Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
16%
3 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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Holland Taylor confirmed she let her “Two and a Half Men” contract expire because the hit sitcom “never paid me very well.”
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sitcom → confirm → me
“I was paid on that show what I had made on a series like eight years before or something,” Taylor explained on the Oct. 21 episode of the “Alchemy with Anthony Mason” podcast, noting that her four Emmy nominations for her performance as the extravagantly wealthy Evelyn Harper didn’t help boost her salary.
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nominations → pay → salary
“They never gave me raise,” the 83-year-old actress continued.
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actress → give → raise
“They usually do, just as a courtesy.
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They → do → courtesy
I loved a lot about that show, but they were not full of courtesies.”
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they → love → courtesies
Holland revealed that producers “were astonished” when she declined to renew her contract as a core cast member after six seasons, and instead returned in a guest role for the remainder of the series.
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she → reveal → series
“I said, ‘I don’t want to be under contract anymore,’ and they said, ‘We can’t pay you any more money,'” Taylor said.
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Taylor → say → money
“First of all, I said, ‘You could actually pay me the cost of this building, but don’t bother, because I don’t want to continue on under contract.’”
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I → say → contract
Taylor said she told producers, “I will visit the show occasionally if you want,” noting that she had an important role as Jon Cryer and Charlie Sheen’s on-screen mom.
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she → say → Daily
Taylor insisted that CBS “didn’t want to” pay her more because “they were just trying to protect themselves against giving me a raise of any significance.”
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they → insist → significance
In fact, Taylor claimed that Cryer, 61, “quadrupled his salary” when his contract was up, but she didn’t get the same treatment.
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she → claim → treatment
Taylor appeared in all 12 seasons of “Two and a Half Men,” which ran from 2003 to 2015.
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which → appear → 2015
Sheen, 61, was famously replaced by Ashton Kutcher before Season 9 due to his erratic behavior.
“We met with him.
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We → replace → him
He confided that he was terrified of working in front of a live audience.
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he → confide → audience
No problem, I assured him.
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I → assure → him
I could get rid of the audience,” Lorre wrote.
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Lorre → rid → audience
Grant, according to Lorre, was offered the staggering sum of $750,000 an episode and a four-day workweek, but the “Notting Hill” star ultimately turned down the job.
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star → accord → job
Conversation
Your voice matters.
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voice → matter → ?
Discussions are moderated for civility.
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Discussions → moderate → civility
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