Hugh Laurie says he was ‘very slightly drunk’ when he slammed journalist over ‘House’ criticism

Culture & TrendsHugh Laurie says he was ‘very slightly drunk’ when he slammed journalist over ‘House’ criticismThe drama started over the weekend when Murray posted on X that she was watching “House” and said the series has the “same narrative every episode.”Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Hugh Laurie, right, as Dr. Greg House on an episode of "House."Ray Mickshaw / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 9, 2026, 12:25 PM EDTBy Minyvonne BurkeActor Hugh Laurie apologized for roasting a journalist for her criticism of the medical drama “House,” the hit series which Laurie starred in.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.In a post Monday on X, Laurie told British journalist Janet Murray that he was “very slightly drunk and already upset about something that had nothing to do with you” when he lashed out at her for saying that every episode of “House” was the same. The drama started over the weekend when Murray posted on X that she was watching “House” and said the series has the “same narrative every episode.” The show ran from 2004 to 2012. “Patient has mysterious illness. Hugh Laurie (House) gets diagnosis wrong. Patient nearly dies,” Murray wrote. “Hugh Laurie gets diagnosis wrong again. Gets threatened with being fired,” she continued. “Patient nearly dies again. Hugh Laurie has last minute leftfield idea. Gets diagnosis right. Doesn’t get fired. Eight seasons of this?” In response to Murray’s criticism, Laurie wrote that they tried a couple of episodes where his character, Dr. Gregory House, got the patient’s diagnosis correct the first time, “but they were only 6 minutes long.” “NBC weren’t happy,” he said. “Then we tried some where House never gets it right and the patient dies. The audience wasn’t happy.” “One could apply your trenchant analysis to other art forms: JS Bach wrote 30 Goldberg variations on the same chord structure; Frida...