After weeks of bizarre behavior, during which Charlie Sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit against CBS and introduced Americans to the quaint phrase "tiger blood," it seemed inevitable that the "Two and a Half Men" star and his former network would go their separate ways. But could the almighty dollar reunite them? According to a RadarOnline.com report, CBS executives are "ready, willing, and able to forgive and forget all of Sheen's recent antics" (most recently he smooched late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on the air), and reinstall him on TV's top-rated comedy. But given Sheen's history of drug use, the rants he flung at show creator Chuck Lorre, and his much-debated psychological issues, would CBS be wise to rehire him?
Why not? Sheen is a cash cow: "In Hollywood, money wins every time," says a source close to the show, quoted by Hollywood Life. Given their checkered history, Lorre and Sheen probably won't become friends, but "they will be civil enough to get the job done." In the entertainment industry, "you deal and work with a lot of jerks." Grotesque insults are all in a day's work.
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