'Anger Management' Halted Filming To Hide Charlie's HIV Symptoms
Nov. 17 2015, Updated 5:27 p.m. ET
By Dylan Howard & Melissa Cronin
As Charlie Sheen attempted to hide his HIV diagnosis from the world, an insider told RadarOnline.com that his sitcom, Anger Management, was forced to halt filming as the actor's symptoms took an obvious toll.
"It was an open secret on set," one Hollywood insider told RadarOnline.com.
The National ENQUIRER revealed the actor's years-long cover-up on Monday. But nearly two years ago, production insiders on the set of his show, Anger Management, were beginning to ask questions about his obviously deteriorating health.
As far back as 2013, production was abruptly halted at Sheen's bequest. In December of that year he took a break from filming, citing laryngitis, but an insider told RadarOnline.com, "It was because he had marks and wasting on his face, and many people on set thought it was from HIV."
Ten months later, in October 2014, filming was stopped again for about a week because Sheen had a facial wound. He claimed he accidentally dove into the shallow end of his pool, as RadarOnline.com reported. The insider said, "Makeup artists couldn't hide it."
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Because HIV weakens the immune system, people testing positive for the virus are susceptible to many kinds of skin lesions and infections.
FX network cancelled Anger Management two months later in December 2014 after 100 episodes.
Sheen, 50, has not filmed any major projects since. His last appearance on air was in an episode of The Goldbergs on February 25, 2015. He said on the Today show Tuesday morning that he has several major projects in the works.
As The ENQUIRER reported, he has desperately tried to cover up the news of his HIV diagnosis because of fears he would be blackballed in Hollywood.