Sorry, Charlie! Ashton Kutcher Replacing Sheen On Two And A Half Men
May 13 2011, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
Ashton Kutcher is winning!
With Charlie Sheen begging to get back his job on Two and a Half Men, Kutcher is finalizing a deal to replace him on the show.
PHOTO: Charlie Leaving His Attorney's Office
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kutcher – aka Demi Moore’s much younger husband -- is getting a “huge payday” to join the hit sitcom.
Show creator Chuck Lorre, who’s in a lawsuit with Sheen after bouncing the star for erratic behavior, has written a storyline to introduce Kutcher to the temporarily-cancelled CBS hit.
“People are going to love it,” one source said. Another source confirmed the news saying: “Chuck’s really happy.”
The actor, who has 6.7 million followers on Twitter, posted a cryptic message on his page: “I’m starting to become convinced that people put my name in articles just to improve their SEO or hoping I’ll tweet it.”
Two and a Half Men was the No. 1 comedy on television until Sheen’s drug and alcohol abuse, and weird behavior, torpedoed the season.
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Sheen has been squawking about trying to get his job back but seems to have fallen a little short.
A spokesman for the sitcom’s production company, Warner Bros., told RadarOnline he wouldn’t comment on a story he called “speculation.” A rep for CBS had no comment.
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