Sami Sheen was emotional when she revealed that she didn’t know her father, actor Charlie Sheen, decided to stay sober for her sake.
Sami Sheen, daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, got emotional watching the documentary about her father and revealed that she didn’t know he decided to stay sober because of her.
In the Netflix doc, “aka Charlie Sheen“, and in his new memoir, the actor speaks openly about his addiction to alcohol and drugs, recounting the moment he decided to quit everything.
“It was December 10, 2017, and by 9 AM, I was on my third coffee with whiskey. My phone rang, and when I answered, it was my daughter Sam asking what time we were going out. Damn; my commitment to her that day had slipped my mind,” he says.
Sheen then explains that his daughter was 13 at the time and that he called a friend for help, as he wasn’t in condition to drive; “On the way home, Sam was very quiet. I didn’t need to be clairvoyant to know exactly what she was thinking. ‘Why isn’t Dad driving — again? Why aren’t we just the two of us in the car like before? When will that moment come back? When will Dad come back? I miss him.'”
The actor says he realized he had the same feelings as his daughter: “I missed him too. There was only one thing worse than betraying myself: failing my children. In that car, that day, with my best friend and a child I adore, I joined Sam in those rearview mirrors and saw a man desperately wanting to finally come home for real,” Sheen said.
“Sam wasn’t my breaking point; she was my first harvest. On December 11th, I took two Valium pills and drank three beers. On December 12th, I stopped drinking for good,” he concluded.
In a TikTok post, Sami Sheen, who has been distant from her father for some time, confessed with tears in her eyes that she didn’t know this story; “I didn’t know I was the reason he got sober,” she wrote in the caption of the clip.
Sheen is also the father of Cassandra Jade Estevez, 40, whom he had with Paula Profit; Lola, 20, also with Denise Richards; and twins Bob and Max, 16, with Brooke Mueller.
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