Brooke Mueller Breaks Silence in Charlie Sheen Documentary Trailer: Rare Footage and Family Fallout
Jaden Patel here. If you were hoping for subtlety, pick another show; this one arrives with equal parts bravado and regret.
Let’s all take a moment to pretend we’re shocked. Brooke Mueller, Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife and mother of his 16-year-old twins Bob and Max, makes a rare and quietly pointed appearance in the trailer for the Netflix documentary titled aka Charlie Sheen, which hits the streaming service on September 10. The teaser, released on August 13, stitches together familiar faces and fresh commentary about Sheen’s tumble from top-tier TV royalty to walking tabloid collateral, and Mueller shows up long enough to remind viewers that this saga has real people in the background doing the heavy lifting.
The clip offers a brief shot of Mueller wearing a red long-sleeved T-shirt and black pants, pushing her hair back with an expression that reads somewhere between bored and resigned. She’s part of a supercut that includes contributors such as Sean Penn, Jon Cryer, and Denise Richards. Mueller’s line about Sheen’s astronomical pay for Two and a Half Men—reported by multiple outlets as roughly $1.8 million per episode—is blunt and grounding: “He was the highest paid TV star of all time.” That fact helps frame the documentary’s central tension, namely how someone at the literal top of the entertainment food chain can spiral so spectacularly.
Mueller’s presence is more than a name-drop. She and Sheen were married from 2008 to 2010, and their marriage intersected with some of the most public chapters of Sheen’s substance abuse problems. The trailer and surrounding press touch on mutual struggles; Mueller herself has been candid about relapse and recovery. In 2023 she relapsed after six years of sobriety, and in a March interview with People she confirmed that Sheen remains her “first call for help” during crises. “He gets it,” she told People, adding that he helps “pick up the pieces.” Sources reporting on the trailer and interviews confirm these details, making this cameo feel less like stunt casting and more like a sober check-in.
Mueller also owns up to being a flawed partner; she told People that during their marriage she sometimes acted as a bad influence, recalling sneaking out late at night “to Skid Row.” It’s a striking admission that flips the usual script: addiction isn’t a solo performance, it’s a duet of damage and enablers, whether intentional or accidental.
The documentary doesn’t stop at Mueller. It also gives airtime to Denise Richards and Sheen’s daughters. Denise, who shares daughters Sami, 21, and Lola, 20, with Sheen, appears in the trailer and offers a sober observation: “You can’t really have a relationship with someone going through addiction.” That sentiment is punctuated by the sisters’ diverging paths. Sami has leaned into a public persona and business ventures after launching an OnlyFans account at 18; she told People in February 2025 that the platform “opened so many doors” and allowed her to be “my own boss.” Lola, born in 2005, has chosen the opposite lane—a devout Christian who says faith rescued her from depression and helped her find stability.
The film’s release promises a panoramic look at Sheen’s life: child stardom, high-profile relationships, and a fall from grace that included extreme headlines and very public recovery attempts. The trailer stitches together clips of testimonies, archival footage, and moments of private reflection, offering both the spectacle of celebrity meltdown and the quieter human costs borne by family. Mueller’s cameo is a reminder that while Sheen’s name fills headlines, the consequences ripple out to exes, children, and friends.
This isn’t a redemption arc packaged for easy comfort. It’s messy, candid, and often contradictory—much like the people in it. If you want drama served with analysis and a side of unvarnished reality, Netflix’s aka Charlie Sheen arrives on September 10 to deliver exactly that.
Well, there you have it. Tune in next time for more bad decisions and questionable life choices.
Sources: Celebrity Storm and People, E! News
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