Charlie Sheen reveals how family reacted to new documentary which detailed 'sexual encounters' with men

Charlie Sheen has revealed how his family initially reacted when he told them a documentary about his life - which would include details about 'sexual encounters' with men - was to release.

Aka Charlie Sheen, a new documentary about the actor's life, is dropping on Netflix this week - and there is certainly a lot of intrigue surrounding it.

The doc reflects on Sheen's rise to fame and his public downfall as the actor marks seven years sober this year.

His eventful life is in aka Charlie Sheen through his own voice, while viewers are also set to hear anecdotes from his second ex-wife, Denise Richards, Oscar award winner Sean Penn, as well as comedian Chris Tucker.

Meanwhile, Sheen’s brother Ramon Estevez, his third ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, and ‘Hollywood Madam’ Heidi Fleiss, whom the actor testified in court to have bought prostitutes off, have also got credits in the documentary that releases on Wednesday (September 10).

Charlie Sheen has revealed how his family reacted to the news of the doc (Unique Nicole/Getty Images)

In the doc, Sheen opened up about his intimate experiences with same-sex relationships for the first time.

The actor dubbed such as ‘f****ng liberating’, with Sheen saying that drug-taking and having sex with men initially went hand-in-hand.

When asked how it felt to be talking about it publicly, Sheen said: “Liberating. It's f***ing liberating ... [to] just talk about stuff. It's like a train didn't come through the side of the restaurant. A f***ing piano didn't fall out of the sky. No one ran into the room and shot me.”

Charlie Sheen has lifted the lid on his life in aka Charlie Sheen (Netflix)

Sheen spoke to E! News at the premiere of the new documentary, and he detailed what his family thought when he initially told them aka Charlie Sheen would be going ahead.

He said: "I think as any parents would be, there’s initial concern. Not for how it would be received, but how it might affect me. But once they felt that I was confident it was the right thing to do and the right time to do it then they were completely supportive."

In the documentary, Sheen explained how his sexual experiences with men ‘started’ when he began dabbling in using crack.

"That's where it was born, or sparked," he said. "And in whatever chunks of time that I was off the pipe, trying to navigate that, trying to come to terms with it — 'Where did that come from?...Why did that happen? — and then just finally being like, 'So what?' So what? Some of it was weird. A lot of it was f***ing fun, and life goes on."