SHEEN’S REP: ‘NO TWO AND A HALF MEN EPISODES WERE CUT’
A representative for CHARLIE SHEEN has dismissed reports two episodes of his hit show TWO AND A HALF MEN have been axed because of the actor’s rec ent stay in rehab.
The star, who has a history of drug abuse, checked into a recovery faci lity last month (Feb10) as a "preventative measure" following his Christm as Day (25Dec09) bust-up with wife Brooke Mueller.
Producers were forced to put filming of the TV sitcom on hold while She en received treatment.
The 44 year old left rehab earlier this month (Mar10) and headed back t o work on 16 March (10), but a series of online reports recently suggeste d TV bosses had been forced to cut the series’ run from 24 episodes to 22 to accommodate the time lost while Sheen was away.
But Sheen’s rep, Stan Rosenfield, insists the actor was only contracted to film 22 shows and was never obliged to work on the "bonus" episodes.
He says, "Nothing was cancelled. The other two were called bonus episod es; none contractual." Sheen’s altercation with Mueller has left him facing a string of felony domestic violence charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty, and he is due to stand trial later this year (10).
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