Neil Patrick Harris Apologizes for Saying "Tranny" on Live!

Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris apologized Friday for implementing the term "tranny" throughout Thursday's Accept Kelly. After Kelly Ripa and Harris, who's guest-hosting as Live looks for a lasting alternative for Regis Philbin, breathed in sulfer hexafluoride - "helium's evil twin" - throughout a science experiment, the The Way I Met Your Mother star joked, "I have never seemed a lot more like a tranny during my existence." Dancing's Derek, Jerry O'Connell, Josh Groban to Guest-Host Live! "Truly sorry for saying the term 'tranny' on Live now. Two times! Must have been more thoughtful. Did not whatsoever mean to offend," he tweeted Friday. GLAAD recognized Harris' apology, observing, "It's heartening to determine a high profile of Harris' stature recognize and apologize for implementing the slur in this timely manner, as well as for greater media attention being compensated to the use." Take a look at a clip of Harris on Live: