Chuck Lorre’s new memoir‘Sitcom’is giving us the‘Mom’behind-the-scenes story we never got. In the book, the sitcom legend writes that he initially doubted Anna Faris was right for the role of Christy Plunkett. He cast her anyway, and she starred alongside Allison Janney from 2013 to 2020. When she left after six seasons, Lorre writes that she departed for“mysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show.”
Faris has offered her own account, saying she left during a“complicated time”when she started to lose focus. Two people, two versions, one very public exit that fans are still debating years later. The memoir also touches on Charlie Sheen’s turbulent‘Two and a Half Men’days, their eventual reconciliation, and Lorre’s frustration with CBS canceling‘Mom’in 2021.
Whether you’re team Lorre, team Faris, or just here for the nostalgia, this memoir is serving up serious sitcom history. What do you think: should memoir authors write about real people’s departures, or does some stuff need to stay in the writers’room?
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