LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – "Two and half men" actor Charlie Sheen checked into rehab again on Friday, causing production on his Comedy TV-rated to stop for a second time in a year.
A day after being hospitalized after reports of a drug for 36 hours and powered drink party at his house, shine, 45, "voluntarily entered a rehabilitation centre confidential," his spokesman, Stan Rosenfield said.
"He is very grateful to all those who have expressed their concern," Rosenfield said, adding that Sheen had asked for privacy and will not be provided any additional information.
The actor is the third stint in rehab in 12 months.
Broadcaster CBS and Warner Bros. television, which makes the show, said production on "Two and half men"--the No. 1-rated TV comedy in the United States--has been temporarily suspended as a result.
"We are deeply concerned for his health and well-being and support his decision," said in a statement.
Sheen, the highest paid actor on television, U.S., was rushed to a hospital with severe abdominal pain on Thursday. Let the night before and was said to be a return to the set of her TV show the schedule next Tuesday. But these plans had changed.
It was not clear on how long Friday Sheen would remain in rehabilitation but a typical stay is 28 days. A spokesperson for Warner Bros said 16 24 episodes scheduled for TV season ends in May 2011, was recorded with 8 remaining to be shot.
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Sheen earns reported about 27.5 million dollars a year for his role as a womanizing bachelor on "Two and a half men," that is seen by approximately 15 million viewers weekly.
The show is a huge source of revenue for the Warner Bros. and CBS, the network of U.S. visas, and remained popular despite incidents advertised increasingly bad behavior from Sheen.
Production on "Two and a half men" has been suspended in February 2010 when Sheen checked into rehab in what was described as a "preventive measure".
The actor was again ordered Rehab last August after plead guilty of attacking his wife in an alcohol-fueled argument of the previous December. He also spent time to rehab in 1998 after being hospitalized for a drug overdose.
In October 2010, the New York Police found Sheen drunk in a room with a trashed naked porn star. His spokesman said that at the time that he had an allergic reaction to medication.
In early January, media reports said he was partying hard in Las Vegas and came close to missing call his show set.
CBS Entertainment Chief Nina Tassler told journalists earlier this month that the network had a "high level of concern" about the Sheen's personal life, but that he had always acted professionally at work.
Sheen was taken from the stretcher to a hospital in Los Angeles Thursday with what were described as severe abdominal pain.
Friends were telling the pains were the result of a previous hernia injury, but the explanation was greeted with skepticism after a celebrity site TMZ.com argued that Sheen had taken a wild party for 36 hours at home and who was seen smoking cocaine.
(Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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