Jon Cryer has opened up about his complicated relationship with Charlie Sheen, revealing that participating in the Netflix documentary about his former co-star helped him process feelings he had been carrying for years, including frustration not just with Sheen, but with the public that enjoyed his downfall.

Speaking on The View on Friday, Cryer reflected on his decision to take part in aka Charlie Sheen, which covered the actor’s career, relationships and addiction struggles. 

“I had a lot of mixed feelings about being a part of that because obviously he’s a very complicated guy and we had a complicated relationship. But mostly I realized that I wasn’t mad at him anymore: I was still kind of mad at America.”

The reason for that frustration, Cryer explained, was the glee with which some people responded to Sheen’s public unravelling. 

“I knew him as a friend, as a coworker, so it was really painful to see all that and see that craziness and see a lot of people enjoying it. So that’s part of why I kind of wanted to, obviously, say my side of the story.”

The two actors starred together on Two and a Half Men for eight seasons from 2003 to 2011, before Sheen was fired following public meltdowns, clashes with creator Chuck Lorre and severe addiction struggles. 

Sheen had accused Cryer of being a “turncoat, a traitor, a troll” for not reaching out during that period. 

Ashton Kutcher replaced Sheen for the show’s final four seasons until it ended in 2015.

In the documentary, Cryer also spoke honestly about the pay disparity between them. 

Sheen was earning close to $2 million per episode in his final year, while Cryer was on around $550,000. 

He compared Sheen’s escalating contract demands to a geopolitical strategy. 

“The dictator of North Korea was a guy named Kim Jong-Il. He acted crazy all the time and thus got enormous amounts of aid from countries who were so scared of him that they would shovel money at him. Well, that’s what happened here. His negotiations went off the charts because his life was falling apart. Me, whose life was pretty good at that time, I got a third of that.”

The documentary appears to have had a quietly reconciling effect. 

Sheen texted Cryer afterwards to thank him for taking part, and Cryer said he would be open to continuing to rebuild the relationship. 

“Yeah, I would. It’s funny because every now and then an article comes out that we’re arguing, and it’s just not the case.” 

Sheen, for his part, said last month: “Jon’s a lovely man and a very talented guy.”

Elon Musk’s space technology company SpaceX has spent around $15 billion on developing its Starship, a towering two-stage rocket designed to take humans to the Moon and Mars.

According to the company’s IPO registration reviewed by Reuters, the investment in Starship is significantly higher compared to the cost of its Falcon 9 rocket, which remains the most frequently reused launch vehicle globally. SpaceX spent around $400 million on the development of Falcon 9.

SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs and increase mission frequency via Starship, which appears to be central to the company’s future plans.

Starship is being developed to carry heavier payloads and support a broader range of missions, including deploying larger batches of next-generation Starlink satellites. 

This capability is expected to strengthen SpaceX’s satellite internet business while improving efficiency in orbit.

The company is also working toward an “airline-like” model for space launches, where rockets can be launched, recovered, and reused at a much higher frequency than current industry standards.

However, the program continues to face technical and operational challenges, including perfecting heat shield systems for safe re-entry, developing in-orbit refueling technology and building the infrastructure required to support rapid and repeated launches.

Starship is also expected to play a key role in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the Moon in the coming years. 

Earlier, it was reported that SpaceX was competing with Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to build a moon lander for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

The SpaceX board has earlier tied CEO Elon Musk’s perks, in addition to his nominal salary of $54,000, to the colonisation of Mars. 

The Pentagon revealed that it has finalised artificial intelligence (AI) agreements with seven major technology companies on May 1, 2026.

The technology company has decided to deploy their AI tools on classified military networks, notably excluding Anthropic, which was blacklisted over a dispute about AI safety guardrails.

The seven AI partners are:

• Google
• Microsoft
• Amazon Web Services
• Nvidia
• OpenAI
• SpaceX
• Reflection AI

The involvement of seven tech companies instead of one major AI giant indicates that the Pentagon avoids overreliance on a single AI provider.

Anthropic’s Claude was the lone AI model previously accessible to the department through the classified network.

However, relations deteriorated further when Anthropic demanded guardrails be set in place, preventing the military from weaponising their technology to develop autonomous arms or conduct mass surveillance.

In March, the Pentagon labelled Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” citing that it is typically reserved for foreign adversaries, banning its use across the Defense Department and its contractors.

President Trump also announced that the administration would sever ties with the company.

As a result, Anthropic filed suit, and a federal judge recently halted the government’s attempt.

Although on the blacklist, Pentagon personnel have been unwilling to move away from Anthropic’s programs because they perceive them as superior. Officials have six months to get rid of them.