Watch Online Holland Taylor, Marin Hinkle speak out: Charlie Sheen's 'Two and a Half Men' co-stars share sadness
BY Cristina Everett
Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 12:56 PM

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Charlie Sheen may be spouting hatred against former co-star Jon Cryer's silence, but several of the troubled actor's "Two and a Half Men" colleagues have expressed their concern over the matter.



Holland Taylor (l.) and Marin Hinkle both expressed sadness over Charlie Sheen's current troubles.

Veteran actress Holland Taylor, who plays Sheen and Cryer's mother on the hit CBS sitcom, had nothing but kind words to say about the 45-year-old actor, who was fired from the sitcom Monday after a bizarre two weeks in which he trashed his network bosses, shacked up with two girlfriends, launched a Twitter feed that quickly drew in 2 million followers and coined self-promoting catch phrases like "winning!"

"Charlie was cordial and polite with all of his cast mates and crew, sometimes even courtly -- and always witty," Taylor, 68, told The Associated Press. "We watched movies at his house occasionally -- warm evenings with interesting, spirited conversation. This is the guy I know."

"In this very sad and complicated time," she added. "I really have no comment beyond valuing my own history with Charlie, and my abiding affection for him."

Marin Hinkle, who plays Cryer's ex-wife on the show, told E! News that the cast was been talking a lot about the situation surrounding Sheen.

"We've been calling each other and we've been trying to come up with a way to get out there how we feel about what's happened with the show," Hinkle, 44, said. "It's so sad that this may be the end of something amazing all because of a lot of ego-fighting and pain, and obviously the sad condition of Charlie's health."

In a letter recently sent to Sheen's attorney, Warner Bros. Television explained that actor's termination was a result of his inability to perform his job adequately. In addition to Sheen's "public spectacle of his self-inflicted disintegration," he was described as having "difficulty remembering his lines and hitting his marks" and having an "inability to collaborate creatively" with the staff, crew and executive producers.



Sheen claims co-star Jon Cryer hasn't reached out to him.

Being handed the pink slip has yet to deflate Sheen's ego, however. The actor continues to attack the show's producers, as well as shower scorn on his TV sidekick.

"Jon has not called me," the out-of-control actor complained to E! "He's a turncoat, a traitor, a troll."

He vowed their relationship, like his job, is over -- so Cryer shouldn't bother reaching out now.

"What's there to say? I'll tell him, 'You're a little late. Goodbye, troll,' " Sheen said.

"When I'm starring in multimillion-dollar films and he's begging me for a supporting role, I'll say, 'You left me out in the cold with all your guilt and stupidity.' "

Sheen said other cast and crew members – including "half man" Angus T. Jones, 17, and director James Widdoes -- were "not trolls" because they had reached out to him.

Cryer, 45, has declined repeated requests for comment, but a source close to the actor said Sheen was off base.

"Jon has reached out to Charlie. He decided not to speak publicly out of respect for what he's going through," the source told E!

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