Neil Patrick Harris Has A Case Of Twitter Regret
Posted on Dec 18, 2010 @ 09:40AM
Neil Patrick Harris has backed away from his stinging Twitter rebuke of soap star Eric Braeden, when he called him a "D-bag" for pulling out of a How I Met Your Mother appearance at the last minute.
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Having second thoughts on his comments, Harris has now Tweeted: "I feel bad for the D-bag comment. Don't know the guy personally. I'm just fiercely protective of our show."
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The battle began when Braeden canceled his returning guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother on short notice. Harris blasted the actor on Twitter, writing "Eric Braeden is a D-Bag. The actor, (Robin's dad) agreed to a cameo, then last night bailed, saying the part wasn't 'substantial' enough."
Harris added that Braeden was replaced with "fantastic" Ray Wise, and tweeted welcoming words to Wise about the cast change.
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Braeden, 69, didn't take the insults lying down. He went to Entertainment Weekly with his side of the story.
"I really don't know who that fellow is," Braeden said. "He's a guy who stars in that series....It's very unfortunate. First of all, I came back from hip surgery. I was off for three weeks. I've doubled my work, 30 to 50 pages a day for me, alone. Everyone knows that I'm exhausted. I was not about to appear on a show for two lines, because that's what it amounted to."
Braeden says he likes the show and would love to have returned. "I truly enjoyed working there last time," Braeden said. "The cast and crew and producers couldn't have been nicer."
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Braeden claims that one day before he was scheduled to appear on the show, he saw just how tiny the role was in the script, which he says he should have been given weeks in advance.
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"His choice of words bothered me," Braeden said about Harris' tweets. "It seems to me like a young whippersnapper, having seen himself on a few covers, who's received a few awards, is now suddenly suffering from the first signs of hubris. I've been in the business for 50 years. I've seen people come and go and I'm still here."
"If he is a worthy adversary, he'd better not cross my path," Braeden joking told EW. "I will let bygones be bygones."
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May 09, 2012 @ 03:00
NPH ain't gettin none....Go home and nurse your babies.....Sounds like a case if post partum depression.
Posted Sun, 12/19/2010 - 12:12pm
STFU, Twitter.com/ActuallyNPH!!!!!!
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:36pm
STFU, nph!!!!!
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 10:48pm
Braeden is a consummate professional and that's a wise business decision. Why would he waste his time for a two-line role when he has steady income from soaps? NPH ranted like a gay B.
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:34pm
twitter isn't for everyone.. well anyone
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:26pm
I hate eric Bradens Victor Newman character,,,such a vindictive.. coniving..cruel..person..yes I know this has nothing to do with what they are talking about but he is a real jerk on Young and Restless.
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 6:20pm
ROTFLOL...oh early, don't talk about victor that way...i love him!!! haven't watched the young and the restless since i was in college but oh goodness...to quote parisite hilton...that's hot!! LOL!!!
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 9:53pm
Try watching it now BlogDog...his character is so vicious to all his family etc it drives me wild..no wonder his son Adam turned out like he did..For once I would like to see him taken right down grrrr
Posted Sun, 12/19/2010 - 6:50am
I like NPH but somehow, people in certain segments of our society (small ones) get too brazen when they are given advantages that they really are not entitled to. NPH SHUT UP!
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:38pm
No offense NPH, your show isn't Seinfeld or 30 Rock. It's not a must-see for anyone. Eric Braeden is a fine actor who's been in the biz 50 years. He doesn't deserve disrespect from you. Even his response was classy and tempered. STFU!
Posted Sat, 12/18/2010 - 5:13pm