CBS CEO (Gently) Trashes Two And A Half Men’s Angus T. Jones

Dec. 5 2012, Published 7:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Will Angus T. Jones stay on Two and a Half Men? According to CBS CEO Les Moonves, maybe -- or maybe not.
Moonves made his first, and very candid, public comments Tuesday about Jones, 19, in wake of his surprising religious-fuelled rant against the hit CBS sit-com -- a show he called “filth.”
“We took this boy who started with us when he was eight years old and it seems to be what happens with child stars over the course of time,” Moonves said at a breakfast hosted by the Wall Street Journal.
“He’s now making over $300,000 per week, which is not a bad salary for a 19-year-old kid and he went on a religious channel and urged people not to watch the show because it was filth. By the way, he’s still collecting his $300,000 per week,” Moonves added.
Regarding Jones’ uncertain future on the show, which has seen more than its fair share of backstage drama, Moonves said: “I don’t know what our status is with him.” But he added: “After going through what we went through with Charlie Sheen, it’s been a piece of cake.”
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Jones went on a bizarre rant against the hit CBS show during a testimonial he taped last month for the Forerunner Christian Church telling viewers to stop watching it. In the nearly 15-mi