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Neil Patrick Harris has apologized after facing backlash for serving a meat platter shaped like Amy Winehouse’s corpse at a 2011 Halloween party.
“A photo recently resurfaced from a Halloween-themed party my husband and I hosted 11 years ago,” Harris said in the statement to Entertainment Weekly. “It was regrettable then, and it remains regrettable now. Amy Winehouse was a once-in-a-generation talent, and I’m sorry for any hurt this image caused.”
At only 27-years-old, Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning in July 2011, meaning Harris, and his husband David Burtka, served the platter just months after her death.
A picture of the platter, posted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s husband Justin Mit and deleted shortly after, showed a sign that read, “The Corpse of Amy Winehouse.”
The sign also detailed what was included in the platter: “Beef ribs, pulled pork, chicken sausage in a spicy BBQ sauce.”
The platter itself looked like a gruesome, bloody, and mangled corpse that was missing an eye
While the picture of the meat platter has resurfaced before, Harris had not acknowledged it until his statement on Monday, as he received a significant amount of backlash this weekend.