‘The View’: Jon Cryer Would Not Reboot ‘Two And A Half Men’ With Charlie Sheen After He “Blew Up” His Success: “I Don’t Know If I Want To Get In Business With Him”

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Chuck Lorre may be willing to work with Charlie Sheen again — but the actor’s Two and a Half Men co-star Jon Cryer still has his reservations.

On this morning’s episode of The View, Cryer explained why he would be hesitant to “get in business” once more with Sheen, who was infamously fired from their hit sitcom in 2011 after he went on a profane-filled tirade against Lorre, the show’s co-creator, amid his struggles with drugs and alcohol.

The revelation came after co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked Cryer about a potential Two and a Half Men reboot in light of Sheen and Lorre reuniting to work on the Max comedy series Bookie.

“I don’t know how that happens,” he admitted. “The thing is, Charlie is doing a lot better now, which is wonderful. He and I have not spoken in a few years but he’s doing a lot better, which, obviously, I’m very happy about.”

According to the actor — who spent 12 years on the show — Sheen’s firing took a toll on Lorre, who he praised as “one of the most legendary producers in television.”

“One of the hardest things for him when Two and a Half Men fell apart the way that it did, was that he really felt that he was friends with Charlie,” he explained. “That he lost that was really heartbreaking for him. So that they have reconciled is really lovely.”

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While Lorre was willing to let bygones be bygones, Cryer revealed why he would be reluctant to work on another project with Sheen.

“The thing for me is — when Two and a Half Men was happening, Charlie was the highest-paid actor in television, probably ever,” he said. “There has been nobody that has surpassed the enormous amount of money he was making. And yet, he blew it up.”

Cryer added, “I love him. I wish him the best. He should live in good health for the rest of his life. But I don’t know if I want to get in business with him for any length of time.”

During the first season of Two and a Half Men, Sheen was making $800,000 per episode — which was even more than Cryer made in Season 12, according to ScreenRant. By Sheen’s last season on the sitcom, his salary was bumped up to a whopping $1.8 million per episode.

When co-host Ana Navarro suggested that Cryer get paid the same salary as Sheen if they were to work together again in the future, he said, “That sounds fair!”

The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.