{"id":2039689,"date":"2025-09-21T21:32:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2039689"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:32:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:32:05","slug":"charlie-sheen-was-cut-off-by-the-mexican-cartel-over-his-massive-cocaine-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charlie-sheen-was-cut-off-by-the-mexican-cartel-over-his-massive-cocaine-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Sheen was cut off by the Mexican cartel over his massive cocaine consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Charlie Sheen shocked an interviewer when he revealed that the Mexican cartel cut him off from buying cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cartel cut you off?\u201d interviewer Amelia Adams asked the \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d alum on Sunday\u2019s episode of Australia\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15119519\/Charlie-Sheen-60-Minutes-drugs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">per Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey did, they did,\u201d he confirmed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Charlie Sheen admitted that the Mexican cartel once cut him off from buying massive amounts of cocaine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d alum made the candid confession on Sunday\u2019s episode of Australia\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThey had never seen someone acquiring that kind of weight,\u201d Sheen, 60, added, referring to the amount of grams he would request. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only other people that they were delivering that kind of weight to were dealers. They thought I was dealing on the side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams then asked the actor if it was \u201ctrue that [he was] smoking seven-gram rocks of crack cocaine.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we never took one out and put it on a scale,\u201d Sheen responded. \u201cBut that was the amount that was cooked to get it into that form.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe cartel cut you off?\u201d interviewer Amelia Adams asked the actor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThey did, they did,\u201d Sheen responded. <span class=\"credit\">Lee Brown\/Prahl Splash News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100% \" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/7243f1477b3245f2f0745dd957e58dbc\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cPlatoon\u201d star stated that he once joked he was \u201cgoing to need a bigger pipe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of funny, no?\u201d he asked Adams before agreeing that he was \u201clucky to be alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sheen\u2019s confession comes after he opened up about his sobriety journey in his new memoir, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1668075288\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FBook-Sheen-Memoir-Charlie%2Fdp%2F1668075288%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2025%2F09%2F21%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fcharlie-sheen-was-cut-off-by-the-mexican-cartel-over-his-massive-cocaine-consumption%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cThe Book of Sheen.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the book, the Golden Globe winner credited his daughter Sami for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/09\/09\/parents\/charlie-sheen-recalls-moment-with-daughter-sami-that-led-him-to-sobriety\/\">helping him quit drugs and alcohol<\/a> in 2017 after decades of abuse.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThey had never seen someone acquiring that kind of weight,\u201d he explained. <span class=\"credit\">Lee Brown\/Prahl Splash News<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThe only other people that they were delivering that kind of weight to were dealers,\u201d the \u201cThree Musketeers\u201d star said. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He reminisced about the time he was scheduled to pick up the model from an appointment, but had to ask a friend to drive when he couldn\u2019t sober up in time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSam was very quiet,\u201d Sheen wrote. \u201cI didn\u2019t need to be clairvoyant to know exactly what she was thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is Dad not driving \u2014 again?\u201d he theorized the now 21-year-old was thinking. \u201cWhy isn\u2019t it just the two of us in the car like it used to be? When will that moment ever return? When will Dad ever return? I miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFerris Bueller\u2019s Day Off\u201d star claimed that there was \u201conly one thing that felt worse than betraying [himself] and that was failing [his] children.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThey thought I was dealing on the side,\u201d he added. <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In Sheen\u2019s new memoir, \u201cThe Book of Sheen,\u201d he confessed that his daughter Sami inspired him to get sober. <span class=\"credit\">Page Six<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He recalled consuming \u201ctwo Valiums and [drinking] three beers\u201d the next day before never touching substances again.<\/p>\n<p>Sheen shares Sami and Lola, 20, with his ex-wife Denise Richards.<\/p>\n<p>The Only Fans model is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/04\/02\/entertainment\/sami-sheen-would-rather-do-anything-else-than-see-dad-charlie\/\">estranged from her famous father<\/a> and admitted in April that the \u201cfirst 13 years of [her] life\u201d were \u201cpretty bad\u201d during an episode of \u201cDenise Richards &amp; Her Wild Things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you or someone you care about is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call SAMHSA\u2019s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Sheen shocked an interviewer when he revealed that the Mexican cartel cut him off from buying cocaine. \u201cThe cartel cut you off?\u201d interviewer Amelia Adams asked the \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d alum on Sunday\u2019s episode of Australia\u2019s \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d per Daily Mail. \u201cThey did, they did,\u201d he confirmed. 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