: “Matt and I shared a deeper truth we saw in each other – we were both, as Bobby Dee Jay used to say, ‘veterans of the unspeakable.’”
  • Sheen also said he was fascinated by Perry’s “ability to turn every frown upside down” and he’d “never met anyone who more masterfully used humor as a deflector-shield.”
  • The Two and a Half Men star also expressed a desire to reconcile with his former co-star Jon Cryer, from whom he was estranged after his firing from the show.

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