Anna Faris is reeling over former boss Chuck Lorre\u2019s recent dig at her Mom casting, saying the out-of-nowhere diss \u201churts\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYikes. Yes, I read a few things. I really didn\u2019t see that coming,\u201d the actress wrote in a statement shared to Instagram<\/a> Thursday. \u201cOf course it hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n Obsessed with celebrity news? Download our new app<\/a> and never miss a headline<\/p>\n \u201cChuck gave me a job I loved, and for seven years I never took a day of it for granted,\u201d she continued. \u201cI\u2019m proud of what we made together, and nothing changes how grateful I am for those people and those years.\u201d<\/p>\n Faris, who said she has been sober for a year and a half, then noted how ironic it was that she was \u201con a show about recovery and then [she] lived it\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cNow I\u2019m healthy, I\u2019m working, and I\u2019m happier than I\u2019ve been in a long time,\u201d she concluded her statement. \u201cIf anyone reading this is where I was, I hope that\u2019s useful. It gets better. I\u2019m proof.\u201d<\/p>\n Lorre, who co-created Mom, wrote in his new memoir, Sitcom, that he was initially hesitant to cast Faris in the lead role of the CBS series \u2013 despite her being the network\u2019s first choice.<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure Anna would be appropriate for this kind of material,\u201d Lorre, 73, said in his book. \u201cThen I thought about how badly I\u2019d bungled my working relationship with [Two and a Half Men star] Charlie Sheen.\u201d<\/p>\n Further reflecting on his experience with Sheen, the prolific TV creator wrote that he reconsidered his doubts about Faris, writing, \u201cSomeone\u2019s personal life is none of my business. The mom in Mom would be, and should be, Anna Faris.\u201d<\/p>\n Lorre later added that his initial reservations about hiring Faris to play Christy Plunkett opposite Allison Janney as Bonnie Plunkett had been \u201ccorrect\u201d when she left for \u201cmysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show\u201d.<\/p>\n Faris starred on the sitcom for seven seasons, exiting before the eighth \u2014 and what eventually would be its final \u2014 season. The show aired from 2013 to 2021.<\/p>\n Lorre went on to praise the later seasons of the show in Sitcom, writing that \u201cMom found its true voice\u201d by showing that \u201cthere is hope, and there is laughter in overcoming the seemingly fatal disease of alcoholism\u201d.<\/p>\n He also criticised CBS for cancelling the series, noting that the network \u201cdecided they could live without a perfect cast led by a national treasure\u201d, referring to Janney.<\/p>\n Faris opened up about her decision to leave Mom in a June appearance on Josh Horowitz\u2019s Happy Sad Confused podcast<\/a>, saying she \u201cstarted to lose [her] focus\u201d and calling the show a \u201cmarathon\u201d.<\/p>\n The Scary Movie actress said her exit from the \u201cintense, amazing project\u201d came at a \u201ccomplicated time\u201d.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared in Page Six<\/a> and was reproduced with permission<\/p>\n Originally published as Anna Faris reacts to former boss Chuck Lorre\u2019s Mom casting diss in memoir: \u2018It hurts\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n