Mom actress Anna Faris has said she was “hurt” by comments made by showrunner Chuck Lorre and is now sober.
Faris, 49, starred in Lorre’s sitcom for seven seasons, from 2013 until 2020. It follows Christy Plunkett, a single mother who restarts her life after dealing with alcohol and substance abuse.
The series ran for an eighth season without Faris.
Lorre, who was also behind Two and A Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, wrote in his new memoir Sitcom that her unexpected departure validated his initial doubts about casting her in the show.
Faris said on Instagram: “Yikes. Yes, I read a few things. I really didn’t see that coming. Of course it hurts.
“Chuck gave me a job I loved, and for seven years I never took a day of it for granted.
“I’m proud of what we made together, and noting changes how grateful I am for those people and those years.
“I’ve been sober for a year-and-a-half.
“I was on a show about recovery and then I lived it. Now I’m healthy, I’m working, and I’m happier than I’ve been in a long time.
“If anyone reading this is where I was, I hope that’ useful. It gets better. I’m proof.”
Anna Faris arriving at the Dictator UK film premiere held at the Royal Festival Hall, London (Yui Mok/PA)
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Lorre claimed in his memoir that Faris left the show “for mysterious reasons that were not mysterious to anyone on the show”.
Faris starred opposite Allison Janney on the series and has previously spoken about being sober after struggling with her mental health and taking a step back from acting.
In an episode of the Dear Chelsea podcast, she said: “I was at a point in my life when I was kind of feeling that my career was being put out to the pasture a little bit.
“I was just having a distant relationship with this city and my career and wondering if I had enough money to retire.”
She went on to say that she felt “disturbed by my lack of ambition” and that in hindsight was “pretty depressed” without recognising it.
Faris, who rose to fame as Cindy in the Scary Movie franchise, reprised the role for the sixth film which was released earlier this summer and also starred opposite Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, and Michelle Buteau in the comedy Spa Weekend.
Faris shares a son, Jack, with her ex-husband Hollywood actor Chris Pratt who she divorced in 2017 after eight years of marriage.