Actress Holland Taylor says she did not renew her contract for CBS sitcom “Two and a Half Men” after Season 6, and she links her departure to how she was treated professionally. Both outlets describe Taylor’s six-year run playing Evelyn Harper, the mother of characters played by Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer.
Deadline and Variety also frame her comments in relation to the show’s pay and labor dynamics. Deadline emphasizes the broader context of Charlie Sheen’s highly public fallout from the series and notes that, for different reasons, her contract lapsed after Season 6. Variety instead spotlights Taylor’s account of compensation, saying she felt she was “never paid very well” and points to her Emmy nominations while indicating she did not receive a raise.
