What is it about the show “Two and a Half Men” that makes its cast members so loopy?
First, we had the epic meltdown and Chuck Lorre bashing of the “winning” Charlie Sheen. Now, the “half man” himself seems to also want his time in the crazy limelight, because he’s openly bashing the show that made him a star!
In a video that recently leaked, 19-year-old actor Angus T. Jones aka Jake Harper states reveals his thoughts. “If you watch ‘Two and a Half Men,’ please stop watching ‘Two and a Half Men.’ I’m on ‘Two and a Half Men,’ I don’t want to be on it,” he explains. “Please stop watching it. Please stop filling your head with filth. Please.”
His problem with the show is not about its writing, character arcs, or even its late in life addition of Ashton Kutcher to the cast. Jones instead has found religion, and apparently he believes that it doesn’t jive with being on one of the top sitcoms in the nation.
In the video, made for a Christian vlog series called Forerunner Chronicles, Jones goes on to call his entire career thus far a walking contradiction. “You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that,” he explains. “I know I can’t. I’m not OK with what I’m learning, what the bible says and being on that television show.”
Which is too bad because the show, currently in its 10th season, is still really, really popular. It was the number 3 primetime comedy on TV at the end of it’s 9th season with around 15 millions viewers a week. Jones makes $350,000 an episode, which a lot of people in this economy would like to call a weekly paycheck – so as you can imagine, the blowback has been significant.
Oddly enough, it’s hard to tell if the actual content of the show offends Jones, or just the fact that the show is not furthering his opinion of “God’s message.” At a recent Seventh Day Adventist workshop, the young actor was quoted as saying: “It’s very weird being on a television show, especially now that I’m trying to walk with God, because my television show has nothing to do and doesn’t want anything to do with God.”
Personally, I think that while it’s great that Angus has found a religion that works for him, does he really need to slap his fans in their collective faces like this? It’s not like “Two and a Half Men” is a work of art or anything, but America loves it! And we’re guessing that many of the show’s Christian fans might feel a little uncomfortable being told that watching the sitcom is a detriment to their religious beliefs.
Ultimately, “Two and a Half Men” is a diversion from the stresses of every day life. And after a hard day at the office or digging ditches or driving trucks or being a parent, sometime all America wants is to sit down and watch a dumb sitcom. So, while we’re all entitled to our own religious beliefs, perhaps it’s time Charlie Sheen and Angus Jones sit down and watch “Sullivan’s Travels” and remember that purveyors of laughter also have a very important job in this world. Because there’s a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that’s all some people have? It isn’t much, but it’s better than nothing in this cock-eyed caravan…
Anyway, Jones is under contract for another year, and there have been no rumblings on either side about his departing the show early, like Sheen did. We’d love to be a fly on the wall at their rehearsal this morning. Because something tells us that Angus will be getting the cold shoulder at that cold read.