What Chuck Lorre has said about Charlie Sheen's 2011 firing from Two and a Half Men
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 21, 2026
Chuck Lorre, Producer of The Big Bang Theory and other sitcoms, has been quoted on Charlie Sheen's 2011 firing from Two and a Half Men 2 times in 1 episode of Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, most recently on October 21, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lorre says he was in deliberate denial as Two and a Half Men began to unravel around its eighth year.
“I was in denial. I was in a lot of denial. I was trying to pretend everything was okay”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Part Two: Big Bang Theory & Two and a Half Men Creator on Signing a Billion-Year Scientology Contract, Why Success Didn’t Cure His Alcoholism, and Surviving the Public Battle with Charlie Sheen | Chuck Lorre (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 11:10
Lorre says he had no training or skills to handle Sheen's crisis and the viral fallout after Sheen left the show.
“what training did I have as a bar mitzvah guitarist to deal with this? The answer is none”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Part Two: Big Bang Theory & Two and a Half Men Creator on Signing a Billion-Year Scientology Contract, Why Success Didn’t Cure His Alcoholism, and Surviving the Public Battle with Charlie Sheen | Chuck Lorre (Oct 21, 2026) · Listen from 12:38
Episodes
Part Two: Big Bang Theory & Two and a Half Men Creator on Signing a Billion-Year Scientology Contract, Why Success Didn’t Cure His Alcoholism, and Surviving the Public Battle with Charlie Sheen | Chuck LorreMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Oct 21, 2026 · 46 min
Chuck Lorre tells Mayim Bialik and Jonathan Cohen about getting sober, the Charlie Sheen crisis on Two and a Half Men, sitcom craft, and Big Bang Theory spinoff Stuart Fails to Save the Universe.
Others on Charlie Sheen's 2011 firing from Two and a Half Men
- Mayim Bialik · 1 quote
- Jonathan Cohen · 1 quote
Chuck Lorre on other topics
- Addiction and recovery · 7 quotes
- Scientology · 6 quotes
- Two and a Half Men · 4 quotes
- Multi-camera sitcoms · 4 quotes
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) · 3 quotes
- Stuart Fails to Save the Universe · 2 quotes
- Live studio audience and laugh tracks · 2 quotes
- Spirituality · 2 quotes