Neil Patrick Harris calls actor Eric Braeden a “D-Bag”

LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 11: Host Neil Patrick Harris speaks onstage during Spike TV's 2010 Video Game Awards held at the LA Convention Center on December 11, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 04: Actor Eric Braeden arrives at the United Friends of the Children's Brass Ring Awards Dinner 2010 honoring Julie Chen & Leslie Moonves held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 4, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Actor Neil Patrick Harris was a bit ticked at actor Eric Braeden who decided he wasn’t going to be making a cameo appearance on “How I Met Your Mother”.

Harris posted on Twitter saying, “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.”

Braeden then was asked by Entertainment Weekly to comment on Harris’ comment and Braeden told the publication, “I really don’t know who that fellow is. 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.”

As for Harris, Harris posted hours later on Twitter, “Now I feel bad for the D-bag comment. Don’t know the guy personally. I’m just fiercely protective of our show.”