While Neil Patrick Harris may be more famous for starring in “Doogie Howser, M.D.”
Read on for more details of the couple’s love story.
Harris immediately sussed out Burtka’s deal.
Was he Kate’s boyfriend?
No, but he wasn’t single either.
Harris was tired of the broody Marlboro Man jot down, and found Burtka’s energy refreshing.
Even so, Burtka thought nothing of his interaction with Harris, who was already swooning over him.
This date launched their relationship, and they’ve been attached at the hip ever since.
They started to take up a spot in one another’s lives in a very big way.
Burtka always knew he wanted a family.
He wanted to settle down and have kids, white picket fence and all.
Their relationship had been kept secret partially because Neil had yet to come out to the public.
He believed his love life to be private so he never advertised it.
Some people believed that Harris was ashamed of his sexuality.
In 2007, on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Harris did just that.
The couple had been dating for three years and it was time for the world to know.
Since then, the couple has openly shared their relationship with the public.
Burtka got down on one knee and asked Harris to marry him.
Harris excitedly accepted the proposal.
However, it wasn’t until 2011 that the couple went public with their engagement.
Harristweeted, “David and I did propose to each other, but over five years ago!
We’ve been wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date.”
When David and Harris originally got engaged, gay marriage was still illegal in New York State.
Their engagement lasted a few more years before the couple was finally able to legally marry.
By the timeBurtka and Harris married, they had already been together for about a decade.
In 2010, the couple celebrated the birth of their twins.
They named Gideon after artist Gideon Rubin, and Harper after author Harper Lee.
Harris admits that Burtka is the more maternal of the two.
Maybe he’ll change his mind.
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka were one of the many couples who exercised their right to marry.
Vanity Fair quoted John’s speech: “‘Many, many years ago, this would not be possible.
He wants his kids to understand the work their dads put in to maintain their healthy and loving relationship.
Harris and Burtka have a go at go out for date nights as often as they can.
However, Burtka believes that the small stuff is also really important.
Sometimes their dates are as simple as sharing a cup of coffee or snuggling in the morning.
The couple also appeared in Netflix’s “American Horror Story: Freak Show.”
The couple has also appeared onscreen in several movies.
In the movie, Burtka is also his drug dealer.
Harris also loves a family-coordinated Halloween costume.
Neil was Captain Hook, David was Peter Pan, Harper was Tinker Bell, and Gideon was Smee.
Every year, Harris posts pictures of their family’s Halloween costumes on his Instagram or Twitter account.
It’s this key in of communication that is the foundation of their relationship.
Harris says that he doesn’t want people to think that they have a perfect relationship.
What defines a relationship is the work that’s involved to maintain it.”
Burtka made a similar statement to Out: “Nothing’s perfect.
A relationship is work and it changes.
And you go with the changes.”
What matters is that Harris and Burtka share more good times than bad.
Harris says he admires Burtka’s brutal honesty and Burtka says that Harris helps keep him grounded.
Harris and Burtka also like to travel without the kids.
“Uncoupled” is about a middle-aged man who suddenly gets dumped by his long-term boyfriend of seventeen years.
Harris is also not envious of the protagonist he plays on the show.
That’s the straight one?"
It’s a good thing Harris and Burtka have each other!
