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   >> let's begin with charlie sheen 's outburst that led to the end of "two and a half men's" season. today, amy robach has details. good morning.

   >> reporter: good morning. the show was supposed to return from hiatus next week but sheen 's radio rant ended that putting the show and the actor's future in doubt.

   >> oh, you bad girl .

   >> reporter: it's quiet on the set for "two and a half men" all because the star, troubled actor charlie sheen ,le could not queen's plate quiet.

   >> it's over. there is a new sheriff in town.

   >> reporter: speaking out on the alex jones show, sheen broke ranks and went after chuck lorre , cocreator of "two and a half men" calling him a clown.

   >> it's nothing inside of deplorable that a certain haim levine, chuck's real name, mistook this rock star for his own rock star exit, bro. last i checked i've spent i think close to the last decade i have been converting your tin cans into pure gold and the grat tide i get in this is this charlatan chose not to do his job and not write. bring it.

   >> this is the wildest interview.

   >> reporter: jones said even he wasn't prepared for all charlie had to say.

   >> charlie had surprises. a lot of that was news to me.

   >> reporter: tmz reports his companions were a porn star and a model. sheen called them godesses and said his estranged wife brooke was with them for a time.

   >> where this were four there are now three. bye-bye, brooke and good luck in your travels. you're going to need it badly. sheen talked about sobriety.

   >> you're clean, aren't you?

   >> 100%. here's your first pea test. next one goes in your mouth. it's all good, guys.

   >> reporter: he used alcoholic anonymous in the past and now calls it a bootleg cult.

   >> this is the work of sissies. the only thing i'm addicted to now is winning.

   >> he felt he transcended drugs, a.a., is doing it on his own and he's breaking out of a guildled cage.

   >> reporter: sheen reportedly earns nearly $2 million an episode. the show was scheduled for production next week but after the radio interview cbs announced it was cancelled for the season citing sheen 's conduct and condition.

   >> you sound like thomas jefferson .

   >> i'm not thomas jefferson . he was a [ bleep ]. but i dare anyone to bait me on things. bait me on a.a. right now. i have a disease? [ bleep ] i cured it with my brain, with my mind. i'm cured. i'm done.

   >> reporter: sheen again talked to the press challenging lorre to a fight. he sent a letter to tmz calling lo are, re a, quote, maggot and wished him nothing but pain. nbc news reached out to chuck lorre for comment but didn't hear back.

   >> amy robach , thank you so much. bonnie fuller is co-host of gossip gram. good morning to you.

   >> good morning.

   >> christina, sheen insults the creator of the show, insults his ex-wife who is the mother of his twin boys, calls aa a bootleg cult. i know you don't want to make a diagnosis based on a phone call , but what do you make of the calls when you heard them?

   >> thank you for having me. i certainly want to start by saying i don't know the details of the case, but i do know addiction. i have been in this industry about 15 years as an interventionist and expert. i know addiction better than anything else. what struck me was the details of the call are less relevant to me as the overall picture, the overall message. the overall message -- this is a rambling message full of hate and, you know, disrespect for the mother of his children, people he's worked with for years which leads me as an addictions expert to challenge or to question his sobriety, certainly his recovery. these are not consistent with somebody that's sober or for somebody in recovery at all.

   >> bonnie, professionally, charlie sheen has pushed his luck many times and for all intents and purposes cbs turned a blind eye because the show is successful. what do you think it was about this time where they said, let's put on the brakes and suspend the show?

   >> i think he was almost asking them to put on the brakes. he went so far over the line, attacking the creator of the show, the writer of the show and viciously attacking him and having antisemitic overtones. i don't think they could have turned a blind eye to this.

   >> some people suggest that the haim levine was an antisemitic undertone. he said he's healed himself. he said he closed his eyes and healed the problem. this guy seems to be running out of options. he's been in and out of rehab. he had in-home rehab. where can he go from here?

   >> this is a sad state of affairs . as an addictions specialist, what we are watching, that wasn't a radio interview. it's the unraveling of a man. it's a sad state of affairs . he's a man who's also somebody's son. there are parents watching this person pull himself apart and really the only thing that's left for addicts left untreated is death. jails, institution and death.

   >> his fans stuck by him. he went out of the way in the follow-up letter to say thank you to the fans for standing by me, we will right this wrong. how much longer will the fans stick by him? is this the beginning of the end for him professionally?

   >> it could be unless he does something serious about his addiction and certainly his state of mind is not going in that direction when he says he doesn't need it and he's already cured. he asked fans to march in protest. he's delusional. i think the fans have to look forward to seeing the show in syndication and hope he gets his act together and can have another furthering of his career.

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