How I Met Your Mother actor Neil Patrick Harris is again at the forefront of netizens’ criticism of the photo he took 11 years ago.
NPH is again facing tons of backlash from online users after a picture of an Amy Winehouse cake from the 2011 Halloween party resurfaced online.
The controversial cake was allegedly made nearly three months after Winehouse’s death at the age of 27.
In 2011, Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s husband, Justin Mikita, tweeted from his official Twitter account. Shortly after, however, Mikita, after the argument, the photo of the cake started to catch fire.
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Neil Patrick Harris’ cake with Amy Winehouse is making news
The origin of Neil Patrick Harris’ Halloween party cake remains unclear. But when it came to seeing the light, the photo made a huge splash on the internet.
According to the photograph, tested by Justin Mikita, it showcases a mutilated and decomposing print of Amy Winehouse’s corpse.
The cake was reportedly displayed on a tray resembling a stretcher. It is alleged that there is a note on it that reads ‘Amy Winehouse’s Body’.
The controversial cake depicted the Rehabilitation artist as a corpse. It showed the deceased musician with rotting eyes and tongue sticking out of his mouth.
The hyper-realistic cake even showed skin patterns that mimicked the rot that had taken over his body. He also had an autopsy mark on his chest area, possibly to depict Winehouse’s postmortem wound.
Netizens react to Neil Patrick Harris’ resurfaced picture of Amy Winehouse cake
Many fans took to various social media platforms to address Neil Patrick Harris, who presented the tasteless corpse cake.
One cake critic said, ‘What’s wrong with Neil Patrick Harris? This is very disturbing.
One Reddit user said, ‘Wow. This is so insanely inappropriate. My jaw dropped.’
“I didn’t expect the pie to be this graphic, it’s so sickening,” another user said.
One Twitter user said, “I’m literally sick to my stomach after seeing this. It’s so wrong and tasteless.’
The painting has reappeared many times over the years. The 48-year-old star received tons of hate from fans and social media users each time.
Many Twitter users described the photo as ‘insensitive’ and ‘tasteless’.
Users were more upset and disgusted when the actor showed off the cake just months after Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning.
Today I learned that Neil Patrick Harris had a cake made in which Amy Winehouse was pictured dead shortly after her actual death. WTF?
— 🥚YourDadWantsToFave🥚 (@BertLoch) 10 May 2022
I feel like every social media app I use has turned into an internet version of Neil Patrick Harris’ cake made from Amy Winehouse’s body, they’re really going to keep teasing and laughing and attacking until someone dies and then they do some more.
— 아나탈 (@gatamchun) 11 May 2022
I can no longer enjoy a series of Unfortunate Events @netflixand any of her other projects, because I found out that Neil Patrick Harris ordered a cake from Amy Winehouse’s corpse for a Halloween party. Subhuman behavior. https://t.co/EVP6at6SlH
— Marpy ⭐🌈🌻 (@MarpyWould) 11 May 2022
My account has been locked all day for this tweet about Neil Patrick Harris’ Amy Winehouse corpse cake less than 6 months after her death. By the way, my profile picture is of a real dead man. 😭💀 pic.twitter.com/1VpC7eeEnB
— Sevin Kamuels (@witchobroqueass) 12 May 2022
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