I really didn’t see that coming. Chuck gave me a job I loved, and for seven years I never took a day of it for granted. I’m proud of what we made together, and nothing changes how grateful I am for those people and those years.” In his memoir “Sitcom,” Lorre wrote that his turbulent experiences with Charlie Sheen on “Two and a Half Men” fueled his suspicions about hiring the “Scary Movie” star for the show.
But he acknowledged that he didn’t want to let that experience weigh on his ultimate decision. Then I thought about how badly I’d bungled my working relationship with Charlie Sheen,” he wrote in the memoir, adding: “Someone’s personal life is none of my business. The mom in ‘Mom’ would be, and should be, Anna Faris.” ‘Mom — which saw Faris play a recovering alcoholic navigating her new life as her mother (Allison Janney), also a recovering alcoholic, moved in with her — ran for eight seasons on CBS from 2013 to 2021.
Faris left the show in 2020 to “pursue new opportunities,” but Lorre blamed her departure on “mysterious reasons.” “As the years went by, it became apparent that my initial reluctance to hire Anna was, in fact, correct,” he wrote.
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