SOAP Q: It’s WAR between two-time Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris and Multi-EMMY winning soap opera star Eric Braeden!

Here’s what happened to cause bad blood between the stars of How I Met Your Mother and The Young and the Restless: Eric, known for his long (30  year) run as Victor Newman on the CBS soap was to guest star on an episode of HIMYM. Then he backed out.

This led to NPH to Tweet: 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. … We’ve recast with Ray Wise, a fantastic actor who makes any part ‘substantial’. Super excited to welcome him to the family!

Braeden was not amused issuing this statement to Entertainment Weekly:
“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 appear on a show for two lines, because that’s what it amounted to.

His choice of words bothered me. He seems to me like a young whippersnapper who’s received a few awards and is now suffering from the first sign of hubris. I’ve been in the business for 50 years. I’ve seen people come and go and I’m still here. If he is a worthy adversary, he’d better not cross my path. I will let bygones be bygones.”

I Love NPH, but un-professional on his part. Braeden is a Power House with over 30 years of CBS clout and the star of the #1 Daytime show for over 20 years.