Charlie Sheen has told Jay Leno that he asked for one joke to be cut from Comedy Central's forthcoming roast.
The actor appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to talk about his dismissal from Two and a Half Men, media attention and future projects including the roast and his new TV show Anger Management.
Sheen said when Leno asked if anybody had overstepped the line during filming: "Yeah, but you won't see it, because it was a crack about my mom and I had them cut it out."
He had earlier told the talkshow host: "They said to me, 'Is anything off-limits?' and I said, 'Why should it be?' You know, this whole thing... it's a big celebration of a career and a life that's very roastable."
Sheen also said that his relationship with his father Martin is "fabulous, it's totally repaired".
"We're buddies again. He's a great guy," he added.
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The pair appeared together in a promotional clip for The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen spoofing the famous scene in Apocalypse Now where Captain Willard rises from underwater as he prepares to kill Colonel Kurtz. Sheen told Leno that he thinks the original scene is "one of the greatest shots in the greatest film ever made".
Sheen also briefly mentioned his new TV series Anger Management, saying: "It's loosely based on the film. [I'm working with] Lionsgate and Phil Roth, and I'm gonna be the counsellor. I run the group.
"It's exciting. I wish I could talk more about it - like the cast and the storylines and all that - [but] we're just getting it all put together right now."
Sheen also told Leno that he is currently "single and having fun - but not too much fun, because I'm in work mode".
Watch Charlie Sheen's promotional clip for The Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen below (Video contains strong language):
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