Charlie Sheen Offers to Pay Crew While at Rehab

... if CBS and Warner Bros. also chip in
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 9, 2011 3:56 PM CST
Charlie Sheen Offers to Pay Crew While at Rehab
In this undated publicity image released by CBS, Jon Cryer, left, and Charlie Sheen are shown during the taping of "Two and a Half Men," in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/CBS, Greg Gayne)

Charlie Sheen's in rehab, and that means the crew of Two and a Half Men isn't working—so Sheen has offered to pay a third of their salaries until he's back, reports TMZ. He'll do so if CBS and Warner Bros. chip in the rest. It's a move that echoes what David Letterman and Jay Leno did during the 2007-2008 screenwriters' strike—except that Sheen's problems are wholly created by himself. A CBS executive says he's not aware of the offer, adding that the show won't resume filming until March at the earliest—assuming Sheen is ready.
(More Charlie Sheen stories.)

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