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How Neil Came Out, Made It Big

Openly gay Neil Patrick Harris thinks he and his partner would 'make great parents'

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 14, 2009 12:30 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Neil Patrick Harris has truly exploded this year. He's slotted to host and produce the Emmys, garnered rave reviews on Broadway, plays a womanizer on TV—and he does it all while openly gay, making his success story a sort of Hollywood first. He discusses painful memories of child stardom spent in the closet, aspirations for his future—he’d “love to be Ed Sullivan” someday—and his relationship with New York.

Harris still makes comments like, “They have great tits,” in reference to his How I Met Your Mother co-stars, but it’s partner of five years David Burtka he’s truly committed to. They’re not having a child yet, but “we’d make very good parents,” Harris says. He can practice for that in an upcoming role—next year, he’ll play a straight, married father in comedy The Best and the Brightest.  

In this image released by CBD, Neil Patrick Harris, left, and Jason Segel are shown in a scene from How I Met Your Mother.
In this image released by CBD, Neil Patrick Harris, left, and Jason Segel are shown in a scene from "How I Met Your Mother."   (AP Photo/CBS, Ron P. Jaffe)
Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 7, 2009.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris hosts the 63rd Annual Tony Awards in New York, Sunday, June 7, 2009.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Neil Patrick Harris, center, is seen during the opening performance of the TV Land Awards on Sunday April 19, 2009 in Universal City, Calif.
Neil Patrick Harris, center, is seen during the opening performance of the TV Land Awards on Sunday April 19, 2009 in Universal City, Calif.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Neil Patrick Harris arrives for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards with David Burtka, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
Neil Patrick Harris arrives for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards with David Burtka, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Snarfeh
Sep 16, 2009 12:27 PM CDT
You think the thread is cold because you don't want to discuss it or because you want the last word or because you have a closed mind on the subject or perhaps some combination of the three, but screw that; I'm replying. There's no such thing as "masculine" love or "female" love. Loving and nurturing a child is not about male love versus female love. I think you are talking about who will teach a child to play baseball versus who will teach a child to clean the house. That is ignorant. Men can clean homes, women can fix cars, men can use a vacuum, women can use circular saws. It's ignorant to think these things are limited to gender when in reality, they are limited only to intellect, desire to do these things and ability.
newsrmandan
Sep 15, 2009 9:56 AM CDT
Being womanly can come (to some) quite easily. But being nurturing and motherly is something only a woman can properly do. To be balanced a child needs both a fathers firm caring love (Masuline) and a mothers gentile caring love (Female). I am not saying a man cant provide both aspects but it is better suited when delivered by a man and a woman. I bring up this point to highlight the opinion of the mass media and culture in general that being gay is as good or as normal or as healthy or as ok as being heterosexual and if your honest with yourself I think you would agree with me that it not as they (they media and such) say it is. I wont touch on the argument you use about planning vs accidental parenting because its grasping at straws to make an argument. I think this thread has gone cold so we will pick it up again in another article.
Snarfeh
Sep 15, 2009 3:04 AM CDT
@dan - I don't think you are narrow-minded. I think you are ignorant. You are closing your eyes and putting your fingers in your ears and going lalalalalalala to the fat that heterosexuals fall short because the majority of them do not plan on having children. They have them because of being careless sexually. Then, the children grow up in loveless marriages because the stupid couple thinks they *must* get married. Then, the children suffer through divorces years later. Or, they suffer under alcoholic parents who drink to escape being responsible parents. Of course, I am not saying all heterosexuals are bad parents; after all, my own parents are the greatest parents in the world. Yes, I'm partial to them. But the fact remains, bad parenting amongst heterosexuals is common enough that saying gay parents would not be good parents is nothing short of sheer ignorance.

 
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