aka Charlie Sheen: Why was Kelly Preston shot? Details from the Netflix docuseries, explored

After seven years sober, Two and a Half Men actor Charlie Sheen is finally opening up about his personal life in aka Charlie Sheen, Netflix's latest two-part docu-series.

Charlie Sheen, one of the most celebrated sitcom actors in the 90s, certainly needs no introduction. The star behind films like Young Guns, Wall Street, and No Man's Land became one of the highest-paid actors in TV history, thanks to his role of Charlie Harper in Chuck Lorre's 2003 sitcom. While Sheen's career took flight, he spiralled into self-destruction and was involved in substance abuse and many scandals in the 90s.

To say that the actor has led a controversial life will be an understatement. But the thrice-married father of five is finally opening up about his life in aka Charlie Sheen, including that one controversial incident with late actress Kelly Preston.

In January 1990, actor Kelly Preston was 'accidentally' shot by her then-fiancé, Charlie Sheen's gun. While rumours claimed that Sheen deliberately shot his fiancée, the actors claimed that the gun accidentally went off after it dropped from Sheen's clothes.

More on this in our story.

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aka Charlie Sheen: All about Kelly Preston's shooting incident

While actor Charlie Sheen's life has been nothing short of controversial, the shocking incident with the late actress and his then fiancée, Kelly Preston, tops the list for many.

In 1990, Charlie Sheen and Kelly Preston were one of the most high-profile celebrity couples in Hollywood, who entered the spotlight following a shooting incident. While neither of the stars provided much clarity on the incident, it eventually led to Preston breaking off their engagement. Reportedly, the couple also split the profits from the ring, suggesting that this incident likely played a huge role in their split.

In 1989, Kelly Preston received stitches on her arm after an accidental shooting left her exposed to shrapnel. While many media reports at the time claimed that the actress was shot by Charlie Sheen, both denied these rumours and maintained that it was an accident.

In 2011, Preston cleared up her ex-fiancé's name in the incident in an interview with TMZ:

“It was an accident. He put it in his pocket, it fell out, and it went off. Complete accident.”

Additionally, Charlie Sheen also narrated his version of the events during his ‘My Violent Torpedo of Truth’ tour in 2016. The actor revealed to the crowd in Vancouver:

"I was downstairs early in the morning making coffee and I thought she was still asleep upstairs...And I heard a f--king gunshot go off.''

aka Charlie Sheen star went on to reveal how he thought Preston had finally pulled the trigger on herself, and the police will now blame him for her death. His version of the events also suggests that things were already not right between the couple, and this incident triggered them even further. He added:

"She explained to me that when she lifted my pants off the scale in the bathroom...the tiny revolver I used to carry...it fell out of the back jeans pocket and hit the floor and shot a bullet right between her legs. So she got hit with shrapnel from the toilet bowl."

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How is this controversial incident featured in aka Charlie Sheen?

The recently released two-part docuseries, aka Charlie Sheen, features many stories and incidents from the actor's formative years and his rise (and fall) in the entertainment industry. While this incident was once a hot topic in the actor's life, it is mentioned in passing in the docuseries by his Two and A Half Men co-star Jon Cryer.

aka Charlie Sheen features snippets from actors' statements during that time, and a horde of journalists asking Kelly Preston about the details of the incident.

What's worth noting is that while aka Charlie Sheen claims, 'This is not a comeback, it's a revelation', it offers no definitive resolution or answers to Sheen's fans about the Kelly Preston shooting incident. We learn no additional information or behind-the-scenes drama about the couple's life, and the docuseries repurposes the actors' old interviews. Finally, Jon Cryer moves past this incident by noting:

“There’s always this tightrope of, you know, I don’t know the whole story. Is he the guy who he appears to me to be? Or is there some much darker thing going on?”

aka Charlie Sheen is now streaming on Netflix.

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