Neil Patrick Harris Slams Eric Braeden On Twitter Over Botched ''HIMYM'' Appearance

Wow. Braeden has a rep for being an asshole, but he must really be one. That's kind of out of character for NPH.

Ray Wise could wipe the floor with Eric Braeden. Ray is wonderful!

Why would a soap star pass up the opportunity to broaden thei audience? Why didn't he turn down his part in 'Titanic' if he only accepts substantial roles?

Melody Thomas Scott is set to appear on 'Castle' next month...FYI.

Whenever Braeden mumbles through that dying show of his, all action comes to a complete stop. During confrontations we're stuck watching him stare down his mustache at his opponent, waiting for him to spout the next line. In casual scenes he rarely makes eye contact with other actors, essaying his lines while reading a letter, opening an envelope, or pouring a drink. Most scenes end with a close-up on him. It's all about Mr. Mumbles winning over the bad guys, the good guys, even the government.

Check out the comments on TMZ's story. Can you guess how they'd react to a gay man dissing a soap star?

Woah. %0D %0D Homophobia is alive and well at TMZ

NPH has just issued an apology

"Now I feel bad for the D-bag comment," he wrote. "Don't know the guy personally. I'm just fiercely protective of our show."

NPH's PR people got to him PRONTO to issue the new tweet. The last thing NPH needs is a war of words with anybody right now.

Blame it on being sleep-deprived; after all, with 2 new babies at home, and David always in the kitchen...

Some remember Eric Braeden from the days when he was still Hans Gudagast, the hot young German actor.

Twitter is a dream come true for us gossip hungry folks. Some celebs just post stuff without consulting their handlers first.

Ray Wise is such a great actor. Shame he's "second choice" for the guest role.

Nobody at Y&R can stand him. When he stood firm against a salary decrease last year, several of his co-stars spoke out against him. He has a high Q rating. That's why he's still around.

Eric Braeden told The Wrap regarding NPH: "What he needs is a little spanking."%0D %0D Am I the only one who finds that image really hot?!

EW also has comments from Braeden and a little more info:

Older vs. Younger

Look it up!

[quote]"I've seen these young whippersnappers come and go. Most of them go," said Braeden, 69. "So he'd better save his money."

BWAH! That's fucking hysterical; he has two shows in syndication and a hugely famous name that gets him constant work. I can't even imagine the gambling addiction he'd have to have to blow the amount of money he's going to wind up with by the time he's 40, even if he stopped getting work outside of HIMYM tomorrow.

It's washed up soap stars who look down their noses at gigs that are too good for them who should save their money. What an idiot.

So just in a couple of hours, Braeden has already given interviews to Entertainment Weekly, The Wrap and Deadline Hollywood about THIS? He's going to milk NPH's Twitter comment for all that it's worth.

WHAT AH YOU TALKING ABOUT, YOU PUNK?!

Let's not forget NPH was the STAR of his own HIT TV show 20 years ago! This is no new upcoming starlet we're dealing with here.%0D %0D I'm 50 and usually vouch for the Daddies, but Mr. Whippersnapper is the one with the insecurities here.%0D %0D

I love the word "whippersnapper."

[quote]Braeden said he was looking forward to his appearance on the show, but learned just the day before he was to shoot his cameo that he would only have two lines. "I don't do two lines for anyone," he said.

What do you think a cameo IS, you D-bag?

It was a classless thing for NPH to do, which is surprising because he's usually so classy.

Actors can turn down roles for many reasons. And the fact that the role is thought to be too small is certainly an acceptable reason for passing.

I agree, R18 .

I'm on NPH's side but I still endorse the other guy spanking him.

NPH's hasty comment demonstrates the downside of web 2.0, but it also makes for great DL fodder. Where would we bitches be without Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and all other online sources of hasty, (passive)aggressive commentary?

Perhaps Neil had a few sips of "Grape Juice Plus."

I WILL CRUSH YOU, YOU GOT THAT?!

I thought you loved me more, Ashley.

I was a page at CBS years ago and we were warned to watch out for Braeden. I had temper tantrums and would scream at people supposedly.

[quote]Actors can turn down roles for many reasons. And the fact that the role is thought to be too small is certainly an acceptable reason for passing.

R21 clueless retard.

He TOOK the part, which was a cameo, saw that he only had a few lines and quit right before they were about to tape. Unprofessional to say the least.

The best revenge would be to make the cameo character a regular guest character.

Harris slammed Braeden? Hmmm...I didn't know "slammed" and "pounded" were used interchangeably. Well honey, good for you. You go, Mr. Neil Patrick Harris.

Man, those comments at the TMZ site are pretty nasty. Who are they anyway? By which I mean what kind of people follow TMZ?

I've seen the show a few times and found it entertaining. The only time I look at it online is when someone here has linked it in a thread.

[quote]The best revenge would be to make the cameo character a regular guest character.%0D %0D Or hire Peter Bergman to play the role!

NPH has been hanging around those theatre friends of his too much, it seems. Those people petulantly take to the internet to bitch about any perceived slight against them.

A little tidbit of gossip: Eric Braeden did some commercials in Canada about 5-6 years ago for a low end chain of supermarkets. My partner worked on that commercial and says that Braeden demanded a private jet and showed up for the shoot with two fluffers (female).

Thanks, R33! :)%0D %0D %0D Peter Bergman would have played the part.

Eric Braedan better save his own money up, a much better actor Michael Mulney is playing his son on Y&R and completely stealing the show. The rating go down whenever he's not on. He is the new antagonist of the show and is riveting IMO. It's time to get rid of old Eric, and take Melody off too, they are so tiresome.

[quote]I was a page at CBS years ago and we were warned to watch out for Braeden. I had temper tantrums and would scream at people supposedly%0D %0D Wow, did they let you keep your job after you had the tantrums? And now you don't remember a thing?

YA GOT THAT?!

Braeden is a douchebag and cancelling at the last minute was very unprofessional but it was also very unprofessional of NPH to bash him on twitter. They both look like assholes.

You hit the nail on the head. r40

Can't Neil Patrick Harris just go away already?

I have no idea who the soap guy is, but NPH's head has ballooned to the size of a small planet. He's a fucking actor on the show, not the person directing or producing.

And yeah, I say that as a gay guy. I don't care if the guy's gay, I just want him to disappear back into obscurity.

David Canary never would have behaved this way.

Miss Harris is starting to get a bit of an ego. Actors cancel and drop out of roles at the last minute all the time. It's not worth going on Twitter and blasting the guy. Get a fucking life.%0D %0D And I used to like him before he started famewhoring himself out.%0D %0D

I can't believe anyone would think Braeden is a good actor, or actually want to watch him. He is the sole reason why I could never get into Y&R. Well, there were a ton of other reasons, but if I had to watch him all the time, I think I'd rather gouge my eyes out and stick hot pokers in my ears.

Let me tell you something, Neil Patrick Harris: I WILL CRUSH YOU! YOU GOT THAT?!

R30, how hilarious would that be? I would love it.%0D %0D %0D Both of them are on the same network. That's a really unprofessional thing for braeden to do and more importantly a let down for his fans. Great guy%0D %0D %0D %0D Ray Wise is an excellent. I like him because he does a lot of these types of little cameos when you least expect it. And I'd bet more people who watch HIMYM know who Ray Wise is (by sight) than they do eric braeden. Ray is like an enigma. Most people don't know his name, but they have seen him in something before and they probably like it. I hope they at least make the part bigger just to burn braeden.

"WELL! I see we're in FULL intimidation mode today!"

NPH should know better than to mess with Victor mothafucking Newman. Doesn't he know Victor crushes all his enemies on Y&R?%0D %0D

r15, Eric Braeden makes over $1 million a year for his work on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Plus, he has endorsements and other revenue streams. The YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is quite popular worldwide, and Victor Newman is a well-known character.%0D

Victor is a bottom, dontcha know.

Eric sucks monkey balls

I thought it was amusing when he refused to take a pay cut and left the show. He gave countless interviews, badmouthing Y&R and Sony. But Y&R/Sony called his bluff. When they put out word that they were talking to William Devane and Peter Strauss, Braeden came running back to the show (within 2 days!) and accepted the pay cut (from $1.5 million to $1 million).

Braeden just fired back saying he had hip surgery.....%0D %0D %0D Remember Braeden as the critic on MTM%0D %0D "the mindless frumpery of The Happy Homemaker Show"

Peter should have knocked him out cold.

Now, Braeden has given an interview to The Hollywood Reporter where he says that NPH needs his teeth knocked in.

Braeden demands the last word in every scene he is in. A true diva. When Bergman started to inprovise with one final line, a fist fight occurred. %0D %0D But I do love him. He's evil, forceful and plays the part as written very well. No one lasts as long as he has without a huge fan base.

[quote]where he says that NPH needs his teeth knocked in.%0D %0D To be fair, he said %0D %0D [quote]Harris "needs to be spanked" and that he could "get his teeth knocked in for that kind of nonsense."%0D %0D Different from what r56 is saying%0D %0D

Quick "Y&R" writers--put all this in the show. Have NPH come on as an old /lover/ally of Adam who plots to crush Victor for hurting his man. The ratings would skyrocket and it would be good stunt-casting (unlike that Sean Young playing crazy in yet-another-decade plotline that sucked).

Right, as if Neil would lower himself to appear on a soap!

NPH should know better. He could have criticized virtually anyone, but once you start criticizing a soap veteran, the bigots (aka soap watchers) come out in full force to defend their POS star.

Eric Braeden is an awful actor, and HIMYM is better off without him, but for some reason, despite his awful character onscreen, his awful portrayal of said character, and his awful personality offscreen, he's beloved by the non-thinking soap watchers. I just don't get it. Given that he's gay, it's the ultimate chance to spew a little anti-gay hate at the same time.

(By the way, you can watch soaps and not be one of these foaming-at-the-mouth freaks...I myself watch OLTL, but I'm not going to get into an argument over someone who disses Robin Strasser...)

"Right, as if Neil would lower himself to appear on a soap!"%0D %0D This is sarcasm, right? Neil would go to the opening of a hot dog stand.%0D %0D %0D %0D

[quote] but I'm not going to get into an argument over someone who disses Robin Strasser...)%0D %0D %0D Who dissed Robin Strasser? Braeden?%0D %0D And what did he say?

[quote]To be fair, he said Harris "needs to be spanked" and that he could "get his teeth knocked in for that kind of nonsense."%0D %0D He has made thinly veiled threats of physical violence in every interview (526 and counting) that he has given about this.

no one dissed her, sweetie...i was just giving an example.

Can we ban celebs from using Twitter? NPH is telling tales out of school like he's the Assange of CBS and Braeden is LOVING that he can play his "Snidely Whiplash Form Silesia" moustache twirling routine to the greater non-soap watching public. How old are these guys--twelve?

My sad admission of the day: I've been watching The Young and the Restless since I was a toddler and I'm a fan to this day (at 30). I can't stand the character of Victor Newman (who seems to be working with the deranged Skye to come between Sharon and Adam), and Eric Braeden is a horrible, horrible actor. I get excited whenever his character almost dies (which is every other year) or contract negotiations get tense.

[quote]Miss Harris is starting to get a bit of an ego. Actors cancel and drop out of roles at the last minute all the time. It's not worth going on Twitter and blasting the guy. Get a fucking life.

You need to quit talking out of your gaping asshole. No honey actors don't drop out and cancel at the last minute all the time.

Yes, they do, R68!

Goddamn, do a Google search with the key words "actor or actress dropped out." Actors drop out of movies with multi-million dollar budgets ALL THE TIME. I'm not a fan of Eric Braeden, but he fucking dropped out of filming a part where he would've had a grand total of 2 lines (probably one by the time the episode aired).

yes, his ego is reaching the true size of his lollypop head!

[quote]Goddamn, do a Google search with the key words "actor or actress dropped out." Actors drop out of movies with multi-million dollar budgets ALL THE TIME. I'm not a fan of Eric Braeden, but he fucking dropped out of filming a part where he would've had a grand total of 2 lines (probably one by the time the episode aired).

Dear there is a difference between dropping out of a film several months before its starts to shoot and dropping out SEVERAL HOURS before you are supposed to shoot. Are you really that dense? He was shooting a CAMEO, of course he had very few lines that is what a cameo is.

r69, they cancel or drop out in pre-production as in before time to actually shoot. Its a big difference to cancel right as the episode is shooting, because there is no time/people scheduled to find a replacement so you gotta scramble or call in a favor.

NPH came out like a douchebag in this whole thing.

Something like this inclines me to believe the rumors that he's an insufferable prick in real life.

I've said it before: Twitter is the devil. For celebrities, it has done nothing but expose us to how vapid and uneducated most of them really are.

[quote]I've said it before: Twitter is the devil. For celebrities, it has done nothing but expose us to how vapid and uneducated most of them really are.

How does that make it the devil? It's one of my favorite things about Twitter.

I work in the biz and think NPH made a mistake.

It's not uncommon to cast guest stars at the very last minute on episodics. Sometimes scripts change, sometimes no script is even written until the very last minute.

Every actor has a right to look at the material before they agree to do a role. I'm assuming that Braeden (or his agents) agreed to do the gig without a script being available... agreed with conditions: that he could work around his soap schedule and that he was OK with the script. My understanding is that Braeden played the role previously. They called his agents to ask him to reprieve the role. I seriously doubt the casting director knew that the role consisted of 2 lines -- they would have given the agent the heads up on that, if they'd known. Agents checked availability, checked with Braeden, and then gave a provisional 'yes.' Script comes out, emailed to Braeden directly, I presume. Braeden sees it's 2 lines and freaks. Calls agent, says, "I'm not doing a 2 line role." Agent calls CD and refuses to close the deal.

This sort of thing happens all the time. Casting directors have hundreds of names of great actors they can go to at the last second. Ray Wise is a very good actor, probably better than Braeden. HIMYM did not suffer in the slightest.

NPH should have kept his mouth shut.

"No honey actors don't drop out and cancel at the last minute all the time."%0D %0D Yes they do, Miss Burtka. Only you don't hear about it because most stars have the common sense not to air such petty grievences all over the web.%0D %0D %0D %0D

Yeah, Harris sort of screwed the pooch with that outburst.

I watch Y&R and like Victor. He's funny to me. I hate Adam and the actor who plays him. The first actor who played Adam was better but I wish they would get rid of the character altogether. I'm sick of Sharon and her nonsense too. Finally, is Daisy really pregnant with Daniel's kid?

Oh no r78 you're not hijacking this thread UNLESS it's about the likes of Brenda Dickson and Thom Bierdz and Terry Lester.

Braeden certainly isn't the worse actor on soaps compared to others. Jesus, have any of you seen the shitty acting from Ronn Moss?! His acting continues to sink B&B deeper into mediocrity.

[quote]Braeden certainly isn't the worse actor on soaps compared to others.

I don't.

KNOW WHAT you.

Are talking ABOUT.

R80.

The worst actor on daytime is actually Joshua Morrow, followed closely by Ronn Moss.

Ron Moss could never act. It's never more obvious than in his scenes with Susan Flannery or even Jack Wagner. He's particle board with bronzer.

And that Brooke soon-to-be-fucking jailbait Rick is really really trashy and gross. Why not just have her eat out Bridget?

R75/76=you're full of shit doll.

It's Ronn Moss, and at least he can sing a little, had a number one hit with his band Player in 1978.%0D %0D Braeden ... don't think so

A friend worked on the show this year and had a lot of scenes with Braeden. He never says his lines and always has to have the last word. He also won't allow Victor to lose anything, no matter what is written, so the writers have pretty much given up. If anyone tries to improvise (which my friend did) he gets VERY angry. He expects lines to be fed to him as written and then he says whatever he wants.

[quote]He expects lines to be fed to him

What's the problem with that?

If he'd said this about Viki Sleestack, Tommy or Princess would have murdered him!

[quote] R15, Eric Braeden makes over $1 million a year for his work on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS.

If NPH doesn't already make one million per [italic]episode[/italic] for HIMYM, he will be by the time the run is over. Additionally, he's raking in tons of money for the syndication of both Doogie and HIMYM, and paychecks and residuals from all the other work he gets. He doesn't do many endorsements because he doesn't need to, not because he couldn't get them if he wanted to.

It's not the first time Braeden's played the part. If he didn't want a recurring role (however small) on a hit sitcom, then he should have been happy with just playing (being?) the bully on one of the higher-rated remaining soaps, especially at an age when most people are retiring.

Was NPH out of line with his tweet? Maybe. But Braeden was potentially in breach of a contract, and is generally viewed as an egomaniacal douche in the industry, so his unprofessional behaviour shouldn't go unchecked, even if only outside his usual turf.

There seems to be a whole lot of turmoil in Soapland these days. Cancellations, firings, replacing show-runners, veering them to a younger audience by replacing talented veterans with hot yet *horrible* newbies. Add to this a declining audience and you have to wonder if there will even be a need for a Daytime Emmys in the next few years, much less a Soap Opera Digest.

r91 = Erika Slezak

Victor is getting Scrooged this week!

I have severed all ties with Eric Braeden ever since he shot Dr.Zira and acted all holier than apes in Escape from the Planet of the Apes. That bastard!%0D %0D and NPH, ugh, cannot get past the bit part he played so horribly in tha equally horrible Madonna movie that I cant remember the name of, the one with Rupert Everett. And I simply cannot beleve NPH as a womanizer in that show about someone's mother. He just isn't that good of an actor, I guess.%0D %0D So, for me, it is a draw.

[quote]They called his agents to ask him to reprieve the role.

Oh, holy fuck, R75.

And people in "the biz" wonder why we think they're under-educated and overpaid.

In his Daytime Emmy Wrap-Up, Mario Cantone skewers Eric Braeden.%0D %0D It's at 7:00 in the attached clip.

I remember that, r96! We were thinking "How narcissistic can Eric Braeden be to mix his own name up with the late Bill Bell during a tribute to him?"

You're crazy, r94. He was the best part of that awful movie. And even though HIMYM isn't the greatest show out there, he's the only memborable part of that show and believable as a straight womanizer to everyone but you.

I just love thst nph appoligized and was threatened with knocking his teeth in.amd.he's still the.bad guy

LINE!!!!

Eric Braeden has always come accross as a horrible person. NPH seems like a hard working guy who is professional and expects that of others.

Braeden sounds like a total douchebag. Neil Patrick Harris may just be approaching 40 but he's been in the business for what, close to 30 years? He's as much a veteran as this Braeden is.

Eric Braden is a Nazi Asshole always has been everyone hates him. He blackmailed and framed Michael Muhney off The Young and the Restless with that Slut Hunter King's false accusation. Hunter King is a new slutty want to be loser and horrible actress who along with the Nazi Eric Braeden who has a horrible hateful reputation, said nothing but slanderous lies against Michael Muhney. We the Fans will get the last laugh as we know the truth and The Young and the Restless will be Boycotted after 1/30/14. Screw you Victor and ugly face Hunter. Adam has a bigger fan base than the 2 of you whack jobs combined.

F & F crazy R103.

Old man Braeden could take Harris with one hand tied behind his back.

This brought a bunch of publicity to both shows, that equals "It's a good thing".

bump

I think he might be more interested in slamming or being slammed by the guy hired to play Avery's ex-husband...Scott Elrod.

Neil is awesome when he's angry

He should've been better, but next to Neil it's hard not to look second rate.

It's awful when people ruin TV shows like Pinkie Lee ruined Happy Days when she tried to be Fonzie's girlfriend.

Neil is so "in your face"

So thread bumping troll, this morning you searched for NPH and flooded DL with a shitload of them. You must be very proud.

Eric is over rated

Neil is underrated

Neil told him off butt good LOL

Eric was wrong