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"Well, that was unexpected: Charlie Sheen played it straight, and played nice, at Sunday&amp;apos;s Primetime Emmy Awards in L.A.\r\nPresenting the trophy for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series, the 46-year-old actor (who wasn&amp;apos;t nominated this year) was low-key and contrite as he approached the podium.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I want to take a moment to get something off my chest ad say a few words to everybody here from Two and a Half Men,&amp;quot; Sheen said as the crowd chuckled nervously.\r\nEarlier this year, the hard-partying star was notoriously fired from the smash CBS sitcom due to his incendiary comments against the show&amp;apos;s creator and a string of bizarre, troubling incidents.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;From the bottom of my heart,&amp;quot; Sheen said to his former colleagues Sunday. (Ashton Kutcher joined the cast after Sheen&amp;apos;s departure.) &amp;quot;I wish you nothing but the best for this upcoming season.  We spent 8 wonderful years together, and I know you will continue to make great television.&amp;quot;\r\nAccepting his Emmy from Sheen, Best Actor winner Jim Parsons of the Big Bang Theory quipped of his win: &amp;quot;This is so odd for so many reasons!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn an interview with Matt Lauer on the Today Show last week, Sheen said that he&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;absolutely&amp;quot; sober -- and that he is emotionally &amp;quot;a lot calmer&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;mellower&amp;quot; these days.\r\nWhat was his deal during those wild days?&amp;#xA0; &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t really know what happened. It was one of those things where the planets were aligned, perfectly or imperfectly. I said some stuff and then it caught such traction globally and instantly that I couldn&amp;apos;t really put out the fire.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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