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Charlie Sheen in Two and a Half Men

After years starring as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men, the producers called it quits for Charlie Sheen—and the whole ordeal wasn’t pretty. In a scathing 11-page letter, the producers justify their decision to let Sheen go, portraying him as a self-destructive, extremely ill addict suffering from severe mental and physical deterioration. Sheen was replaced on the show by Ashton Kutcher.

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