(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Charlie Sheen has compared the media frenzy surrounding his Two and a Half Men sacking to a "runaway train".
The American actor was fired from his role on the popular TV show earlier this year, after he fell out with producer Chuck Lorre and sparked concern with his controversial private life.
Charlie appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night where he discussed some of his erratic behavior following his high-profile dismissal from the series.
"Wow... it was like a runaway train that I was kind of the reluctant conductor of, and it just kept going," he explained.
"I said some things that were a little out there... I might have just overshot the mark a little bit - but these are just metaphors, Jay. I didn't really believe in tiger blood or Adonis DNA, I mean, these were just jokes, you know!
"I wish I could just come out here and explain it all to you and all these good people, but I think it would make less sense if I tried to explain it - if that's possible, you know?"
Charlie has a pending lawsuit against the show's studio Warner Bros. citing that he was unfairly dismissed from the CBS hit show.
However, Charlie admitted that he understands his employers' reasons for dismissing him, just not the way they approached it.
"No, no. I would have fired my ass too," he said when asked if he's still angry at the producers and CBS. "Well, maybe not like they did.
"It was bad, and I own my part in that, and I just want to make everything right, you know? I should have been a little more responsible about the condition I was showing up in. I was hitting my marks, I was delivering, but maybe at a sub-par level. But that's alright. As I said, it is what it is and I just want to move forward."
Charlie was replaced by Ashton Kutcher on the show. The 33-year-old actor plays internet billionaire Walden Schmidt.
Charlie is thrilled for Ashton, and says he will do very well in the coveted role.
"It's hard to give advice to a guy that accomplished. I would just give him a hug and just say, Make me proud, dude,'" he said. (C) Cover Media