Holland Taylor is speaking out about why she didn’t renew her contract on “Two and a Half Men.”
\n\nThe actress spent six years as Evelyn Harper, the mother of Charlie (Charlie Sheen) and Alan (Jon Cryer), on the CBS sitcom. She recently revealed that part of the reason she left the show was due to the small paycheck.
\n\n“They never paid me very well on that show. I was paid on that show what I had made on a series like eight years before or something,” Taylor said on the “Alchemy with Anthony Mason” podcast. “And I got four Emmy nominations, and they never gave me a raise. They usually do.”
\n\nTaylor was nominated four times for supporting actress during her time on the sitcom. After the sixth season, she declined to renew her contract and instead returned occasionally as a guest star.
\n\n“I stopped being under contract. So, in other words, they would say, ‘Can you do a guest appearance at the end of March?’ And I would say, ‘No, I cannot,’” she said. “I only did it if I wanted to do it.”
\n\nTaylor said the producers were “astonished” by her decision, but she appreciated having flexibility in…
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