1. Mediaite
  2. Gossip Cop
  3. Geekosystem
  4. Styleite
  5. SportsGrid
  6. The Mary Sue
  7. The Jane Dough
  8. The Braiser
Advertisement

Charlie Sheen’s Bizarre Rant Ends Production Of Two And A Half Men

audio
» 32 comments

CBS programming executives have canceled the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men after their embattled star Charlie Sheen gave what can only be described as a combative and bizarre rant in an interview with Alex Jones who runs the site Infowars. Sheen’s public battles with addiction and stints in rehab have become a public spectacle of late, but his threatening rhetoric to showrunner Chuck Lorre appears to have been the last straw.

Most of Sheen’s interview with Jones centered around his private life and his career as he rambled about the “goddesses” he dates, the “Vatican assassin warlocks” he works with, and the great fiction that is substance addiction (“I’m cured,” he assures Jones, “I’m done.”). Of the most political significance is the aforementioned slam of Jefferson and attacks of “Bible-clingers” that disapprove of his “bitchin’” lifestyle. There is a remarkable amount of material to work with in the 18-minute interview.

But it was the turn toward the EP of the hit sitcom that lead to the halting of the production. CBS issued the following statement: “Based on the totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition, CBS and Warner Bros. Television have decided to discontinue production of Two and a Half Men for the remainder of the season.”

TMZ first published a retaliatory letter from Sheen to Lorre, which is excerpted below:

What does this say about Haim Levine [Chuck Lorre] after he tried to use his words to judge and attempt to degrade me. I gracefully ignored this folly for 177 shows … I fire back once and this contaminated little maggot can’t handle my power and can’t handle the truth. I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words — imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists. I urge all my beautiful and loyal fans who embraced this show for almost a decade to walk with me side-by-side as we march up the steps of justice to right this unconscionable wrong.

Remember these are my people … not yours…we will continue on together…

Charlie Sheen

Two and a Half Men has consistently been a top rated sitcom for CBS, and is seen by many as a cash cow for the network. Listen to the audio from the interview that led to the cancellation below:

Follow us on Twitter.

Sign up for Mediaite's daily newsletter.

Email Twitter Facebook Digg Reddit Stumble Upon Yahoo Buzz LinkedIn Tumblr Delicious
  • tgk

    Well, what do you expect from a 9/11 truther?

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    What’s his thoughts on the Wisconsin standoff?
    —————————————————————–
    Here’s why people are turning away from public unions:

    Scott Ross, Ex. Dir. Of One Wisconsin (public union) was asked on C-Span about the inherent corruption of collective bargaining and public unions.

    The caller asked, if public unions give millions in cash & manpower to elect Democrats, won’t those same Democrats now be beholden to the unions – in effect, using taxpayer money to write contracts and regulations favorable to the public unions, not the taxpayers!

    His answer (every time it was brought up): “Well, I just think that’s ridiculous” – then goes on to say how private co.s give to the GOP…totally ignoring the 800lb. Gorilla in the room, the inherent corruption of collective bargaining & public unions.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    he was most likely high during that interview. sounds like the ramblings of an addict. masters of deception.

    thanks gawd they cancelled. that dude needs help. i used to enjoy that show, but it’s become unwatchable. he looks like hell, his character is too much like his real persona…

  • Davo

    Charlie Sheen said:
    ………….. this contaminated little maggot can’t handle my power and can’t handle the truth. I wish him nothing but pain in his silly travels especially if they wind up in my octagon. Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words —

    Kinda sounds like Ahmadinijad referring to the Jews, huh? What a great Democrit.

  • njoy-d-ride

    Stopping production of “Two And A Half Men” is unfair to the two men on the show.

  • DwightScrute

    njoy-d-ride said:
    Stopping production of “Two And A Half Men” is unfair to the two men on the show.

    HA!

  • Dem4Ever

    Charlie’s rant was priceless and the perfect audition for a job with MSNBC, but is there any room left for yet another complete nut case?

  • Liberal Tormentor

    I was really hoping to see some liberals here defending one of their own. Where you are guys? You know you love the Sheens!

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Dem4Ever says:
    Charlie’s rant was priceless and the perfect audition for a job with MSNBC, but is there any room left for yet another complete nut case?

    HAHA, you know Sgt. Schultz is quaking in his boots!

  • Jon Bershad

    God, I never thought I’d see the day where I’d read “Two and a Half Men” and “Canceled” in a headline and end up being truly depressed by the article that followed.

    This guy’s clearly in free fall. That letter is just sad. Can’t even begin to stomach that interview. I could never stomach that show either, but this is a horrible way for something that entertained a great many to end.

  • DEFENDER-90

    Charlie Sheen the poster boy for legalized drugs in America.

  • JacksonGT

    Free fall? Who cares? This guy is a P.O.S and has been for over 20 years. He shot his ex-fiance, he mocked his dying mother-in-law because she was bald from cancer treatment, he called his ex-wife the ‘n’ word for some reason, he held a knife to his newer ex-wife’s neck, shall I go on?

    He’s a racist, anti-Semitic, violent, abusive, spoiled, untalented junkie. The fact that he’s a 9/11 truther is just icing on the s&*^ cake that is this douchebags life.

    By the way, his asshat of a father said that his son’s addiction is like cancer and he needs love and support. Really. Mr. Fake President on TV? Should I send you my dad’s prostate and bladder to show you what cancer REALLY IS? Screw you, dude. My dad got that cancer fighting a war you only made a movie about. You raised a degenerate now deal with it. Don’t bring cancer into this. Focus on the 9 billion venereal diseases your son’s poor immune system is fighting at any give time.

  • lane

    As a fan of the show for 9 years, it had become unwatchable, so CBS needed to pull the plug. I think they were about 4 episodes too late. Watch a new show, then watch a rerun. The writing remained strong and Cryer keeps getting better somehow, but Sheen is a walking disaster. I’m not sure I’d call it a sad demise, Sheen is sick and out of control now. he’s just lost it. To watch the physical demise happen so quickly is a walking advertisement to ‘not do drugs’.

  • lane

    sarainitaly said:
    he was most likely high during that interview. sounds like the ramblings of an addict. masters of deception.

    thanks gawd they cancelled. that dude needs help. i used to enjoy that show, but it’s become unwatchable. he looks like hell, his character is too much like his real persona…

    Great post, Sara. I think you said what all Two and a Half Men fans were thinking. I do have to add to it that Cryer and the ‘Rose’ character have been so funny that you could ALMOST ignore the heroine-looking Sheen sitting on the couch all the time.. ALMOST.

  • moriarty70

    Jon Bershad said:
    God, I never thought I’d see the day where I’d read “Two and a Half Men” and “Canceled” in a headline and end up being truly depressed by the article that followed. This guy’s clearly in free fall. That letter is just sad. Can’t even begin to stomach that interview. I could never stomach that show either, but this is a horrible way for something that entertained a great many to end.

    Not to defend him, but these quotes, when taken in all at once, almost seems too over the top to be legit. A small part of me wonders if it’s just him and Lorre playing a game of “How far can we take it?” It’s like they’re trying to figure out what it would take for fans to stop supporting Sheen.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    lane said:
    Great post, Sara. I think you said what all Two and a Half Men fans were thinking. I do have to add to it that Cryer and the ‘Rose’ character have been so funny that you could ALMOST ignore the heroine-looking Sheen sitting on the couch all the time.. ALMOST.

    gawd, didn’t he? he looked awful. and he mostly just sat on the couch head bobbing. i find it very hard to believe that he was not high during those scenes. he looked like hell, and acted strung out.

    Cryer and Rose, gotta love ‘em. :O) That had to be hard for the rest of the cast…

  • rubberneck

    Tough break for Charlie….not everyday someone will pay you millions to act like yourself.

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Jon Bershad said:
    God, I never thought I’d see the day where I’d read “Two and a Half Men” and “Canceled” in a headline and end up being truly depressed by the article that followed. This guy’s clearly in free fall. That letter is just sad. Can’t even begin to stomach that interview. I could never stomach that show either, but this is a horrible way for something that entertained a great many to end.

    Who says the entertainment has to end?
    I think Charlie would be great just unexpectantly showing up for interviews;
    – or -
    what about a “foil” to Dr. Oz’s Rehab?

  • Harry Flashman

    Congratulations to Sheen are in order.

    In one single 18 minute radio interview this ranting, selfish, bloated, coke-head drunken porn queen loving entitled imbecile cost two hundred people their jobs. Yep. Two hundred jobs in 18 minutes because of his mouth. I suspect that’s some sort of record.

    Way to go, Charlie.

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    Operators are standing by, so VOTE NOW:

    Gadhafi vs. charlie sheen — which one of these despicable, depraved clowns is funnier?

    Just think: if sheen overindulges on coke and hookers and gadhafi leaves his cushy ruler-for-life gig in Libya, the C(ertified)B(iased)S(ocialists) network will have an immediately replacement to star in “Two and a Half Men”. They don’t call the VD-infected and drug-crazed gadhafi the “charlie sheen of lybia” for nothing.

  • stoogedudes

    I feel bad for the cast and crew of Two and a Half Men.

    The crew doesn’t get paid unless they work, and because of Sheen’s antics, they are going without paychecks. Now the rest of the season’s cancelled because Sheen couldn’t control himself.

    By the way, this article implies the show was cancelled outright. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought the show’s production was halted for the rest of the season. The show should be back next season, if I’m correct.

    That said, I can’t imagine it’d be easy for him to work with people who have been affected by his drunken ramblings day in and day out.

  • Nachi

    Oh my! And now, whatever will the rancid masses do with their time??

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    BTW: does anybody know if sheen is related to mel gibson? They seem to have a lot in common.

  • tiredocrapp

    Sorry, Charlie! YOU are the contaminated little maggot! Hope they cancel it permanently!

  • Davo

    Harry Flashman said:
    Congratulations to Sheen are in order.

    In one single 18 minute radio interview this ranting, selfish, bloated, coke-head drunken porn queen loving entitled imbecile cost two hundred people their jobs. Yep. Two hundred jobs in 18 minutes because of his mouth. I suspect that’s some sort of record.

    Way to go, Charlie.

    That’s nothing. Hussein Soetoro can eliminate two-hundred jobs by simply uttering “tax cuts for the rich” but a single time. And he has the track record to prove it.

  • milynily

    Maybe he can be Becks new sidekick, sounds crazy enough. He’d fit right in.

  • Alric_IV

    That seems sort of petty of CBS to cancel that show based on Sheen’s comments. He’s enormously popular (I can take the show or leave it), and that show is already in syndication. With the difficulty of finding hit shows, I can’t believe they’re going to let this stand.

  • Mattchpt5

    If you ever wanted to see a star go “Super Nova”, keep your eye on Charlie Sheen. He’s gonna blow any time now.

  • X-3

    The nut doesn’t fall far from the tree; ol’ Marty was every bit as crazy as his lunatic son.

  • X-3

    rubberneck said:
    Tough break for Charlie….not everyday someone will pay you millions to act like yourself.

    I disagree that Charlie “received” a tough break; he “created” his own tough break. This is an example of something I learned from a very wise woman many years ago. She opined that we must each be “as big” as our fortune. By this, she explained that some people are just not capable of living up to the money, accolades, and celebrity that is given them. People like Charlie Sheen are usually those who have had everything given to them or have come from obscurity and poverty into fave and vast wealth in a very short time. They somehow feel they must do outrageous things to assure themselves that their sycophants truly do love them. History is full of examples of people like Charlie Sheen–think of the other celebrities, rock stars, and atheletes who have done things similar to Charlie Sheen and the picture of this illustration will become clear.

  • Cancon2

    Anyone willing to take bets on the Hotel room he dies in? That is the usual spot that these things end. Although with him, he may just drop at some TRUTHER RALLY, with Alex and the gang. Circus clown personified.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Adler/1420650301 Jay Adler

    This poor guy Charlie Sheen instead of being placed in a psychiatric hospital after showing publicly serious signs of mental illness is allowed to be loose and a cash cow for interviewers who care only about ratings. This is a sick man who is also a drug user and a frequent purchaser of women who have the potential of finishing him with a dose of Aids. Many insiders in Hollywood agree with me and fear that he is a danger to himself. He has a history of violence and if someone is in front of him at the wrong time, with Charlie’s adrenalin flowing he could seriously hurt someone. Charlie is flying as they say in the trade and his family, even if they have to hire some help should get him in the hospital where modern treatment and medicine could semantically cure him. He will always have the gene, but nowadays he could potentially be better than ever with a talk show or another sitcom.

© 2012 Mediaite, LLC | About Us | Advertise | Newsletter | Jobs | Privacy | User Agreement | Disclaimer | Power Grid FAQ | Contact | Archives | RSS RSS
Dan Abrams, Founder | Power Grid by Sound Strategies | Hosting by Datagram