For those who care, Charlie Sheen, the highest-paid actor on television, has agreed to reprise his role as womanizing writer Charlie Harper on the CBS sitcom Two And A Half Men for an additional two years, after threatening to walk away from the hit show over a salary dispute as his private life spiralled out of control.
Sheen, who has been nominated for four Emmys for his art-imitating-life role as the sex-crazed bachelor, is currently facing domestic violence charges in Colorado following a Christmas Day argument with his crack-addicted wife, Brooke Mueller. Production on the series was halted when he checked into rehab.
Sheen has issued a statement confirming he will return to the show just in time for the network’s upfronts, which will take place on Wednesday.
“To put a fitting end on the two and one-half months of whirlwind speculation, I’m looking forward to returning to my CBS home on Monday nights,” Sheen said in a statement on Monday evening. “I want to thank Les Moonves for his support.”
Two And A Half Men just wrapped shooting on its seventh season. Sheen’s new contract will take the show through until 2012.