Kevin Smith Instigates First Feud of 2010 with Neil Patrick Harris
2009 may not have been good for much, but it was definitely all-surpassing when it came to celebrity feuds. Whether it was Jamie Foxx vs. Miley Cyrus, Seth Rogen vs. Entourage creator Doug Ellin, or Kiefer Sutherland's head vs. Jack McCullough, it seemed that everywhere you looked, someone was using his power, fame, and influence to take down someone else's. Can 2010 compare? It can, if Kevin Smith has something to say about it -- and he does, about Neil Patrick Harris.
Things started innocently enough as several of Smith's Twitter followers asked him to lend support to Neil Patrick Harris, who was on a crusade to win AfterElton.com's Man of the Decade contest. However, Smith revealed that he is far from an NPH fan -- in fact, the jean-shorted auteur still remembers this 2008 exchange Harris had with Ain't it Cool to promote the Harold & Kumar sequel:
Neil Patrick Harris: They were smart for actually hiring two actors that were actual actors playing parts, instead of hiring two sort of dudes that were those guys. They didn't hire like Jason Mewes and the other dude... Silent Bob... What is that movie Jay and Silent Bob, like what's Jay's name?
Quint: Jason Mewes, you were right.
Neil Patrick Harris: He was this drugged out mess of a guy that was his friend and so he just cast him in the movie and filmed him doing crazy shit.
"I mean, why say something like that?" Smith tweeted. "S'not true OR respectful of a fellow performer. Dude essentially said Mewes isn't an actor. Wow...It's a snobby, reductive diss." The director has continued to defend Mewes and lay into Harris over the last twelve hours of nonstop Twittering, writing that Harris's accusation "is not only untrue, it minimizes Mewes' contributions as AN ACTOR. It's a narrow-minded, ignorantly reductive sentiment, patched together from quasi-facts that aren't even related. It's akin to me knowing NPH is gay & knowing he's on [How I Met Your Mother], and then somehow coming to the conclusion that his process must include a dick in his mouth right before each take... & THEN EXPRESSING THAT SAME BAFFLING IGNORANCE IN AN INTERVIEW."
Might Smith's last-minute lobbying sway votes from Harris, or will the Jay & Silent Bob director's influence fail to dent Harris's shiny, internet-beloved exterior? Even Smith seems saddened by his incipient feud, tweeting one addendum: "P.S.? Big DOOGIE fan." In war, there are no winners.
UPDATED: Harris responds!
UPDATE 2: Smith gives his approval of the apology, accidentally types "right" instead of "write."
Comments
kevin is only making homophobic remarks because neil patrick harris dissed his anthology like that! We all say shit we don't mean!
Jay acts gay in some parts in Clerks, Clerks II and Jay and Silent Bob strikes back. So I don't think that makes kevin homophobic if one of his main characters has some gay traits
Anyone who listens to Kevin Smith knows this is not true.
Kevin Smith did Jersey Girl that had Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in it big difference huge. If you're going to bash a dude, at least get your facts straight.
Aw yeah, nothing like an obscure internet feud to start off the new year. Wow. Lame, NPH. Maybe it’s homophobic of me, but when Kevin Smith picks a fight with a gay dude, I expect at least a few bitchy retorts about that stupid ass coat he’s always wearing.
And wouldn't you know, people, we have our first happy ending of 2010! Smith accepted the apology with relish, even throwing in an intentional misspelling of the verb "write" for the adjective "right," to allude to his intentions.
"Classy, sir," Smith wrote. "Appreciate it. I'm sure @JayMewes appreciates it too. Doogie would right something learned about this in his diary. Thx."
Kevin Smith hit his Twitter account hard today in response to a comment made by Neil Patrick Harris about Smith's pal and frequent collaborator Jason Mewes . The discussion is summarized as neatly as possible in the three retweets I picked out, but you'd be well served to sift through the questions Smith has been answering all day.
Despite the frenzy, it appears that Harris is healing a “feud” with director Kevin Smith. Smith, who describes himself as a “bi-curious bear,” has been ticked off at Harris over comments made about Smith’s friend and co-star Jason Mewes. He took the feud to twitter after being bombarded with requests to back Harris:
Known for his conversations with his over a million followers, Smith hashed out his grievances in a series of tweets. Ever the gentleman, Harris responded to Smith: @ThatKevinSmith Didn’t realize the upset my words caused. Looked back at what you said, and I concur. Ignorance on my part. Apologies.
The NPH vs Kevin Smith feud was very entertaining for those few hours it lasted. Kevin Smith, by the way, is always incredibly amusing and entertaining. I love him.
Wow, a contemptuous, roiling feud between two actors! On Twitter!! This is so damned pedantic if I’m not careful I might actually blink!!!
What next, these two squaring off in the middle of a Starbucks with WiFi? “That’s it!!! We duel!! Thumbs, at 20 paces!”
Anyone who listens to Kevin Smith knows this is not true.
I know right, let the feuding begin, geez get over it already!
Agreed since: Kevin Smith thanks a catholic god in the end credits even before he thanks his mom and pop.I like Jason Mewes. He proves marijuana doesn't interfere with some working skills, esp the ad-libing kinds.
Agreed. Anyone that knows anything about Kevin Smith would know he is the farthest thing away from a homophobe.
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