Lasting love. Neil Patrick Harris David Burtka have defied Hollywood odds, spending nearly two decades together, but they didn’t always know they’d end up happily married.
Harris was the Broadway star who introduced them to each other. CabaretBurtka in Gypsy. However, the chef was in a different relationship and often commuted to Los Angeles to visit his then-boyfriend.
“I didn’t want to be that guy who was creating some sort of romantic interference,” Harris explained to Out2012. “So, I was always around when he was around, hoping the stars would align. When we all hung out for the first time — I was invited by [mutual friend]Kate to an American Idol viewing party — I just stammered around him. I couldn’t take my eyes off him.”
Burtka hadn’t even thought of courting his future husband. “I gave him a, ‘Hey, what’s up, nice to meet you,’ and that was really it. I thought it would be nice to know him, but I didn’t think in a million years I’d start dating him,” he explained to OutIn the same interview.
The Doogie Howser, M.D.The alum sat back and watched as Harris became single. Harris and Burtka went on a movie date one week after Burtka split with his boyfriend. The two watched Take LivesStars Angelina JolieThey began to see each others every day.
Harris hadn’t expected to ever find someone to spend his life with, and he fell in love fast. It took Burtka some time to catch up to him. The couple moved in together in New York City, and then moved to Los Angeles when Harris got a little sitcom called “The Lovebirds”. How I Met Your Mother. Harris came out publicly in fall 2006 after Burtka was a guest star on the show.
The couple added to their family by welcoming twins fraternal Gideon Scott, and Harper Grace via surrogate in October 2010. The pair married four years later, partly due to wanting to give a clear answer to their children’s questions.
“Our kids got to the age when they were having reasonable conversations where they’re asking lots of ‘Why?’ questions, then it seemed [important]To be able to have a clear-cut [identity] of who their daddy is — that he’s my husband, it was easier than partner or boyfriend,” Harris explained during a September 2014 appearance on The ViewSoon after the wedding.
The newlyweds secretly tied the knot in Italy. They revealed that their nuptials were intimate with 45 guests (including themselves). Elton John).
Fast five years later, the couple had their second child. Us WeeklyHere’s a glimpse into their marriage. “We tend to communicate and talk a lot,” Harris said in April 2019. “I think when you keep things pent up and you exist in, like, a façade, it seems to lead to more problems, so we talk about stuff when we have problems with each other.”
Their marriage is also helped by a good sense humor. Harris was a father to Harris. Use his sincere advice, Burtka chimed in, adding, “And tasers!”
Harris quipped, “Tasers work really well too. At least they make the other person stop talking.”
Later in the same year, the Life is a partyAuthor explained that they also value date nights. “We try to go away or take a date night every so often because I think that’s really important, not only for the couple, but for the kids to see,” Burtka told UseOctober 2019 exclusively “The kids see that their parents are safe and their parents are on a good foot.”
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