Holland Taylor is speaking out about why she didn’t renew her contract on “Two and a Half Men.” The actress spent six years as Evelyn Harper, the mother of Charlie (Charlie Sheen) and Alan (Jon Cryer), on the CBS sitcom. She recently revealed that part of the reason she left the show was due to the small paycheck. I was paid on that show what I had made on a series like eight years before or something,” Taylor said on the “Alchemy with Anthony Mason” podcast.
They usually do.” Taylor was nominated four times for supporting actress during her time on the sitcom. After the sixth season, she declined to renew her contract and instead returned occasionally as a guest star. So, in other words, they would say, ‘Can you do a guest appearance at the end of March?’ And I would say, ‘No, I cannot,’” she said.
I just will come back as a guest from time to time.'” “Two and a Half Men” ran for 12 seasons from 2003 to 2015. In 2011, Sheen left the show after public struggles with substance abuse.
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