Charlie Sheen was one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors. His professional career was spectacular, but his personal life was marred by controversy. He rose to prominence after accidentally shooting his fiancée, Kelly Preston, in the arm in 1990. He was known in the industry for having drug and alcohol problems. Sheen rose to fame in 1995 after confessing to soliciting s*x workers through Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss.
He was arrested the following year for beating a former girlfriend, and then his list of scandals continued.
When Two and a Half Men made its CBS premiere in 2003, its success was certain. Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer, the show's leads, were well-known from their decades of prior movie work.
Sheen, though, was permanently fired from the program in the 2011. TV bosses let him go, labeling him dangerously self-destructive and alleging incidents involving abuse of drugs and alcohol, assault, and irrational outbursts.
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