Talk about a network that really stands behind its star.
While Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre pretended the Charlie Sheen incident never happened during the Television Critics Association press tour in January, and CBS president of entertainment Nina Tassler openly supported him, Sheen is still in hot water.
For now that’s being swept under the rug so Sheen can return to work on the comedy, and according to one insider, staff was told to follow suit.
According to TMZ.com, staff members of Two and a Half Men were reportedly threatened with word that anyone leaking any information from the set when Sheen returned to work would be immediately fired.
According to the report, everyone received a memo yesterday with the news, although clearly someone is already spilling.
Sheen, the highest paid actor on television at $900,000 an episode, returned to a closed set yesterday to finish shooting the remainder of the current season. Traditionally, Men is filmed in front of a live studio audience, but for now laugh tracks will be inserted instead.
Earlier this season when Sheen’s co-star Jon Cryer received death threats the same measures were taken.
According to TMZ a sobriety coach was on hand yesterday to help Sheen to continue his rehab, which he’s reportedly taking very seriously — he is to return to the facility every night after work for the time being.
On Monday, Sheen pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges, nearly three months after his wife, Brooke Mueller, told Colorado police in a 911 call he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.
Two and a Half Men airs Mondays, 9 p.m. ET, CTV/CBS.
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