The actors Eric Braeden and Neil Patrick Harris, a star of the CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” seem to have called a truce in their Twitter war on Friday.
Mr. Braeden, a star of the daytime soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” had previously been featured on “Mother” as the father of a character played by Cobie Smulders. He was to have reprised that role in a shoot on Thursday night, but withdrew abruptly, prompting an angry Twitter message from Mr. Harris.
Mr. Harris, after referring to Mr. Braeden with a mildly obscene word, wrote on his Twitter account that Mr. Braeden “agreed to a cameo, then last night bailed, saying the part wasn’t ’substantial’ enough.”
Mr. Braeden shot back, saying on Friday that Mr. Harris “needs a little spanking, that one.”
In a phone interview, Mr. Braeden did not dispute Mr. Harris’s account of events, saying that he had been recovering from recent hip surgery and when he works, “it needs to be more than just two lines.”
Mr. Braeden said he wished the crew of “Mother” well. But of Mr. Harris, he said, “I don’t know this fellow, but he seems to be one of those young whippersnappers with a lot of hubris” who should “be a little more circumspect before he engages in character assassination.”
Mr. Braeden added: “I’ve been in this business 50 years. I have seen them all come and go. He should save his money.”
Mr. Harris wrote on his Twitter that Mr. Braeden’s role had been given to the actor Ray Wise, “a fantastic actor who makes any part ’substantial.’ ”
Then, in a subsequent post he stepped back from his earlier comments: “Now I feel bad,” for calling Mr. Braeden a name, he wrote. “Don’t know the guy personally. I’m just fiercely protective of our show.”
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