From WENN.com

Sheen maintains the hospitalisation that sparked his famous feud with sitcom creator Chuck Lorre and TV executives had nothing to do with his partying ways or any substance abuse - and he was ready to prove it in court.

He tells Playboy magazine, ""I got fired for a hernia... It's (scar) there. I didn't get it fixed because I thought we were going to court and I would have to show this from the stand.""