Angus T. Jones, the star who played Jake in Two And A Half Men for a decade has been spotted out in public after taking a step away from the spotlight.

Debuting in the role of Jake at the age of 10, Jones quickly became a household name. However, less than a decade later, he shocked fans with a candid video shared on YouTube in November 2012, urging viewers to refrain from watching the show that catapulted him to fame.

"If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop watching Two and a Half Men," Jones said in the roughly 14-minute clip, where he delved into his Christian faith.

"I'm on Two and a Half Men and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it. Please stop filling your head with filth."

"Do some research on the effects of television on your brain and I promise you, you’ll have a decision to make when it comes to what you watch on television. It’s bad news," he continued.

Despite his plea, Jones continued his role on the series until its tenth season finale in May 2013, reportedly earning a staggering $1.2 million per season starting from 2008.

The 30-year-old actor, who portrayed the mischievous yet endearing son of Jon Cryer's character, Alan Harper, was also photographed on Thursday, April 18, taking a stroll in California.

Sporting a baseball cap, sunglasses, and casual attire of a T-shirt and gray sweatpants, Jones had a notably different appearance, now sporting a full beard, per PEOPLE.

Reflecting on his comments about the show in an interview with PEOPLE in October 2016, Jones revealed a shift in perspective.

"If you'd asked me a few years ago if I wanted to get back involved in the industry, I would have said, 'No. Not at all,'" he shared, highlighting his enrollment at the University of Colorado at Boulder and his involvement with Tonite, an events company cofounded by Justin Combs, son of Sean 'Diddy' Combs.

"I got pretty doomsday with my thinking for a long time, but now I'm having fun and enjoying where I'm at," Jones confessed, shedding light on his newfound happiness away from the limelight.

While Jones has largely distanced himself from Hollywood since bidding farewell to Two and a Half Men, he recently made headlines with a cameo appearance alongside former co-star Charlie Sheen in the MAX show Bookies.

His last main role was in 2016, in the TV series Horace & Pete.

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The amount that Angus T. Jones was making for each episode of Two and a Half Men was mind-boggling for a kid his age, but then he simply walked away from acting altogether.

The show, one of the biggest in the world at the time, was as controversial as it was beloved. 

All the while, the two and a half stars - Jones, Charlie Sheen, and Jon Cryer, were raking it in. 

Angus T. Jones was probably the best paid kid in TV

Angus T. Jones was supposed to be living out every kid’s dream - he was a massive TV star in one of the world’s biggest shows, earning enough money to never have to work again in his life. 

But, as so often turns out to be the case, these things aren’t everything they are cracked up to be. 

One thing is for sure though, the money was there. 

Despite being just a child, Jones was pulling in hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode, and - due to the popularity of the show - there were a lot of episodes. 

Angus left the show in 2013, but returned for the finale, and won a bunch of awards along the way. 

To add to that, his bank balance was looking healthy during his time on the show. 

Reportedly, he was taking home around $300,000 per episode. 

Of course, Charlie Sheen - who is currently on a tour telling some of his own wild stories - was earning bank too, as was Jon Cryer, but that’s still a remarkable amount for a kid. 

As of last year, Angus had a reported net worth of around $20 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. 

Take that with a pinch of salt, but know that he earned a lot during his Two and a Half Men days. 

Angus turned his back on fame for a number of reasons

Despite his early success, Angus left acting altogether and studied at the University of Colorado. 

He has also since spoken out about the show, calling himself a ‘hypocrite’ for sticking around on a show that mocked real-life problems. 

Talking to radio station KHOU, he said: “It was making light of topics in our world that are really problems for a lot of people.

"I was a paid hypocrite because I wasn’t OK with it, but I was still doing it."

After leaving the show, Jones joined the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and has taken his religion very seriously since. 

He actually referred to the series as ‘filth’ in one online video, though he later walked it back.

“Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on Two and Half Men with whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family,” he said. 

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Fans are defending Angus Turner Jones's new look after he was spotted in Los Angeles for the first time in a year.

In pictures obtained by The New York Post, the 29-year-old actor had a rare sighting in a Californian neighborhood on Sunday (May 21).

The now-bearded former star - who played Jake Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men - donned an oversized grey T-shirt and dark grey shorts.

Jones was walking around barefoot and completed his new look with a glasses and backward red baseball cap that covered his head.

Upon seeing the pictures, many users have taken to social media to defend Jones against criticism. One user wrote: "Leave him alone. As much as I loved the show, he has stated he just wants to be left alone. He's happy and living his life. He'll be getting royalty checks for the rest of his life."

Another person remarked: "'First sighting in a year' really? We're dogging former child stars as if they're some [elusive] endangered creature that scientists can't determine are still around or not? Leave him alone."

A third commented: "He has found something at peace in his life. His earnings were not squandered down to griping by his handlers. He is able to live peacefully and no negative stories published about him. Let him live at peace."

And, a fourth person said: "Leave him alone ppl grow and change [their] appearance. Couldn't imagine working at such a young age."

Jones rose to fame in the highly successful sitcom, which also starred Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper and Jon Cryer as Alan Harper.

However, in 2012, he made headlines after he abruptly announced his exit from the popular show in a 10-minute testimonial, citing that he had found God and urged viewers to stop watching.

"If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop watching Two and a Half Men," he told people in a YouTube video posted by the Christian group Forerunner Chronicles.

"I’m on Two and a Half Men, and I don’t want to be on it. Please stop watching it and filling your head with filth. People say it’s just entertainment…" he continued.

Jones added: "Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you’ll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch."

The former child star has stuck to his decision and hasn’t acted in anything since he left the show. He instead enrolled at the University of Colorado.

However, two years after his departure, he spoke out at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church World Harvest Outreach and doubled down on his choice to leave the series.

He thought the show "was making light of topics in our world that are really problems for a lot of people," adding that he "was a paid hypocrite because I wasn’t OK with it but I was still doing it," per Page Six.

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Charlie Sheen has shared a heartfelt appeal to his former co-star, Jon Cryer, as he bared all in a new interview.

Sheen and Cryer, both 60, starred as Charlie and Alan Harper in the sitcom Two and a Half Men from 2003 until 2011.

The pair's chemistry led the show to become one of the most popular sitcoms of its time around the world.

However, Sheen was infamously fired from the role after he made disparaging remarks about the show's creator, Chuck Lorre, amid a period of increasingly erratic behavior.

The actor's rise and fall is set to be explored in his new Netflix documentary, aka Charlie Sheen, and will also feature Cryer, along with Lorre, Sheen’s ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller, his longtime friend Sean Penn, and several family members.

Sheen admitted in a new interview with People: "The only person I didn’t call personally to participate in the doc was Jon.

"And the only reason I didn’t call him was because I didn’t have the right number for him, so the director reached out to him.

"But when I saw everything that Jon spoke about, so honestly and very compassionately, I wrote to him and I said, ‘Hey, thank you for your contributions, and I’m sorry we didn't connect personally. I hope to see you around the campus.'"

Sheen admitted that he hasn't received a response from Cryer, but believes he may not have an up-to-date number for him.

He explained: "I’m thinking I wrote to the wrong number. It’s not like Jon did not respond. He’s super responsible like that. So if you’re reading this, Jon, DM me your new number!"

After Sheen was fired from the show, Two and a Half Men continued with Ashton Kutcher stepping in as the co-lead alongside Cryer for three more seasons.

Sheen addressed that time, and Cryer's comments about it in the documentary, explaining: "It was really cool to hear from his perspective.

"He was in the line of fire with all that stupid s**t going on, and it was affecting him and his family and his career and all that. I can’t debate anything that he said."

Sheen also shared his surprise at Cryer’s take on his struggles with addiction and where they stemmed from, explaining: "He said, ‘He’s a guy that doesn't believe he deserves the things he has, or that it was he earned,’ and I was like, ‘Whoa.'

"He nailed that, and I’m so glad he opened that door, because it gave me a chance to really start thinking about that.

"Suddenly, I felt like I was on a couch in Jon’s therapy office, and he was dead on. That was really insightful of Jon, really, and compassionate."

Cryer also previously addressed the possibility of a Two and a Half Men reboot, saying on The View last year: "Oh gosh, I don’t know how that happens.

"Thing is, Charlie is doing a lot better now, which is wonderful. He and I have not spoken in a few years, but he’s doing a lot better, which obviously I am happy about.

"The thing for me is, when Two and a Half Men was happening, Charlie was like the highest-paid actor in television – probably ever. And there has been nobody that has surpassed the enormous amount of money he was making.

"And yet he blew it up. So you kinda have to think, I love him, I wish him the best and that he should live in good health the rest of his life, but I don’t know if I want to get in business with him for any length of time."

At the time he was fired, Sheen was reportedly earning around $1.8 million per episode, making him the highest-paid actor on television at the time.

The show ran for over 20 episodes a season, meaning Sheen was making over $30 million annually, and while Cryer's salary was significantly less, he was still in the highest tier of sitcom salaries.

aka Charlie Sheen will begin streaming on Netflix on September 10.

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Charlie Sheen has opened up about a heartbreaking moment of letting his daughter down that sparked his almost six years of sobriety so far.

The former Two and a Half Men actor, 58, had famously battled with substance addiction for many years, which even saw him hospitalized after suffering a stroke in 1998 due to abusing cocaine.

He has often addressed his issues with alcohol and drugs, but made the choice to change his life almost six years ago and go sober.

While quitting any addiction can be difficult, it was one particular moment of letting his daughter down that sparked him to take that crucial step and get sober.

The actor, who will mark six years of sobriety in January, has five children from three women, and opened up about how his life has changed.

He told People: "Next month I'll be six years sober. I have a very consistent lifestyle now. It's all about single dad stuff, and raising my 14-year-old twin boys Max and Bob.

"Now I wake up early, around 4:30 or 5 AM, get an early jump on the news, work out, answer emails. Then I get the kids up and help them with their morning routine - if you can call it a routine."

This mundane suburban lifestyle could not be more different from the life Charlie was living just a few years earlier, as he admitted: "I loved drinking in the morning. Loved some scotch in the coffee."

However, it was one morning in 2017 that sparked him to change his life, after breaking a promise to one of his daughters.

He explained: "One morning I'd forgotten my daughter had an appointment I'd promised to drive her to, and I'd already had a couple of pops that day.

"So had to call my friend Tony to take us. We got her there on time, but it broke my heart because she was in the backseat and I could just tell she was thinking, 'Why isn't dad driving?'

"So I got home and sat with that for the rest of the day. And the next morning I just stopped."

Going cold turkey may be difficult, but Charlie stuck with it, with that particular interaction being the reminder he needed that there were more important things in his life than alcohol or drugs.

"I think the first month I was like, I'm going to have give it a month, just see if I feel any better, and if my interactions with those that are closest to me improve," he revealed.

"And they did. And I'm like, all right, I'm going to go another month. And then it got traction. I had momentum."

He added: "There was just instant evidence that this was the side I needed to be on. I couldn't be in denial about it anymore."

With several years of consistent sobriety under his belt, Charlie is now planning to get back into acting in the future, too.

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