Hollywood star Hugh Laurie’s wild insult to his fans leaked by podcast host

Hugh Laurie was once the highest paid actor on television, but his secret disdain for his fans has been revealed in a shocking statement.

A podcast host has leaked a shocking statement from Hugh Laurie that saw the Hollywood star insult his diehard fans.

The British actor famously played the belovedly bitter Dr Gregory House in US TV drama series House from 2004 to 2012.

However, it’s now emerged that he’d rather do anything other than look back fondly at his time on the smash hit show.

Actor Hugh Laurie poses backstage.

During a recent episode of the Doctor Mike podcast, host Dr Mikhail “Mike” Varshavski was chatting to The Pitt star Noah Wyle when he revealed he had invited Laurie onto the show for a similar interview.

Dr Varshavski told Wyle: “I love that you’re still connected to your characters very much. Most that play a role like John Carter get tired of that association. In fact, we invited Hugh Laurie to our show.”

Dr Varshavski continued: “His staff was like, ‘Oh, this is a good fit, we’re going to reach out to him and see what he thinks. I’m going to read you quote-unquote what he said: ‘He is not interested in opportunities like this, frankly doesn’t care about the audience or reliving the show.’”

Laurie as Dr House in a scene from the beloved TV series. Picture: Supplied.

Wyle laughed and said: “That’s so baller.”

Dr Varshavski then added: “It’s just such a direct and honest reply. It’s not that he doesn’t want to do your show, just he doesn’t want to be House MD ever again.”

In 2013, Laurie opened up about his experience filming the show, telling UK magazine Radio Times that his experience was “a bit of a nightmare” overall, despite the hefty pay cheque.

He admitted: “At this distance it all sounds absurd. Ridiculous! After all, what was I doing other than playing about, telling stories with a very nice bunch of people? What could be constricting about that?

“But the repetition of any routine, day after month after year, can turn into a bit of a nightmare. I had some pretty bleak times, dark days when it seemed like there was no escape. And having a very Presbyterian work ethic, I was determined never to be late, not to miss a single day’s filming. You wouldn’t catch me phoning in to say, ‘I think I may be coming down with the flu’.

He added: “But there were times when I’d think, ‘If I were just to have an accident on the way to the studio and win a couple of days off to recover, how brilliant would that be?’’

Originally published as Hollywood star Hugh Laurie’s wild insult to his fans leaked by podcast host