Chuck Lorre speaks of 'tough time' he's suffered during battles with Charlie Sheen

Chuck Lorre has spoken - sort of - and told viewers of the "tough time" he's endured lately.

The executive producer of "Two and a Half Men" and foil to his ex-star, Charlie Sheen, on Thursday produced another "vanity card," this time at the end of his other hit comedy, "The Big Bang Theory." Vanity cards typically simply feature the logo of a production company, but Lorre has long used them to offer sardonic and oblique musings in extremely small typeface. Lately he's used them to take shots at Sheen, who this month has engaged in a bizarre war of words with his former boss.

"Whenever I've gone through tough times, well-meaning people have told me that God/the universe does not give us more than we can handle," Lorre writes. "Well, I've been going through a tough time recently, and sure enough, that old saying has been tossed my way on several morose occasions."

He adds that he's decided the comforting saying isn't true.

"Another thing I hear a lot is, 'this too shall pass.' Again, I know these are words meant to reassure, but somehow they always leave me feeling that heartbreak, rage and grief are going to come shooting out of me like kidney stones through an inflamed urethra," he writes.

Lorre's cards have played a key role in the producer's battle with Sheen. On the Feb. 14 episode of "Two and a Half Men" - the last original that aired before Warner Bros. and CBS fired their star - Lorre wrote a vanity card that noted his own healthy lifestyle and then added: "If Charlie Sheen outlives me, I'm gonna be really pissed." 

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Photo: Chuck Lorre in February 2011. Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images.

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Andrew Masset]

Chuck..i too have leaned heavily on those 'sayings' during horrid times..somehow we do get past the 'crap'. For what it's worth..Sheen is in destruct mode and there ain't nuthin' anyone can do bout' it..I still love the show and it is hysterically funny. Nice job. Create somemore...

[canadian fan]

You know i have no sympathy for Chuck Lorre. I think he should be ashamed of himself for the way he went after Charlie Sheen. I think right now he is hiding and trying to choose his words carefully to try and garner sympathy from the general public. He is not taking any responsibility for what he caused. Stop targeting Charlie Sheen. We all enjoyed him in the sitcom until you made his life a living hell. We are now dealing with that fallout.

[Stefanie]

I love all of Chuck Lorre's shows and I love reading his vanity cards. In fact I'm envious that he always comes up with something witty and intelligent to write about. But I have no sympathy for him on this. Of all the crap that Charlie Sheen did, he carried on employing him even upping his salary to millions. He even shut down production early to accommodate him but the minute Sheen turned his drug infused vitriole on him he put hundreds of loyal staff out of work, in a declining market, just because his ego was out of joint. FAIL!!

[Shirley Scott]

Oh come on Chuck. "Tough Time" Try not being able to find job for almost a year. looseing your home and have to move 400 miles away from you family and friend trying to make anew start then we'll talk about tough time.
You have millions of dollars and can do anything you please.

[Jojo]

Nothing healthy about the face of Lorre. He will surely be pissed because Charlie will outlive him... Hey Lorre look closer at yourself before passing judgement!!!

[cshargeit]

i never knew kidney stones could block the uretha... i thought it was my damn prostate. all in all my life was full.

[Lorelei]

Tough times? What, he's got only 2 hit shows on the air? Altogether now: "Ahhhh, poor baby".

[Sally]

What a joke !
Chuck you taunted Charlie BEFORE his rants against you and based your successful tv sitcom on his flaws that now you condemn because...he hurts your feelings, your ego, humiliates you all over the medias..please..
You are one of the richest man on american tv, you still have two shows who work pretty well and give you too much money..the medias are not after you, your children are not away from you..so where is the freaking problem ?
Please..also your pseudo philosophical introspection is boring and dull, at least Charlie is creative, funny and quite poetic when he talks about his shenanigans..you can do better since you are the writer..you know the guy behind the scenes who is supposed to be talented with the words..it seems not to be the case after all.. Self-pity party is not interesting.

[Carlos Nells]

What a sniveling wimp. Charlie made this guy wealthy and famous into his elderly years and yet he moans like Chris Brown having to pawn hios rolex to get out on bond for beating up a woman. Thsi is the end of this guy he doesn't have the guts.

[Kim]

With all the true misery in the world, this guy is crying because somebody stood up to him. Some of what Charlie said and did may not have been right but this pity party gives the world a glimpse of his shallow soul.

[Bradcolo]

I found the card funny and insightful, words that could never be applied to anything Sheen has said or indeed about anything Sheens apologists on here post. Lorre did not compare his position with anyone else, he simply and rather truly posted that he had faced some rather publicized attacks recently and found that the typical platitudes were of little consolation. And if you find Sheen funny creative or poetic, then by definition your opinion should be disregarded and your medication adjusted.

[Larry (South Africa)]

A crying old man, Charlie will out live you and I hope you be pissed as hell.....

[r4 ds]

I don't know who to believe, this guy, or Charlie Sheen. But the fact that he uses vanity cards to take jabs at one of the people that make the show what it is, is wrong. It's almost as if he thinks he can just say anything, and it will be okay. It was wrong of him to do the vanity cards..... completely wrong!

[dwfain]

Boo Hoo Chuck, What a frickin' cry baby. All his other shows are weak. Stay underground you big wus.