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Chuck Lorre on Scientology years and clashes with stars

Lorre has made up with only one of four difficult stars, Charlie Sheen, and that repair took years; the rest of the list remains unforgiven.

On air: Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield on The Five O'Clock
Published 5:41 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

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First reported by Variety: “Chuck Lorre Tells All: His 10 Years in Scientology, Clashes With Stars Like Roseanne and Brett Butler, and How ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Cast Shocked Him”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 5:41 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Chip Darnell and Kenji Moonfield.

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VarietyChuck Lorre Tells All: His 10 Years in Scientology, Clashes With Stars Like Roseanne and Brett Butler, and How ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Cast Shocked Him

What BBN said about it

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorChuck Lorre is telling all to Variety: ten years in Scientology, and clashes with Roseanne Barr, Brett Butler and Cybill Shepherd, plus Charlie Sheen.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFour stars, and he's only made up with one of them. That's a one in four reunion rate.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd it took years, Kenji, because you fix that kind of thing over a long lunch, face to face, with bread on the table.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLunch? A group chat would have settled it by Tuesday.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the Big Bang cast shocked him, which tells you the nicest people in the room were the scary ones.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the only star he fixed things with did it in person.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThank you! That's my whole point!

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