A child star, a teenager with over $ 15 million in his bank account and an unexpected goodbye to the world of fame. This is its dark history.
Actor Angus Jones, perhaps best known for his role as Jake Harper on the series “Two and a Half Men”, attracted the attention of over 15 million viewers on each of the series’ covers. However, the price he paid was high.
That rosy-cheeked boy who fitted and fulfilled market obligations was a success, but he also lost the early years of his childhood. He even said in an interview that after becoming famous, he enjoyed a walk with his parents again due to the intimidation of the fans.
Now he lives away from the cameras and recording set, perhaps to put aside the disruption the program left him and reclaim the integrity the entertainment industry took from him.
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Two and a Half Men is the series that tells the story of the coexistence of two brothers (played by Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer) with completely opposite personalities, and the son of one of them, who is far from the rules and eccentricities of their divorced father, he is comfortable with the brutal life his uncle leads.
Two and a Half Men was a successful series with more than 15 thousand viewers. AFP photo
When he played Jake, the actor was only nine years old, the first appearance in the series was in September 2003. From there he lost his private life. However, this wasn’t his first job before he starred in the movie Simp at just six years old. At the age of eight he took part in the series See spot Run, ER and The Rookie, but there his characters did not attract much attention, it was not until he arrived at Two and a Half Men that he started work, a career on the rise, but also an emotional debate that overwhelmed him.
The Origin of Austin
Angus Jones was born on October 8, 1993 in Austin, Texas, United States. He went to a Christian school, but was not religious at the time. When he was five years old, he moved to Los Angeles with his family. His parents started taking him to various castings until he managed to get one for a commercial.
Angus never wanted to be an actor. In his words, it was all an initiative of his mother, who saw in Angus a future artist: he imitated scenes he saw on television and learned the dialogues from what he saw. That made Carey Lynn Claypol believe her future was there, in her son. And the boy was forced to undergo several auditions in advertising and television projects.
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The quest took on a different color when director and producer David Arquette cast him as one of the lead characters in See Spot Run in 2001. From there he jumped to Two and the Half Men. He signed for the first two seasons, a total of 26 episodes for which he would have $ 7.8 million in his pocket. He became the highest paid teenager in America.
Angus Jones decided to leave the series when Charlie Sheen’s character was changed
For the third and fourth terms, his salary was $ 350,000 per chapter, making him more than eight million in profit. The amounts increased and when he turned 17, as he was about to retire, he became the highest paid teenager of all time, according to People With Money.
In between, he was asked by brands of all kinds to be the visible face, but Jones was in charge of rejecting almost all proposals. In the countries he accepted, he allocated the money to the NGOs he started working with since he could remember.
Being little he was concerned about the plight of children living on the streets, abandoned and abused so although he couldn’t get his money due to his age, one of the requests he made to his parents was to help for foundations in state of vulnerability. In 2008 he joined First Star, one of the institutions that provides assistance to minors who need it most.
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That same year, he was also part of Varietiy’s Power of Youth, helping children in the city of Memphis with their presence and financially. He’s also partnered with an anti-bullying campaign called Be a Star.
Trauma and disappearance
After the tenth season of Two and a Half Men ended, he left success and notoriety in general. Angus wanted nothing more to do with fame. He assured that one of the reasons for his decision was the departure of his mentor, Charlie Sheen (Ashton Kutcher replaced him), who took the most care of him on the recording sets. But also, Angus disagreed with part of his script, targeting an adult and not his age, according to his considerations.
At that point there was a resounding change in his thinking. Overnight, after attending several churches, Angus said he was traumatized by what he showed every time he performed. He went on to say that the small screen shows junk, and he wouldn’t work with it. “I no longer want to be part of the enemy’s plans,” he warned.
Elenco de Two and a Half Men. Photo AFP
He also argued that he should get back the life he had lost in his youth. The first thing he did after leaving was to start college in Colorado. And he spent time with his friends and traveled the world with them as his special guests. When he retired, still in his teens, he had $ 15 million in his bank account.
Angus himself spoke of tensions and all that he had to go through at an age when his childhood was taken from him. “I grew up under the gaze of millions of eyes. For the time being I don’t want that anymore. I need my privacy, to enjoy my friends, to travel, to do things that I have never done, ‘he said on his social networks a while ago.
To withdraw
This year, Angus Jones decided to get much more involved in his religious life. It all started when he understood that the Lord’s plans had saved him from a serious accident. There he began to preach. He was baptized and immediately lashed out at work. He noted that Two and a Half Men, and especially his character, was inconsistent with his beliefs.
“The show is filthy. The topics covered are not correct at all. I feel like a paid hypocrite. Viewers should stop watching that show, ”he noted through a video he posted on YouTube as he said goodbye. His words were perceived as a major media scandal and against the production of the series.
At the same time, he turned to social media to spread the word of God. Two large groups were registered here: those who asked him to return to the series and those who were satisfied with his decision. He became kind of a prophet that many are following today.
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As for his love life, he is said to have been secretly married. According to the Washington Daily News, Angus was seen with an alliance, and this suggests he has taken another step in the relationship.
In addition to preaching, he spends his time with production company Tonita, which he opened in 2016 with Justin Combs, son of rapper Diddy Combs. As he has emphasized in recent months, nothing and no one deviates from God’s path. He continues to attend meetings at the Seventh-day Adventist Church Today he is 27, and despite constant offers, Angus Jones wants nothing more to do with acting. “I’m not looking to the future, I’m just moving forward,” is one of his favorite phrases.
The actor is now a preacher and talks about all the damage the series has done to his personal life. Photo Screenshot