The child "Two and a Half Men" once begged viewers not to watch the show
Angus T. Jones left the sitcom shortly after calling it "dirty".
Over nine years, Two and a half men The viewers watched the character Jake Harper grow from a 10-year-old child with a 10-year-old face, from the divorce of his parents to a young man underperforming and indicating a sordid love life. The role Angus T. Jones One of the best paid children on television, winning an estimated $ 300,000 per episode at the age of 17 , according to Insider. In 2013, the young interpreter abandoned everything, however, when he left the show to continue a higher vocation. Read the rest to find out how his spiritual research and a viral video of him urging viewers not to watch the show where he spent his years of training led to the end of his acting career.
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Jones became religious during his stay in the series.
While Jake Harper's life has become a mist of marijuana, video games and women, the actor behind the role asked for a higher path. In an interview with the show of the Adventist Hope chain of the seventh day Turning point It took place in October 2012, Jones described his journey of faith And reaching his own "turning" while the teenager questioned the direction of his life in a conversation with a friend. "And if the way we live our lives and the plan we have ... is not what is supposed to happen, and if it is not the right choice?" He remembers asking. As he said, Jones remembers: "I essentially had the experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit ... I had the impression of being embraced upside down." He then shared how long he started to visit different churches every Sunday before being baptized on Friday before his graduate of secondary studies in an Adventist Church on the seventh day of Pacoima, California.
Before Turning point The interview was launched, two other Jones conversion videos entitled " Testimony of Angus Jones (pt.1) " And " Testimony of Angus Jones (pt.2) "Appeared on a YouTube channel belonging to the religious group The Forerunner Chronicles. They present Jones interviewed by the pastor Christopher Hudson (the "precursor" himself, according to A profile of The Hollywood Reporter on its conservative positions on everything, from the fashion industry to Jay Z ). The pair discusses the actor's life - including a detour by experimenting with grass, acid and "live for [himself] - and a subsequent religious journey.
Jones urged people to "stop" please look at his sitcom.
It is about seven and a half minutes after video conversation when it goes in an unexpected direction. Jones begins to explain the evils of modern entertainment, including his own show. Surprisingly, the star passionately urges viewers to avoid comedy. "I am on it Two and a half men And I don't want to be there, "he said, turning to the camera to plead:" Please stop looking at it. "He also says that his character means" nothing "and suggests that the public stops filling the head with" dirty ". He continues:" People say that it is just entertainment. Do research on the effects of television and your brain. "At that time, Jones co-led with Juman And Ashton Kutcher After the old advance Charlie Sheen was dismissed .
Unsurprisingly, the video caused a tumult because he made tricks on social networks in the hours that followed his assignment. Jones apologized the next day, indicating, by Deadline , "Without qualification, I am grateful and I have the greatest respect and the most respect for all wonderful people on Two and a half men With whom I have worked in the past 10 years and which has become an extension of my family. "Meanwhile, his mother Carey Jones expressed concern after the broadcast of the video, narrative Daily mail , "I fear that it will be exploited by the church."
As for the other man in the video? The seventh -day Adventist Church quickly carried out the need to "develop a public relations strategy for its official media" in response to the Rafale, by Affiliate publication Spectrum . The religious group published a declaration Welcoming Jones in the fold but also declaring: "Forersner Chronicles is not a ministry operated by the Adventist Church on the seventh day and his host is not a pastor of the Adventist Church on the seventh day."
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Jake Harper then enlisted.
Jones has questioned his future in the series in the video Foerunner, declaring: "You cannot be a real person fearing God and being in a television program like that. I know that I cannot." True to his word, the child star abandoned his role and left Two and a half men At the end of season 10. In an interview with the affiliate of Houston CBS Khou11 after the release of the video, he said that he felt like " A hypocrite paid "To work on something he knew" shedding light on subjects in the world that are problems for many people. "At the same time, he expressed his regret for having insulted creator Chuck Lorre "Babe." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
On the screen, the absence of Jake was easily explained when he joined the army and was parked in Japan, with Amber Tamblyn Display for seasons 11 and 12 to play the previously invisible illegitimate girl of Charlie Harper. Jones only returned to the program for his final in 2015. Over the years, the former actor enrolled in college for a year at the University of Colorado-Boulder, pursuing environmental studies before spending Majors in Jewish studies.
He considered a return to the theater.
After his first year, Jones paused in his studies and continued his search for a spiritual house. "In the past three years, I have participated in various denominational organizations" he said People In an interview in 2016. "Right now, I'm moving away from organizational commercial fashion programs. I am interested in seeing where I am going without an organization that puts an approval seal if I am good or bad."
He also expressed some interest in coming back after turning Two and a half men final. "Put again on the set with everyone showed me how much I loved it and how part of me works," he said in the interview. Since then, he has accumulated only one credit, an episode of Louis C.K. Mini-series Web 2016 Horace and Pete .