And it dont get better than this!! what a twat

what a big dickhead!!!

What a crybaby… you looked like an ass on national TV… and now thousands are laughing at you on YouTube… get over it

Much ado about nothing.

Every rose has its prick.

This incident is not a laughing matter. The Tony awards should have been professional and concerned for his welfare.

Newsflash to Bret Michaels’ hacks: Awards show jokes are pre-scripted. Given their own statement that “Bret never saw Mr. Harris prior to, during or after the Tonys,” do you think maybe Neil Patrick Harris had no idea that Michaels was in bad shape and simply went ahead with the script he was given? Criticize the Tony producers for being glib in their tweets, but NPH was simply doing his job.

I notice nobody else got hit by the scenery. Michaels was so in his own world that he stayed too long onstage–THAT’S why he got hit. NPH was flippant about it because, 1) Michaels’ behavior was stupid, and 2) there was an accident during a live telecast. What was he supposed to do, come on like Brett Williams and gravely inform us that Michaels had cut his lip? Holy Toledo, what idiocy.

the guys working the stage prop look like they did not what they were doing
Bret should be mad at these incompetents they should have stop the prop when busted his face

Funniest Tonys Ever.

Drama queen.

It’s obvious that he knew what was going on. Watch the youtube play back. Guitarists jump on the platform as soon as the number was over. Bret wanted to soak up a bit more applause and realized too late that his ego and pride would end up being his downfall. Serves the bag right.

Hey you idiots, would you be laughing and saying “good for him” if this happened to Bruce Springsteen or Bob Dylan? No, you’d be demanding that the producers of the show die for such a travesty! Forget that you don’t like Bret Michaels or that you think he makes awful music, point is he got seriously hurt when it could’ve otherwise been prevented! He might have even been killed! Yous guys wouldn’t consider yourselves “drama queens” or “cry babies” if it happened to you, you would’ve readied up your lawyers! Stop being such hypocritical douchebags and try to be human beings, for once.

What a tool bag! hes just crying cause his face got unskinny bop boped

I saw a rehearsal they did for the Tony’s on YouTube and he knew that prop was going down. He didn’t get hit at that time.

What a drama queen! Get over it!

He is a total liar. I was an usher for the Tony awards and he didn’t even show up for the rehearsals. Maybe if had shown up then he would not have gotten hit. I was also told Neil Patrick Harris was told he was okay and to go on with the show. He is such a douche bag and a liar.

Actually,
I think this could be one of Brett’s biggest hits!

i hope Bret feels better soon. It was totally irresponsible and not professional the way Neil Patrick Harris and the Tonys handled this situation. No matter what there is still a liability by the owners and the people in charge of props. I have known Bret for a long time and he is far from a drama queen, and he is not lying. As they say people in glass houses should not throw stones!

Thank God for this…what a tool. Guess he won’t be asking that stage prop to be his “Rock of Love”, ya’ think? Douchebag!

wow….if he didn’t have the cowboy hat pulled all the way down and make up on like a girl he could have seen it. Get over it!

Hilarious, “I’m mad at NPH, he should have stopped the show until it could be confirmed that I was OK.”

This is the funniest video I’ve seen in a while

The most entertaining hit he’s had in years.

Further validating my side of the issue in a debate I had with friends saying that I didn’t think Poison was exactly what I expected to see at the Tony’s…and now all of this drama…it’s only rock and roll after all.

That’s right….because Bob and Bruce have talent….not some skin flick tv production for T&A. Loser!

I hope these statements are not setting up a law suit.
Brett should just move on and tell his managers to shut up.
Brett’s public profile would be better served by making light of the whole event. Besides, when has Brett or Poison received this much national attention, let alone perform for a national audience?

Their a good band that continues to sell out small arenas. Move on gents…

I think in watching the video, he missed his mark. The drop didn’t land on him. He walked into it because he spent a second or two more time than he should have facing the crowd when everyone else had walked off. I’m glad he’s (relatively) okay, but blaming everyone else for what happened is kind of idiotic.

Wow. What a jerk. You realize everyone in that audience knows that he missed his mark and that a real professional would go on without whining. That’s the joy of live theater.

You hit the mark when you’re supposed to be there. No rock and roll sense of time.

Wow. What a jerk. You realize everyone in that audience knows that he missed his mark and that a real professional would go on without whining. That’s the joy of live theater.

You hit the mark when you’re supposed to be there. No rock and roll sense of timing.

I hope he sues the pants off of them. He has a good case. Irresponsible duchebags. Drop a 10 ton prop on someone and laugh at them. NPH is a bitch.

They need to lay off NPH. As the host of a live show, when something happens you need to keep everyone calm and keep tot eh schedule. Making a big deal out of the tard walking into a set piece would only detract from the meat of the broadcast. Plus, how can someone from a band called POISON be such a pussy?

Whether Michaels screwed up or it was an accident, it’s still the freaking Tony awards, home of “the show must go on!”.

Neil Patrick Harris, Bret Michaels and the Tony Awards are ALL repped by the same publicity firm: PMK/HBH. Conflict of interest?

I really don’t care what Bald Michaels is doing, but I keep up with most music news. I read these conflicting stories on Yahoo just minutes ago. Sounds like the guy needs new rep.

AP – NEW YORK – [Bret Michaels']
Publicist Joann Mignano says Michaels, who performed with his 1980s hair-metal band Poison, fractured his nose and had to get three stitches in his lip. She says he was getting a CAT scan on Monday as a precaution, as he’s had a past neck injury.
Although he’s “pretty bruised up,” Mignano says, Michaels was in good spirits. He wiped off blood with a towel and laughed backstage when host Neil Patrick Harris joked that the singer “gave head banging a whole new meaning.”
Michaels had a “great time performing for the Broadway audience,” says Mignano, who notes that the star of VH1’s “Rock of Love” reality series took photos backstage with theater legends Liza Minnelli and Angela Lansbury.

TV Guide – Bret Michaels’ run-in with some scenery at the Tony Awards fractured his nose and required stitches in his lip, but the rocker was able to laugh it off.

“He told me, ‘All I remember is Shrek and the donkey helping me up, and Liza [Minnelli] giving me a towel,’” Michaels’ rep, Joann Mignano, told People. “And Bret was laughing when he heard [host] Neil Patrick Harris said he gave new meaning to ‘headbanging.’”

Michaels’ rep also said reports that the accident was caused by Michaels missing his mark are inaccurate. “He did exactly what they asked him to do in rehearsal, where everything went fine. And when the sign came down [at the show], it smacked him on the head.”

Mignano said. “Bret is a tough son of a bitch, but he’s really banged up.”

This isn’t a Poison concert Bret. The world doesn’t stop for you. Especially a live show. It’s not the host’s job to check on you. He’s not your baby sitter or your handler.

I think Brett Michaels is nothing more than a washed up cotton headed ninny muggins. No one cares if he suffered a broken nose and three stitches from this accident, all this might mean for his career is that his ridiculous reality TV show might miss a season or two.

I have worked the “rail” , flying props in & out of the stage in thousands of shows. The person flying the prop in is usually at least 100 feet over the stage & can’t see exactly what is happening that far below them. They are on radio contact with the stage manager & have cues to do their job. If Bret was late, there was no way to stop the fly coming down. You can’t blame the person flying the prop in. I hope Bret is OK & from what I’ve heard, the situation was not taken as seriously as it should have been. Poison was & is a great band & should be respected as such. The people dissing Bret Michaels are all, as they say, ” douchbags”

I was at the Tony reh Sunday morning & the same scenery flew at the same time- and B M managed to hit his mark and not be hit in reh.

Poison, a great band? No, Bean, they are not….and you are also a douchebag

suck it up princess!!!!!!

LETS STOP THE BULLSHIT! POISON IS STILL MAKING BUCKS PLAYING GIGS ALL OVER THE WORLD!!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!

PAT SQUIDDDZZZ!

I’m willing to bet that this will be an obstacle/challenge for a date with Bret on the next season of Rock of Love.

Phobe wrote:
I saw a rehearsal they did for the Tony’s on YouTube and he knew that prop was going down. He didn’t get hit at that time.

Would anyone care to reference this video? Might help if the lad sues.

“Oh My God…..Look who the Big Prop Hit!!!!”

Thank you thank you…I’ll be here all week.

Apparently Brett Michaels has never had a non-life threatening accident in all his years of touring. The guy is ego extant,anything to get some press coverage. What nut job goes on reality TV to meet girls when he’s the lead singer of a famous rock band. Maybe the head bang was a well disguised suicide attempt, huh? Poor Bretty, my heart bleeds for you.

They are right he is not Elton or Liza and never will be. He is a washed up prick from an 80’s hair metal band and if he has any more plastic surgery on his face he will start to look like Joan Rivers

Apparently Brett Michaels has never had a non-life threatening accident in all his years of touring. The guy is ego extant,anything to get some press coverage. What nut job goes on reality TV to meet girls when he’s the lead singer of a famous rock band. Maybe the head bang was a well disguised suicide attempt, huh? Poor Bretty, my heart bleeds for you. Man it up, dude.

I think the word “douchebag” is over. I move that we retire it.

The Guitarist and Bass player knew when to get off the stage but Brent was staying in the limelight for as long as possible!!!

He did miss his mark… The guy should take some responsibility

This is just fate’s way of saying that Poison should not have been playing at the Tony’s. I mean what the $#%@ was Poison doing there in the first place? The whole thing is just bizarre to begin with.

I guess this accident didn’t knock any sense into him, but, maybe it will improve his song writing abilities.

Of course the Tonys would’ve been more sympathetic had this happened to Liza Minnelli, Dolly Parton or Elton John. All three are women, after all (well, with the possible exception of Liza Minnelli).

now i say something….

Well, we could retire “douchebag” at the same time Brett retires.

I’m just saying….

I just don’t believe that there was a dress rehearsal that didn’t involve set moves. That simple. However the director probalbly should have said ” Get the freakin’ hat out of your eyes.” So you can see what’s going on. Probably bald on top.

Let me get this straight…

First this guy has a broadway show of rock music and crap, which is just weird. Then, he goes to the Tony awards where such people classics perform like Sir Elton John, Liza Minelli, Stockard Channing, etc. Then he gets a boo boo and this big bad rock star whines cuz becomes the gay host at a mostly gay event (no offense intended) tries to lighten the mood? Please withdray your whining! The other rock stars will track you down and hurt you for embarrassing the entire hard rock industry! LMAO

If he had moved his ass offstage like the rest of his band members, instead of turning around for one final “thank you, goodnight” to those watching his lip-synched performance, he wouldn’t have gotten smacked in the face.

That’s the danger of working in theatre, Brett. You have to do the same thing in rehearsal that you do at performance or someone will get hurt. Deal with it.

Man, Poison used to be one of my favorite bands, I’ve been going to their concerts for years, but in the last three years Brett has become such a fucking loser that I will never go to another one. Their shows are terrible now. Now, when you see him live, all he talks about are his reality shows.

Damn…..a little higher and it would have knocked off his wig / cowboy hat bald cover up….it would have been the greatest moment in the history of television…..

I blame the cowboy hat. I say just say no hats indoors. Baseball hats are for playing baseball. Cowboy hats are for ropin’ steers, rain hats, ski caps and sun visors are for protection from the weather. Indoor hats = bald or dirty hair. Have some class, this is the Tonys.

Too many haters in this comment column!

Why is Poison comparing themselves to Liza Mannelli? Should they have even been at the Tony’s to begin with? This is they’re “WE SOLD OUT!” moment.

Yeah, that set piece hit him so hard, it damn near knocked the weave right off his head.

Michaels should be thrilled it happened. This is the most press that talentless douchebag has received in 20 years.

bahahahahahaha!!!! any press is good press bret!

All he got was a fractured nose, it’s not like he broke his neck or something, this is way blown out of proportion. No one intended for this to happen, that is why they can this an “ACCIDENT!”.

The lawyers want to make hay.Next time wear a hockey helmet.

Why they hating on NPH?

WTF Did Doogie do to them???

And he always chooses the ugly girl on rock of love. time for retirement bret

It would have been better if Brett Michaels had left the stage, not only before the prop came down, but also before this most untalented band lip-synced their performance as badly as they did. The guitarists were strumming while an invisible lead guitarist was picking out a solo, and Michaels was coughing while doing some sort of ventriloquist act where his voice was “singing”. I have no idea what the bass player was playing (and I suspect he didn’t either), but it sure wasn’t the bass line the audience heard. And did they even have a drummer faking it? Michaels should be the one apologizing for that atrocity.

He’s lucky his hat with attached hair didn’t come off! What a twat. He’s the rat of pop music. Who cares. He’s also right. If Liza Minelli or Elton John were hit the Tony’s would offer a letter of concern, but it was the douche bag who makes a living off of making fools out of trashy women. His music is secondary if even that. He sucks. I’m surprised they even let him on the Tony’s. Gross.

This is bigger new than the Kennedy assassination. After a careful review of every camera angle, we have found the truth. No, dear readers, this was no mere accident. Here’s the whole scoop. What happened was that there was a very angry woman in the audience. When Bret began singing Nothin’ But a Good Time,” she had a flashback to one special night when she and he were on Rock of Love and after some drinks she thought she was waking up to Bret, and instead found Andy Dick wearing a Vince Neal mask! It’s true!

maybe he should have been at rehersal

Bret Michaels is a heterosexual white man.

The last place he would receive any kind of respect, would be at a Broadway show.

The show must go on, but when someone gets hurt I expect someone back stage to care!!! And yes there totally right If Liza (yuck) or Elton got hurt there would have been much more concern.

I watched the Tonys for about 1/2 an hour, got bored and watched “Tropic Thunder” on cable, laughed for 2 hours. Funniest picture I’ve seen in a very long time.

I agree with Irma Prince you guys and I will say Bret is a professional anddefinitely knows his job as the guys lowering the props should know theirs and if they couldn’t see what was going on down there then the person watching should have radioed them to wait That’s all there is to it and the Tonys’ should be held responsible but knowing how Bret is I bet he won’t do anything in a legal way but they could at least apologize to him Rock on Bret Michaels

He’s lucky he got smacked. His name’s been in the news all week. Free press for that Def Leppard-Poison twin bill that Live Nation is hyping.

Yeah, they would care if it had been Liza Minelli or Dolly Parton because they’re both like 80 years old. Take it like a man, Bret.

Wow. That set piece hit him so hard, it damn near knocked that weave off his head.

I bet if we could get that bandanna off this jerk off would look worse than that Spector mug shot.

This statement is ridicules.
It contradicts common sense.

How could the prop’s riggers have been expected to stop lowering the set piece? I’m guessing this dude is between 5′5″ and 6′5″, at the speed that thing was coming down, the person lowering it would’ve needed spidey senses to stop it.

To all of the haters out there, you all are just jealous of Brets lifestyle and wish you were the The ROCK OF LOVE! For Bret, I hope all is well and get back to performing real soon!

Grow the fuck up, Bret Michaels. NPH was just trying to keep the show on a roll and you’re pitching a hissy fit because no one showed concern for you. Grow up and get a real career.

Too bad it didn’t kill him. THAT would have been good television.

Bret is a hard working, responsible person. He was at the rehersals and guess what, no 1/2 ton wall was rehersed, or mentioned for that matter. Ya the video is on Youtube and all over the place as people ridicule him. hey, thats the way it goes. Everyone has biffed it at least once as somebody stood by laughing and pointing. So, laugh it up Haters,Jokers and Tokers, soon someone else will fall and you can laugh it up again.

All you envious ass holes who are cutting Bret down need to get a life a man who does so much good work for others (diabetic children and St. Judes Hospital) got hurt and it could have been worse where is your compassion and morals.What have you all done for the needy. You are all idiots.

By releasing such a statement, Bret Michaels is “mitigating his damages”. In other words, he is preparing to sue. Broadway productions are NOT rock concerts. Broadway shows are rehearsed within an inch of their life because most require moving sets and/or props. I find it hard to believe that Bret had no idea that a moving set piece would be lowered at the end of his performance. If he did indeed rehearse, then he was off his mark during the live broadcast. Accidents happen. While he might be able to sue and win for negligence, he cannot sue for hurt feelings because he deemed the Tony’s response to the incident “inappropriate.” Toughen up, Buttercup!

Yes he was hurt, yes he should be angry. He needs any publicity he can get. The lip synch. was awful, but it is show business, somebody paid money to see that and they want people to pay good money to see the same crap on tour. Will the stage prop be part of the finally at the concerts?

Why continue to bash Bret? It makes no sense at all. It was a accident and he did get hurt. There is no reason to keep going on calling him names and being disrepectful,would any of you like getting busted in the nose and lip like that?? No,you wouldn’t and you’d probably sue too. Let it go

I am so sick of the Bret bashers…this man has entertained us since the early 80’s, and has since stayed true to his music…who the fuck should care whether his hair is real, I mean, really…this is always brought up anytime he’s in the press…stop being so jealous, it only shows your insecurites…I’m so sure Bret planned the whole stage thing…after he was in that horrible car crash and busted up his face, i’m sure he wanted to relive that….try focusing on the good Bret does instead of being so evil…I, too was appalled by the way Bret was made fun of after his injuries, and I most certainly know had it been Dolly Parton, you better believe there’d be apologies flying everywhere, but for some reason since it was “man whore Bret” he got it coming to him…karma’s a bitch and try going back to 1987…I’m sure one of POISON’S song got you laid…give this man some fucking respect for once!!!

Even though Brett is egotistical, he doesn’t deserve all the ridicule. He probably did stay to lap up the adoration a bit longer and he probably is bald and anyone who has kissed and god knows what else with all those skanky girls, but it’s stillnot funny when anyone gets hurt for any reason.

Neil Patrick Harris has been waaay past “Doogie Howser” forever…not even a glimmer of a memory on that. Bret is an asshole, needs to grow the hell up and be grateful he still has a job all these many years later.

Oh Com’on it was funny as hell! WTH was NPH supposed to do? Kiss Bret’s booboo’s? Bret you are looking like a lil’ baby with this- I saw the pic- the nose looks like it had a scratch that nobody wiped the blood away to make it look worse. :/

Josie, leave the law to the lawyers. You don’t know what “mitigating damages” is. You weren’t even close.

wow what a big crybaby ! note to Bret life sucks get over it the world doesn’t revolve around your booboo.

I’m so happy this Rock of DOUCHEBAGS star got what he deserved. He has been riding that fame train long enough. He was in a good band 25 years ago. What has he done since, besides grow old, bald and totally ware out the bandanna and cowboy hat thing. I put him in the same class as Heidi and Spencer, Paris Hilton and all the rest of the Reality A-Listers. I wish that stage prop would have done us all a favor and finished the job it started.

FIRST OF ALL, IT WASN’T HIS FAULT IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO. MY GOD THE MAN COULD OF DIED, WOULD THAT STILL BE FUNNY! YOU BASHERS ARE MORONS.. AN IF YOU WATCHED ROCK OF LOVE THERE WERE TIMES HE DID NOT HAVE A HAT ON OR A BANDANNA, JUST HIS PLAIN HAIR . SO GET A LIFE LOSERS AN QUIT HATING YOU ARE ALL JUS JEALOUS.. BRETS A GOOD MAN , NOT TO MENTION HOT, AN SEXY.. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT HAPPENED TO YOU AN PEOPLE MADE FUN OF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. NOT FUNNY IS IT!

FIRST OF ALL, IT WASN’T HIS FAULT IF YOU WATCH THE VIDEO. MY GOD THE MAN COULD OF DIED, WOULD THAT STILL BE FUNNY! YOU BASHERS ARE MORONS.. AN IF YOU WATCHED ROCK OF LOVE THERE WERE TIMES HE DID NOT HAVE A HAT ON OR A BANDANNA, JUST HIS PLAIN HAIR . SO GET A LIFE LOSERS AN QUIT HATING YOU ARE ALL JUS JEALOUS.. BRETS A GOOD MAN , NOT TO MENTION HOT, AN SEXY.. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT HAPPENED TO YOU AN PEOPLE MADE FUN OF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. NOT FUNNY IS IT!

you all need to get a life !!!!