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Not much is known about Charlie Sheen<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s relationship with his first wife, Donna Peele<\/strong>, but the actor offered rare insight into their brief marriage when writing his new memoir.<\/p>\n Sheen, 60, wrote in The Book of Sheen<\/a> \u2014 released on Tuesday, September 9 \u2014 that he has Parliament cigarettes to thank for his past relationship with Peele. The former couple met while filming a 1994 commercial for the brand and, according to Sheen, he \u201cbecame totally smitten\u201d almost immediately.<\/p>\n Sheen invited Peele to stay with him in Los Angeles after their shoot, and the rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n \u201cWe spent two fabulous weeks together like a couple of teenagers on spring break,\u201d Sheen recalled. \u201cI could feel something different with her that I hadn’t enjoyed in quite some time.\u201d<\/p>\n Charlie Sheen\u2019s Biggest Drug Revelations From New Memoir: From Trying Crack to His Overdose<\/a><\/p>\n Sheen was quick to propose, but told Peele \u201cwe needed to give it a year,\u201d setting the stipulation that if they were still together on his 30th birthday in September 1995, they would tie the knot. Sheen and Peele did eventually make it down the aisle \u2014 but the wedding was \u201cmess,\u201d according to the book. (Sheen and Peele split in 1996.)<\/p>\n \u201cI kept it together during my ceremonial duties but drank way too much and crossed over into full-spectacle toward the end of the reception,\u201d Sheen wrote. \u201cSomething about kicking all the lawn-lights, and pretending they were footballs going through the uprights as game-winners. I have zero memory of that neutral-zone infraction.\u201d<\/p>\n The newly married couple had a two-part honeymoon full of \u201ctense\u201d and \u201csnippy\u201d moments, Sheen recalled. On the way to a Lake Tahoe house to finish up the vacation, Sheen \u201ctook our wedding rings and threw them out the sunroof.\u201d His driver eventually found them.<\/p>\n Sheen said there were both good days and bad days in their marriage, but that the negative moments \u201chad a way of contaminating any happiness that came before.\u201d<\/p>\n The Biggest Name-Drops in Charlie Sheen\u2019s Memoir: From Johnny Depp to Matthew Perry and More<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI blame myself for most of our dustups, with booze being the easiest culprit to pin it on,\u201d Sheen wrote. \u201cOur situation needed a villain to blame and a motive to convince the jury.\u201d<\/p>\n Sheen also noted that he and Peele \u201cdidn’t spend enough time enjoying each other with the same energy\u201d they had when they initially met.<\/p>\n \u201cWe had forgotten how to be friends,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen all was said and done, Donna was an angel with how she handled everything.\u201d<\/p>\n The Two and a Half Men<\/a> alum praised his ex-wife<\/a> for \u201cnever\u201d writing a book or giving an interview about their relationship.<\/p>\n \u201cThe pure class and maturity that young lady upheld spoke volumes about who she is at her core,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not much is known about Charlie Sheen\u2019s relationship with his first wife, Donna Peele, but the actor offered rare insight into their brief marriage when writing his new memoir. 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