Request Media Kit

Neil Patrick Harris Curses Fan, but Not Really

Here’s a tip: don’t mess with an actor while in mid-performance – unless the actor is in a production that lends itself to improv. Neil Patrick Harris has been in a bit of hot water afte...
Neil Patrick Harris Curses Fan, but Not Really
Written by Pam Wright
  • Here’s a tip: don’t mess with an actor while in mid-performance – unless the actor is in a production that lends itself to improv.

    Neil Patrick Harris has been in a bit of hot water after news outlets reported the actor cursed out a female fan who yelled out “We love you, Neil!” in the middle of a performance of his Broadway show Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

    But it turns out his seemingly nasty response was just a bit of in-character improv.

    After the seemingly rude young lady expressed her thoughts, Harris yelled back in character, “I’m doing something up here, ­motherf–ker!”

    According to Gossip Cop, Harris was only acting in character and didn’t mean it at all.

    A rep for the former How I Met Your Mother actor said the reply, though profane, was all in good fun and in character – playing a German transgender punk rocker named Hedwig.

    “The response to the fan yelling was actually done in character — Neil as Hedwig, not as though Neil stopped the show to respond out of character,” said Harris’ rep.

    “When the fan initially yelled, ‘I love you, Neil,’ Neil (as Hedwig) then responded, ‘Who’s Neil? I’m not Neil.’ He then looked over at Yitzhak (played by Lena Hall) and said, ‘Are you Neil? You better not be Neil’ followed by Hedwig then offering the quote in question,” the rep told the site.“It was all done in good fun, and fully in the context of the show. The audience went crazy and it really was a light-hearted moment…”

    The play is actually a production that allows for improvisation and audience interaction.

    The New York Post reported the moment was met with rapturous applause.

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

    Get the WebProNews newsletter
    delivered to your inbox

    Get the free daily newsletter read by decision makers

    Subscribe
    Advertise with Us

    Ready to get started?

    Get our media kit