First things first: if you haven't already watched 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' on Netflix, do so immediately. It's really very good.
However, not everyone, it seems is either aware of the show or its star, Rachel Bloom - specifically, Neil Patrick Harris, who made his feelings known the other day.
Bloom was the backstage correspondent at the Tony Awards, but Harris - who was watching the show on TV with his son, Gideon - made a point of noting that he had no idea who she was:
Who is the woman in the top hat backstage at @TheTonyAwards? Gideon remarked that she says ‘like’ and ‘oh my god’ a lot. I’m confused...
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) June 11, 2018
The only problem, as Bloom later pointed out, not only had they had met several times in the past, but her husband was a writer on 'How I Met Your Mother'. CRINGE.
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.
— Rachel Bloom (@Racheldoesstuff) June 11, 2018
However, instead of holding his hands up, apologising and admitting that he didn't recognise her, Harris went with an awkward 'Indeed!'reply. Oh god.
Indeed! Well said. Thanks for the reminder. How was backstage?
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) June 11, 2018
Later, Bloom told GQ: “I saw that tweet. And I was kind of devastated. I was actually going to tweet, ‘This makes me sad.’ But then I was like, ‘Ehhhhhhhhhh… I don’t want to give him that, necessarily.’”
She curtly added: "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."
Ouch.
Harris eventually took to Twitter for a 'proper' apology (in between listing the various items that he wants for his birthday), but by then, the damage had been done, even though Bloom graciously accepted his apology...
Sincere apologies to @Racheldoesstuff for my Tony tweet. I failed to research her before pressing ‘send’, and what I thought was a funny comment in our living room must have been far from funny to read, backstage, mid show. As a performer and a parent, I should have know better.
— Neil Patrick Harris (@ActuallyNPH) June 13, 2018
Hi, thank you for this! Apology accepted.
— Rachel Bloom (@Racheldoesstuff) June 13, 2018
1) Why would you have to "research" Rachel Bloom? 2) If you truly thought this was an unknown presenter, why would you punch down on an up-and-comer on so publicly?
— Prophetissa (@MelissaEJordan) June 13, 2018
Sorry, Neil. You’ve given your many fans a peek at something very different from your humble image, a failure to acknowledge the “little people” in your life. Only learning they were not so “little” drew a glib apology. Those impressions stick.
— SH Moron (@tyderium) June 13, 2018
This took far too long and is still rather lame
— RB (@RyBkr) June 13, 2018
Even if you hadn’t researched her.....the tweet directed at anyone wasn’t supportive or funny for that matter.
— Erin Haight (@Erinontheradio) June 13, 2018