The skeletons are coming out. The parents of the much buzzed about “Two and a Half Men” child star Angus T. Jones have had an alleged criminal past.
Kelly and Carey Jones are reportedly well-known to law enforcement authorities in Travis County, Texas. Pictured here are their mug shots taken in 1997, when Carey had Kelly arrested on an assault charge after he allegedly pulled her out of a car and pushed her to the ground.
CONTROVERSIAL PASTOR BEHIND ‘MEN’ ACTOR’S OUTBURST
She later dropped the charge, but Kelly was ordered to complete an anti-violence class. Carey was arrested the same year on a burglary charge, which was later dismissed “pending further investigation.”
The parents have kept a low profile as their son rocketed to fame with his hit CBS sitcom. However, after Angus made headlines for blasting his show as “filth” via a 10-minute testimonial, the young actor’s mother has spoken out, saying that she’s “concerned” for her son. Carey, 42, said in brief statement that she’s “concerned he’s being exploited by the church.”
Meanwhile, Jones may have some time before he faces the show’s producers.
The outspoken actor wasn’t expected at rehearsal Tuesday because he is not going to be in the episode they are filming, according to a person close to the show who spoke on condition of anonymity because producers were not commenting publicly.
The person familiar with the production schedule said Jones does not appear in either of the two episodes filming before the end of the year, so he wouldn’t be expected back at work until after the new year holiday.
His character has been largely absent because he has joined the Army.
Jones’ publicist released a statement to Deadline this evening where the actor tried to calm the firestorm that erupted following his video going viral.
“Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on Two and Half Men with whom I have worked over the past ten years and who have become an extension of my family,” the statement said.
“I apologize if my remarks reflect me showing indifference to and disrespect of my colleagues and a lack of appreciation of the extraordinary opportunity of which I have been blessed. I never intended that.”
“Two and a Half Men” survived a wild publicity ride less than two years ago, when Sheen was fired for his drug use and publicly complained about the network and the show’s creator, Chuck Lorre.
“With Angus’s Hale-Bopp-like meltdown, it is radically clear to me that the show is cursed,” Sheen told People magazine, referring to the fiery comet.
Jones plays Jake, the son of Jon Cryer’s uptight divorced chiropractor character, Alan, and the nephew of Sheen’s hedonistic philandering music jingle writer, Charlie. Sheen was replaced by Ashton Kutcher, who plays billionaire Walden.
In the video posted by Forerunner Chronicles in Seale, Ala., Jones describes a search for a spiritual home. He says the type of entertainment he’s involved in adversely affects the brain and “there’s no playing around when it comes to eternity.”
“You cannot be a true God-fearing person and be on a television show like that,” he said. “I know I can’t. I’m not OK with what I’m learning, what the Bible says, and being on that television show.”
The show was moved from Monday to Thursday this season, and its average viewership has dropped from 20 million an episode to 14.5 million, although last year’s numbers were somewhat inflated by the intense interest in Kutcher’s debut. It is the third most popular comedy on television behind CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” and ABC’s “Modern Family.”
The actors on “Two and a Half Men” have contracts that run through the end of the season.
With AP