We know what you're thinking: Who in their right mind would have a problem with Neil
Patrick Harris?
But apparently the answer is: plenty of people.
However painful it might be, let's take a look at some celebs who seemingly can't abide
this apparently not-that-beloved actor.
As detailed in Harris' autobiography, the young actor once got into something of a street
fight with Hawaii Five-O star Scott Caan.
In the early 90s, Harris was on a date with Eden Sassoon, daughter of hairstylist and
businessman Vidal Sassoon.
The next thing he knew, he was face-to-face with Caan, who was ready to treat Harris to
a good old-fashioned beatdown.
Caan was apparently upset because he'd formerly been romantically attached with Sassoon.
In fact, Harris claimed that Caan kept furiously bumping chests with him and then threatened
him by barking,
"What's up with the West Side, yo?"
According to Harris, Caan reckoned that he was in some sort of "gang" at the time.
The two actors then left the club and took their issues outside.
It looked like things really were about to come to blows, as Harris admitted to being
"terrified and confused" by the whole surreal situation.
Fortunately for fans of Harris' face, Caan apparently only got in approximately half
a swing before ultimately being stopped by his companions.
In July 2017, actor James Woods took to Twitter to rail against a photograph of two parents
and their cute kid.
In the image, both parents hold signs emblazoned with messages like "I love my gender creative
son!" and "My son wears dresses & makeup...get over it!!"
Woods, for one, didn't "get over it."
Far from, in fact, as he tweeted,
"This is sweet.
Wait until this poor kid grows up, realizes what you've done, and stuffs both of you dismembered
into a freezer in the garage."
Neil Patrick Harris was quick to voice his outrage by tweeting,
"Utterly ignorant and classless, Mr. Woods.
I'm friends with this family.
You know not of what you speak, and should be ashamed of yourself."
Woods made the matter infinitely worse by firing back,
"Using one's child as a social justice propaganda doll is tantamount to child abuse.
This is not about homophobia.
Nice try though..."
It didn't look like these two were going to see eye-to-eye anytime soon, as Woods kept
on going with another tweet:
"I have more gay friends than Liberace.
So let's stop the homophobia train."
A particularly controversial subtweet happened during the 2018 Tony Awards while Rachel Bloom
was busy behind the scenes interviewing bigwigs and industry players.
That was when Neil Patrick Harris was apparently live-tweeting his every passing thought, and
he clearly didn't recognize Bloom.
As he put it,
"Who is the woman in the top hat backstage at @TheTonyAwards?
[My son] Gideon remarked that she says 'like' and 'oh my god' a lot.
I'm confused..."
When Bloom eventually saw that tweet, it clearly didn't sit well with her.
Awkwardness ensued as she replied,
"I’m a big fan of yours.
We’ve met numerous times and my husband, Dan Gregor, wrote for 'How I Met Your Mother'
for 5 years.
Notably, he wrote the episode where your character finally meets his father."
In an interview with GQ, Bloom admitted that she was, quote, "kind of devastated" by Harris'
tweet.
She confessed that she was tempted to reply, "This makes me sad."
Instead, she decided to make a rather passive-aggressive dig at Harris' sense of humor by saying,
"Look, he's not a writer, so his version of a Twitter joke is to just kind of...live-comment
to Twitter followers with kind of random, unformed thoughts.
And fame does that to you, where you think every kind of random, unformed thought is
a gem, because you get 10,000 likes from it."
For his part, Harris did apologize, tweeting that he should've known better.
"Got it.
Okay."
Bloom accepted, but we're now wondering if Harris is still stuck in his fame bubble.
In 2008, Harris managed to raise the ire of filmmaker Kevin Smith by going after his Jay
and Silent Bob co-star Jason Mewes.
While promoting Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Harris suggested that Mewes
wasn't much in the way of an actor, telling Ain't It Cool News that he was basically just,
quote, "this drugged out mess of a guy."
Needless to say, Smith didn't appreciate that sentiment one bit, though it took him a couple
of years to make his feelings publicly known.
In 2010, he tweeted,
"Why say something like that?...Dude essentially said Mewes isn't an actor."
Smith also accused Harris of displaying "baffling ignorance" and calling his comment a, quote,
"narrow-minded, ignorantly reductive sentiment."
Harris evidently ultimately agreed, as he later apologized to Smith by tweeting,
"Didn't realize the upset my words caused.
Looked back at what you said, and I concur.
Ignorance on my part.
Apologies."
Smith accepted the apology by writing,
"Classy, sir.
Appreciate it.
I'm sure @JayMewes appreciates it too.
Doogie would right something learned about this in his diary.
Thx."
During a 2011 production of the musical Company, relations between Harris and his co-star Patti
LuPone reportedly took a turn for the snarly.
Harris had been cast in the pivotal role of Bobby, but he'd been so bogged down with his
regular gig on How I Met Your Mother that he hadn't memorized his lines in time for
the first rehearsal.
LuPone reportedly watched Harris fumble through a scene.
She then complimented a couple of their co-stars, then treated Harris to her frostiest glare,
and told him, quote, "You're getting there," before sauntering away meaningfully.
Harris reportedly lost it and stewed in silent turmoil for a solid half-hour.
When LuPone finally asked Harris what ailed him so, he lashed out at her by saying,
"I'm failing at this at every turn, and you're telling everyone else they're awesome and
you're saying, 'I'll get there!'
It's not helpful!
It's not funny!"
LuPone wasn't going to let him get away with that response, as she reportedly snapped back,
"Oh, no, this is on you.
Don't put this on me, this is your thing."
Then, according to Harris, she called him, quote, "a colorful variety of Anglo-Saxon
words" and then grabbed her script and stormed off.
"I've got the best Jews from Harvard and Yale ready to squash you like a bug."
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