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'Two And A Half Men' Star Angus T. Jones Calls Show 'Filth'

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — "Two and a Half Men" star Angus T. Jones is under fire for criticizing the show — even going so far as to call it "filth" — in an online video in which he professes his religious beliefs.

"Jake from 'Two and a Half Men' means nothing. He is a nonexistent character," the 19-year-old actor says of his character on the hit CBS program. "If you watch 'Two and a Half Men,' please stop watching 'Two and a Half Men.' I'm on 'Two and a Half Men' and I don't want to be on it."

Jones appears in the video seated next to televangelist Christopher Hudson, whose sermons appear in YouTube videos called "The Forerunner Chronicles."

"Please stop filling your head with filth, please. People say it's just entertainment…" Jones said.

His religious comments are consistent with an interview he gave on his 19th birthday last month, when he sat down with Connie Jeffery at the Adventist Media Center in Simi Valley to talk about his newfound beliefs.

"I basically had the experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit…I felt like I was being hugged inside and out and…it was the best feeling ever," Jones said.

Jones told Jeffery that he got into drugs when his parents divorced and was never very religious. Last year, when he was unsure if he would return to the show, he questioned his course and found God.

Jeffery released a statement that said, in part: "The Adventist Church in North America was pleased to learn that Angus T. Jones recently began attending one of their churches in Southern California and became a baptized member."

CBS2/KCAL9 was unable to reach Jones' mother for comment. She has told a British newspaper that she felt her son was being exploited.

Hudson said those claims were "absolutely ridiculous."

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