‘Who’s the Boss?’ star Danny Pintauro reveals he is HIV-positive

Danny Pintauro is opening up about his past drug use and being HIV-positive.

The ‘Who’s the Boss?’ star appeared on Oprah’s Where Are They Now? on Saturday, and talked about crystal meth and sex. He also revealed that he is HIV-positive.

"I am speaking out because I want everyone who continues to 'tweak' and party to know that it is not worth the price," Pintauro said to People. "I want my community to wake up, stop being complacent and start taking care of each other. We need to be the best we can– safe and healthy."

Pintauro recalled the night he contracted HIV during a sexual encounter while he was on meth. It was February 2003.

"The meth forces you to lose your inhibitions, so of course you're going to say, 'Oh, I don't need to use a condom,' or, 'I'll be fine this time' because you're lost in it,” he said. “It's no good, no good."

"I told my husband on our first date,” Pintaruo said. He married Wil Tabares in 2014.

Pintauro is now ready to be an advocate for the HIV-positive community.

"If you're paying any bit of attention, you realize that HIV isn't a death sentence anymore," Pintauro said. "That's one of the 'beacon of light' aspects of this whole situation that I want to take on. You can live a healthy life, you can have a happy life."

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