Charlie Sheen and Chuck Lorre Reunite On ‘How To Be A Bookie,’ 12 Years After Nasty Public Feud

Over a decade after their very public falling out, Charlie Sheen is teaming back up with Two And A Half Men showrunner Chuck Lorre on a new comedy series.

Deadline reports Sheen nabbed a recurring role on Lorre’s upcoming Max series How To Be A Bookie. The single-camera comedy show is set to star comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, who is also an executive producer on the series.

Masiscalco plays a veteran bookie trying to adapt after gambling becomes legalized. The nature of Sheen’s role on the show has not been revealed yet.

This will be the first time Sheen and Lorre have worked together since the actor was fired from Two And A Half Men in 2011 and subsequently replaced by Ashton Kutcher.

Sheen, who became one of the highest-paid actors on television thanks to the hit sitcom, was fired after he publicly attacked Lorre in a series of interviews using antisemitic insults. This occurred during an already tumultuous time for the actor as he was facing domestic violence charges and issues with addiction.

In a 2021 interview, Sheen called his behavior at the time “desperately juvenile.”

“I think it was drugs or the residual effects of drugs … and it was also an ocean of stress and a volcano of disdain. It was all self-generated, you know,” he said at the time, later adding, “I was getting loaded and my brain wasn’t working right.”

Kutcher stayed on as the lead for four seasons, through the series finale. But the series finale also included a controversial sendoff to Sheen’s character, Charlie Harper.

The final seconds of the series finale show somebody who looks a lot like Charlie ringing a doorbell, only to be killed by a piano falling from the sky. The camera suddenly pulls out, revealing Lorre sitting close by and watching Charlie die.

“Winning,” Lorre says, referring to Sheen’s viral hashtag that stemmed from his public meltdown. Lorre then proceeds to also gets crushed by a piano.

Sheen received four Emmy nominations for his performance on the sitcom.

The actor has made a number of television appearances over the years, including on The Goldbergs and his own FX series Anger Management, but this will be his first regular television role in almost a decade.