With over a decade gone since the two's infamous fallout, creator Chuck Lorre reveals how Charlie Sheen made amends with him ahead of working with him on . During one of his darker chapters of his substance abuse issues, Sheen was fired from the hit CBS sitcom for making offensive comments about Lorre publicly, with the show killing him off and replacing him with Ashton Kutcher for its remaining four seasons.

After largely staying out of the spotlight for the past few years, it was announced that Sheen would reunite with Lorre for , starring in a recurring role alongside comedian Sebastian Maniscalco.

As the show's premiere draws near, caught up with Lorre to discuss and working with Sheen again after their infamous feud. The creator expressed his enthusiasm at getting to reunite with his former star for the Max comedy, admitting that Sheen was his first choice for his role in the show and praising not only the actor's comedic abilities, but also his willingness to make fun of himself in the show and work for making amends with Lorre.

See what Lorre shared below:

It should be Charlie. I remember Charlie was very much engaged in sports betting, and he would tell me stories about it all the time. You know, when things were good. It was too painful [to rewatch Two and a Half Men re-reruns for years]. [I’ve] gotten to this place where it’s old news. I loved working with Charlie on ‘Two and a Half Men.’ We did 170 episodes together before it all fell apart.

And more often than not, we had a good time. Assuming he’s in a good place, I’m in a good place. I was nervous, but almost as soon as we started talking, I remembered, we were friends once. And that friendship just suddenly seemed to be there again. I don’t want to be too mawkish about it, but it was healing. And he was also totally game to make fun of himself. When he came to the table read of that episode, I walked up, and we hugged.

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