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"Fired or written off? Three months after the fact, Charlie Sheen addressed his Anger Management costar Selma Blair&amp;apos;s controversial exit from the show during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Wednesday, Sept. 11.\r\nIn June, Lionsgate, which produces the FX sitcom, said in a statement, &amp;quot;We are confirming that Selma Blair will not be returning to Anger Management and we wish her the very best.&amp;quot; At the time, Deadline claimed that Sheen, 48, fired Blair, 41, in an expletive-filled text after Blair reportedly took issue with the former Two and a Half Men star&amp;apos;s on-set behavior.\r\n\r\nSheen, however, has a difference version of the story.\r\n&amp;quot;One of our primary characters, Selma Blair, who played Kate, was written out because [the show] was not about our relationship, and the problem was too many people were still excited about the Two and a Half [Men] character and thinking the Anger Management character was a little dull,&amp;quot; Sheen explained to Jay Leno. &amp;quot;So, um, that is not the case anymore.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;She leaves and [my character starts] circling the drain,&amp;quot; added the actor, whose struggles with drug and alcohol abuse are well-known. &amp;quot;So it&amp;apos;s really fun to watch and hella fun to play.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Where do you draw from [for] that?&amp;quot; Leno quipped. &amp;quot;Where do you draw from the experience for that?&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a mystery,&amp;quot; Sheen joked. &amp;quot;It just falls out of the sky. It&amp;apos;s crazy, it&amp;apos;s amazing.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn August, Lionsgate revealed that Laura Bell Bundy would be joining the cast to play Dr. Jordan Denby, the &amp;quot;new sex-study research partner&amp;quot; of Sheen&amp;apos;s character, an anger management therapist. She&amp;apos;s &amp;quot;a brilliant psychologist whose recent divorce, fondness for alcohol and wild mood swings turn Charlie&amp;apos;s life into an emotional roller coaster.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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