Fallout between actor, production escalates

Charlie Sheen’s lengthy execration of “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre, now a viral sensation, has raised hackles among Jewish activists.

“By invoking television producer Chuck Lorre’s Jewish name in the context of an angry tirade against him, Charlie Sheen left the impression that another reason for his dislike of Mr. Lorre is his Jewishness,” said Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman. “This fact has no relevance to Mr. Sheen’s complaint or disagreement, and his words are at best bizarre, and at worst, borderline anti-Semitism.”

Sheen refered to Lorre as “Chaim Levine” (Lorre’s given name is Charles Levine) during the conversation with syndicated radio host Alex Jones, and claimed that he (Sheen) had “spent I think close to the last decade effortlessly and magically converting [Lorre's] tin cans into pure gold.”

Sheen didn’t stop there: “I violently hate Chaim Levine,” he told TMZ, going on to call Lorre “a stupid, stupid little man,” among other, less generous descriptors.

The thesp’s remarks prompted CBS and Warner Bros. to announce that they would not resume production on “Men” for the rest of the season.

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