Chuck Lorre has something to say about Anna Faris‘ departure from Mom. The mastermind behind The Big Bang Theory took to his new memoir, Sitcom, to throw shade at the actress for exiting his popular television show ahead of season 8. She had played the lead role of Christy Plunkett in the series from 2013 to 2020.
In his book, Lorre revealed that he initially had reservations about bringing Faris on board his project. He then added, per E! News, “As the years went by, it became apparent that my initial reluctance to hire Anna was, in fact, correct. After six years, she left the show for mysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show.”
While he didn’t expand on those reasons, the shade on the actress was evident.
Chuck Lorre’s Charlie Sheen fallout shaped his approach to casting Anna Faris on Mom
In Sitcom, The Big Bang Theory creator also talked in detail about why he wasn’t sold on casting the House Bunny actress in his hit CBS comedy, even though Faris was the studio’s first choice to play the recovering alcoholic Christy in Mom.
“I wasn’t sure Anna would be appropriate for this kind of material,” Lorre explained in the memoir, before explaining that his fallout with Charlie Sheen shaped his approach to casting Faris. He added, “Then I thought about how badly I’d bungled my working relationship with Charlie Sheen.”
Changing his mind after this realization about the former star of his smash-hit Two and a Half Men series, the showrunner then wrote, “Someone’s personal life is none of my business. The mom in Mom would be, and should be, Anna Faris.”
Even though he later added that his decision to cast Faris wasn’t the best one from him, Lorre still expressed pride in the show he and his co-creators were able to make. He penned, “The last few seasons, Mom found its true voice. There is hope, and there is laughter in overcoming the seemingly fatal disease of alcoholism.”
Mom can currently be streamed on Prime Video.
