Overview
- In Sitcom, published this month, Lorre writes that he was initially reluctant to cast Anna Faris as the lead of Mom and that her later exit showed his doubts were “correct.”
- Lorre says he reversed course on casting after reflecting on a fraught working relationship with Charlie Sheen and concluding a performer’s private life should not bar them from a role.
- Anna Faris left Mom after seven seasons in 2020 and has publicly said she departed because the job’s intensity affected her focus and her mental health.
- Friends of Faris quoted by media outlets called Lorre’s remarks inappropriate and a representative for Faris did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
- Mom ran eight seasons on CBS (2013–2021) and Lorre defends the show’s later seasons in the book, while no new reporting has produced independent evidence that contradicts Faris’s own account for leaving.