Sami Sheen just shared her raw reaction to her estranged dad’s, aka Charlie Sheen documentary, and it’s tugging at everyone’s heartstrings.
In a TikTok video that has surpassed 189K views, the 21-year-old filmed herself crying in the dark with the caption, “I didn’t know I was the reason he got sober.” She added, “Honestly, a 10/10 documentary.”
Charlie released the documentary, aka Charlie Sheen, on Netflix on September 10, as well as his memoir, The Book of Sheen: A Memoir earlier this month. In the memoir, he reveals the shocking raw moment he decided he needed to get sober.
The turning point in his struggle with addiction, he said, occurred in 2017 when Sami was 13. After drinking and forgetting to pick up his daughter from an appointment, Charlie called a family friend to give them both a ride.
“On the drive back to my house, Sam was very quiet,” Charlie wrote. “I didn’t need to be clairvoyant to know exactly what she was thinking. ‘Why is Dad not driving—again? Why isn’t 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.’”
The 60-year-old continued, writing, “I missed him too. There was only one thing that felt worse than betraying myself, and that was failing my children. In that car, on that day, with my best friend and a child I adore, I joined Sam in those mirrors and saw a guy who was desperate to finally come home for real.”
After this moment, Charlie cleaned up his act for good.
“Like I’ve always said, life comes down to doers and talkers, and there was really nothing left for me to say,” the actor wrote.
“It was time to shut the f–k up and get busy doing. Sam wasn’t my final straw; she was my first harvest. On December 11, I took two Valium and drank three beers. On December 12, I quit drinking for good.”
