On Monday’s season nine premiere episode of Two And A Half Men, the show opened with Charlie Sheen’s character, Charlie Harper’s funeral. During the eulogy, Jon Cryer’s character, Alan, is interrupted by a string of Harper’s ex-girlfriends who’ve claimed he gave them sexually transmitted diseases.

Sources have revealed that Sheen’s ex-wife, Denise Richards, was approached with an offer of $100,000 to appear at the funeral. A source said, “They wanted to bring back a real ex.”

A friend of Richards’ said that it was hard to walk away from the offer, but she did so to avoid upsetting her ex-husband. The pal said, “She really wants to get back into TV. But Charlie would’ve gone crazy, and Denise knows where her bread is buttered.”

After Harper was killed by a train in Paris, the new “man child” on the series is Walden Schmidt, played by Ashton Kutcher.

Did you watch the season premiere episode of Two And A Half Men? Do you think that Denise Richards should have taken the role to appear on the show? Sound off in the comments below!

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