Charlie Sheen set to make ‘revealing personal announcement’ on ‘Today’ show

Charlie Sheen will appear live on the “Today” show Tuesday to make “a revealing personal announcement,” NBC announced Monday.

The 50-year-old “Anger Management” star is expected to appear in the show’s second half-hour, starting at 7:30 a.m., and again in the 8 a.m. half-hour. Matt Lauer will conduct the interview.

It’s hardly the first sit-down for the two. In 2011, after the meltdown that included him losing TV’s highest-paying acting gig on “Two and a Half Men,” Sheen told Lauer that all that drama “was like being shot out of a cannon into another cannon.”

In March 2012, a year after the meltdown, Sheen admitted to Lauer that some of his behavior was, in hindsight, “a little cringeable” -- that coming after the host brought up the idea that 12 months prior, the notion that the actor wouldn’t survive his spin-out wasn’t unreasonable.

News of Tuesday’s “Today” appearance comes simultaneously with the National Enquirer blasting out a story about the HIV status of the notorious ladies’ man. The Enquirer says the report is the result of an 18-month investigation and alleges that Sheen has known for four years that he is HIV-positive.

Publicist Jeff Ballard, who had been representing Sheen, said in a statement Monday that they had “parted ways” after “a disagreement on how to handle a situation.”

“We have had a 35-year friendship and I love him,” Ballard said. “I wish him nothing but the best.” He did not say when their professional split occurred.

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