CBS president on Charlie Sheen: 'We have a high level of concern'

CBS Entertainment President told the nation’s TV critics this morning that “we high level of concern” about Charlie Sheen and the reported personal problems that he may or may not be wrestling off camera but expressed confidence in his professionalism on the network’s ht show, Two and A Half Men. “I personally thought a lot about this,” said Tassler, choosing her words carefully. “We have a high level of concern. How can we not? Let me speak personally first. On a very basic human level, I am concerned of course. This man is a father, he has children, he has a family.

“You can’t look at it simplistically,” she continued. “Charlie is a professional. He comes to work, he does his job extremely well. We are taping tonight. It’s very complicated, but we have a very good relationship with Warner Bros. TV. We have tremendous trust and respect with the way they are managing the situation. On a personal level, we obviously have concern. On a professonal level, he does hs job and he does it well. This show is a hit, that all have to say.”

Earlier this week, a series of reports hit the internet about Sheen and how he reportedly went on a bender in Las Vegas with porn stars last weekend. That, in turn prompted a ”will he show up to work?” watch, which forced his personal publicist to issue a statement saying that he did, in fact, make it to the set on time. Concerns clearly remain about whether his off-camera behavior may affect production; his extreme weight loss over the holiday hiatus was a big cause of concern.