Sheen felt ‘powerless’ to help his son

Hollywood star Martin Sheen has told how he felt “powerless” to help his troubled son Charlie during his public meltdown.

Charlie, 49, was the highest-paid actor on US TV before he was spectacularly fired from hit show Two And A Half Men over his erratic behaviour.

His father, 74, told Radio Times magazine: “What he was going through at that time, we were powerless to do much. Except to pray for him and lift him up.”