Hugh Laurie Apologizes After 1.2 Million Followers Pile On 'House' Critic
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 9
Hugh Laurie Apologizes After 1.2 Million Followers Pile On 'House' Critic
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jun 9
Summary
Hugh Laurie said he was "very slightly drunk" and upset when he replied to Janet Murray’s viral critique of House, then apologized after she was hit with abusive messages.
Murray said Laurie’s witty defense was amplified to his 1.2 million X followers, versus her roughly 38,000, creating an imbalance that turned warm initial reactions into what she called horrific trolling.
Laurie had mocked Murray’s complaint that House repeated the same plot across its eight seasons, arguing the show worked through variations on a theme and saying he was defending writers he adored.
House ran from 2004 to 2012 for eight seasons, earned four drama-series Emmy nominations, and made Laurie a six-time Emmy nominee for playing Gregory House.