Ashton Kutcher Lands New Gig & Replaces Charlie Sheen!
May 13 2011, Published 2:24 p.m. ET
It's official! After speculation that Rob Lowe, wait, no - Hugh Grant, um, perhaps John Stamos or Jerry O'Connell would replace Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, turns out Ashton Kutcher has landed the job!
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The Punk'd star has signed on the dotted line to replace Charlie, according to The Hollywood Reporter (via Huffington Post). He's apparently cashed in on a "huge payday," as per THR. Although rumors swirled yesterday about his casting, perhaps it was official after 9 p.m. when Ashton simply Tweeted, " (-;"
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About one hour later he followed up with another one: "What's the square root of 6.25?" As for the answer, well, that would be two and a half! Ashton replaces Charlie on the top-rated sitcom after he was fired for his tiger blood rants against the show's creator, Chuck Lorre.