( CNN ) -- Warner Bros. Television has fired actor Charlie Sheen from its comedy `` Two and a Half Men '' after a two-week public meltdown by the star that has included attacks on the show 's creator . `` After careful consideration , Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen 's services on 'Two and a Half Men , ' effective immediately , '' the company said in a statement issued Monday . `` This is very good news , '' Sheen said in a statement to TMZ . `` They continue to be in breach , like so many whales . `` It is a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge because now I can take all of their bazillions ... and I never have to put on those silly shirts for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension . '' Sheen , 45 , has been known for his highly publicized marital , legal and substance abuse problems as much as his acting . The show was put on hiatus after he entered a rehabilitation program in January , and production was halted after Sheen blasted show co-creator Chuck Lorre and Alcoholics Anonymous in a February 24 radio interview . He has followed that up with a series of interviews in which he threatened to sue television network CBS for shutting down the nearly 8-year-old show , demanded a raise from $ 2 million to $ 3 million per episode and insisted he was `` clean , focused and ready to get back to work . '' `` I feel more alive , I feel more focused , I feel more energetic , '' Sheen told CNN 's `` Piers Morgan Tonight '' last week . `` I 'm on a quest to claim absolute victory on every front . '' Sheen then joined the microblogging site Twitter , racking up more than 1.3 million followers in little more than a day -- a pace that has made the Guinness Book of World Records . His account currently lists more than 2 million followers . Amid his professional squabbles with Warner Bros. and CBS , Sheen 's estranged wife , Brooke Mueller , won a court order removing their twin sons from Sheen 's home after she told authorities he had threatened to cut her head off , `` put it in a box and send it to your mom . '' In an interview with NBC 's `` Today Show , '' Sheen denied making the threat and insisted the quote was fabricated . Sheen earlier pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge involving Mueller in August 2010 , receiving a sentence of 30 days probation , as well as rehabilitation and anger-management counseling . The following October , adult-film actress Capri Anderson accused Sheen of terrorizing her during a drunken rampage in a room at the Plaza Hotel in New York ; Sheen sued her in November , claiming she tried to extort money from him . And Sheen 's second wife , Denise Richards , accused Sheen of physically and verbally abusing her and threatening her life . She obtained a restraining order against him in 2006 . The couple divorced that year , and Richards has custody of their two daughters . Warner Bros. Television is a division of Time Warner Inc. , also the parent company of CNN . CNN 's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report .
NEW : He tells TMZ the firing is ` ` good news '' It came after two weeks of public appearances by Sheen . The decade - old actor made $ 2 million per year .