Anna Faris Reacts to Lorre Memoir: 'Yikes' — SkimNews
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- Anna Faris reacted on Instagram to Chuck Lorre's memoir comments about her 'Mom' exit, opening with 'Yikes' and 'Of course it hurts' while expressing gratitude for the role and pride in 'what we made together.'
- Faris revealed she has been sober for a year and a half, writing 'I was on a show about recovery and then I lived it' and adding 'it gets better. I'm proof.'
- Chuck Lorre wrote in his memoir 'Sitcom' that his 'initial reluctance to hire Anna was, in fact, correct,' noting she left after six years for 'mysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show.'
- Lorre explained his initial hesitation stemmed from his working relationship with Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, leading him to conclude 'someone's personal life is none of my business.'
- Mom premiered in 2013 on CBS and ran for eight seasons, with Faris starring as Christy Plunkett in the first seven before departing in 2020; Allison Janney carried the eighth and final season, which ended in 2021.
Why it matters: Lorre's memoir put a private production assessment — 'mysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show' — onto the public record six years after the fact, forcing Faris to publicly defend her own narrative. Her response pivots from grievance to recovery, offering the rare case where a showrunner's private reservations about a lead's 'personal life' become a public debate.
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