Two and a half Men creator Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen have reconciled 12 years after their public feud ahead of the upcoming series, How to be a bookie.
In 2011, Sheen targeted Lorre in a series of rants calling him a “clown,” a “stupid, stupid man” and hurling anti-Semitic slurs. At the time, the actor was struggling with his addiction to drugs and alcohol, which led him to start gibberish about “winning” and using “tiger blood.”
He was eventually fired from the hit sitcom and replaced by Ashton Kutcher, who played the billionaire businessman who bought Charlie’s house after his death until the series ended in 2015.
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Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen. Nick Ut/AP Charlie Sheen reunites with ‘Two and a Half Men’ creator Chuck Lorre 12 years after bitter public feud
Despite the broken bridges, when Lorre and his How to be a bookie co-creator Nick Bakay needed to hire “a real Hollywood star” to play the top role, the writer immediately thought of Sheen.
“That should be Charlie,” he recalled, deeming the 58-year-old actor a yes Diversity. “I remember Charlie being very involved in sports betting and he would tell me stories about it all the time. You know, when it was good.”
Although he was apprehensive about their reunion, Lorre said the duo quickly picked up where they left off.
“I was nervous, but almost as soon as we started talking, I remembered that we were friends once,” he explained. “And suddenly that friendship seemed to be there again.”
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Chuck Lorre and Charlie Sheen. Vince Bucci/Getty Jon Cryer says early years with Charlie Sheen on ‘Two and a Half Men’ were a ‘delight’ before ‘Derailed’
Lorre continued, “I don’t want to be too grumpy about it, but it was healing. And he was also totally game to make fun of himself. When he came to the table and read that episode, I approached him and we hugged. It was just great.”
The television writer noted that he “loved” working with Sheena on the comedy series.
“We shot 170 episodes together before it all fell apart. And more often than not, we had a good time,” he said. “Assuming he’s in a good place, I’m in a good place.”
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Charlie Sheen. Michael Buckner/Getty Charlie Sheen reflects on his ‘Blood of the Tiger’ period: ‘I traded early retirement for a fucking hashtag’
After the public feud and dismissal, Sheen sobered up. During an interview on ITV Relaxed women In 2019, Sheen admitted that it was difficult for him to look back at the footage of his fall.
“The feeling is terrible. I can’t sit and lie to you,” he said. “Some of it is very surreal. To this day, I’m not sure how I created such chaos and ended up in that space. It’s like there’s some alien or demonic possession going on.”
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Two years later, in February 2021, Sheen expressed regret for the way he acted in the midst of a heated public feud with Lorre.
“There were 55 different ways to deal with that situation, and I chose number 56,” he said. Yahoo! Fun. “And so, you know, I think my growth after the meltdown or the meltdown going forward or the meltdown somewhere — whatever you want to label it — has to start with absolute ownership of my role in all of this.”
Sheen added: “It was desperately juvenile.”
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