Charlie Sheen reflects on the infamous public collapse 10 years later …

Ten years after his infamous collapse, Charlie Sheen wished he had done things differently.

“People have [said to] me, ‘Hey man, that was so cool, that was so fun to watch. It was so cool to be a part of, to support and all of that energy and, you know, we stuck it to the man, ”” he told Yahoo! Entertainment. I’m so glad I traded early retirement for a… hashtag. ‘”

In 2011, Charlie was the highest paid actor on television for his role in “Two and a Half Men.” But, things quickly got out of hand and Charlie said he was “winning” and having “tiger blood” in a series of weird interviews.

“There is a time when [former CBS CEO] The Moonves and his senior lawyer Bruce were at my house and they said, ‘OK, the Warner jet is full on the runway. Roll up in an hour and go to rehab, right? My first thought was kind of like really… there’s a certain comedic value to what my first thought was, “he said.” At that point when I said, ‘Oh, damn, I. I finally have the Warner jet. ‘ That’s all I heard. But if I could turn back time to that point, I would have taken a plane. And it was that giant left turn at that point that led to, you know, a very unfortunate streak of public and senseless events. “

He continued, “There were 55 different ways for me to handle this situation, and I chose number 56.”

With the advantage of time, Charlie said he had grown out of the collapse, but only after taking “absolute ownership of my role in it all.” His behavior, he adds, “was hopelessly youthful.”

“I think it was drugs or residual effects of drugs,” he continued. “And it was also an ocean of stress and a volcano of disdain. It was all self-generated, you know. All I had to do was step back and say, ‘OK, let’s make a list. , everything cool in my life is happening right now. Let’s make a list of what’s not cool. ‘ You know what I mean? And the cool list was really full. The uncool list was, like, two things that could have been easily dismissed. “

Still, Charlie wishes more people saw his behavior at the time as a cry for help.

“They showed up in droves with banners and songs, all kind of fanfare and celebration of, you know, what I think is a very public display of a moment of sanity,” he said. . “I had four kids and had two divorces in and around trying to navigate the landscape of the most popular show in the known universe, so that was a lot. And sometimes you pick a target, You need a scapegoat, you need someone to put it all in. You know? It can’t be me, it has to be him or them or those people. And that’s not the road there best borrowed. “