US EditionJon Cryer Reveals Shocking ‘Two and a Half Men’ Pay Discrepancy Between Him & Charlie Sheen
Jon Cryer disclosed that despite Charlie Sheen's escalating issues, CBS paid Sheen nearly $1.9 million per episode due to pre-sold seasons, while Cryer earned $620,000.
- The CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer, ran from 2003 to 2015 and ended after its 12th season.
- Charlie Sheen's contract renegotiations escalated amid his personal struggles, while Jon Cryer described Sheen as falling apart in every way imaginable.
- Forbes reported in 2011 that Sheen earned $1.9 million per episode, whereas Cryer revealed he received roughly a third, about $620,000 per episode.
- Cryer compared Sheen's erratic behavior to a dictator and explained CBS pre-sold extra seasons, which compelled them to invest heavily to keep Sheen despite his struggles.
- Sheen was fired after Season 8 due to public conflicts and rehab refusal, leading to Ashton Kutcher replacing him, with the show continuing until its cancellation after Season 12.
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Jon Cryer Says He Was Paid “A Third” Of What Charlie Sheen Made For ‘Two and a Half Men’
A decade after Two and a Half Men concluded, Jon Cryer has some choice words about his onscreen brother Charlie Sheen. The 2x Emmy winner recently compared his former co-star to a dictator, recalling that he was paid “a third” of what Sheen made for their CBS sitcom, which ran for 12 seasons from 2003 […]
Jon Cryer Says ‘I Got a Third’ of Charlie Sheen’s Pay on ‘Two and a Half Men’: People ‘Were So Scared of Him That They Would Shovel Money at Him’
Jon Cryer reveals in Netflix’s “aka Charlie Sheen” that his “Two and a Half Men” payday was “a third” of co-star Charlie Sheen’s despite the latter’s erratic behavior that threatened the show’s survival and ultimately got Sheen fired after Season 8, the filming of which had already been delayed after Sheen entered drug rehabilitation and […]
Charlie Sheen made Rs 16 cr per episode of Two and a Half Men; co-star Jon Cryer says he got a third of that: ‘He was like North Korea’s dictator’
In the latest documentary about Charlie Sheen, his Two and a Half Men co-star John Cryer opened up about their relationship and the pay disparity between the two.
Charlie Sheen made 3x as much as Jon Cryer on Two and a Half Men
The show may have been called Two and a Half Men but for Jon Cryer, he was only a third of that. And that’s because he made significantly less than co-star Charlie Sheen. In the new Netflix documentary aka Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer said that Sheen’s behavior apparently had no weight in the decision to ensure he made so much money on Two and a Half Men, with reports putting his salary upwards of $1.9 million per season, easily placing him near the…
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