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- NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'I REALISED I WAS GAY AFTER KISS OM BURT REYNOLDS'
- NEIL PATRICK {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}ACTOR NEIL PATRICK HARRIS HAS STARRED TV SS 'DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.' AND 'HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.' 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THE NEXT YEAR, HE BEGAN FOUR SEASONS PLAYG THE TLE ROLE THE TV S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HARRIS THEN APPEARED FILMS AND TV MOVI, AS WELL AS ON STAGE, RENT AND CABARET. IN 2005, HE LAND THE ROLE OF BARNEY STSON ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS IS OPENLY GAY AND THE FATHER OF TWS.EARLY LIFEBORN ON JUNE 15, 1973 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXI, HARRIS IS THE SON OF ATTORNEYS. HARRIS GREW UP RUIDOSO, NEW MEXI, WHERE HE GOT HIS START ACTG AS TOTO A GRA SCHOOL PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ. HE APPEARED SEVERAL PLAYS AND MILS WHILE ATTENDG LA CUEVA HIGH SCHOOL.ACTG CAREERIN 1988, AT THE AGE OF 15, HARRIS WON A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR HIS PERFORMANCE OPPOSE WHOOPI GOLDBERG THE DRAMA CLARA'S HEART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE LAND THE LEADG ROLE AS A TEENAGE SURGEON ON ABC'S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. THE SHOW WAS A H, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS HARRIS WAS SYNONYMO WH HIS SMALL-SCREEN PERSONA. HE WAS NOMATED AGA FOR A GOLN GLOBE FOR HIS WORK ON THE SHOW, WHICH RAN FOR FOUR SEASONS. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, HARRIS NTUED TO STAY BY, THOUGH HIS PROJECTS FAILED TO REACH THE SAME SUCCS AS DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HE APPEARED SUPPORTG ROL ON THE BIG SCREEN SUCH FILMS AS STARSHIP TROOPERS, THE NEXT BT THG AND HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHE CASTLE. HE ALSO STARRED AS A NROTIC EDOR OPPOSE TONY SHALHOUB THE NBC S STARK RAVG MAD. HARRIS ALSO APPEARED ON BROADWAY PROOF, ASSASSS AND RENT, AS WELL AS A CRILLY ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCE AS THE HOST CABARET. THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND 2000S, HARRIS EARNED ACCLAIM FOR SEVERAL MA-FOR-TV MOVI, CLUDG MY ANTONIA, JOAN OF ARC AND THE CHRISTMAS BLSG. HE LAND ANOTHER S SUCCS 2005 WH HIS ROLE AS THE WOMANIZG BARNEY STSON CBS'S HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS HAS ENJOYED GREAT SUCCS AS THE HOST OF BROADWAY'S BIGGT AWARD SHOW, THE TONYS. HE HAS SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONI FOUR TIM— 2009, 2011, 2012, AND 2013, WNG THREE EMMYS AS WELL FOR HIS HOSTG DUTI. THEN 2014, HARRIS WON HIS FIRST TONY AWARD THE TEGORY OF BT LEADG ACTOR A MIL, PORTRAYG THE TLE CHARACTER THE EDGY ROCK PRODUCTN HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. THE SHOW WON FOR BT FEATURED ACTRS (LENA HALL) AND BT REVIVAL AS WELL. THE FOLLOWG YEAR SAW HARRIS HOSTG THE 87TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS CEREMONY, DOG EVERYTHG OM AN OPENG MIL HOMAGE TO APPEARG HIS SKIVVI A SK SPIRED BY THE FILM BIRDMAN. PERSONAL LIFEHARRIS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN 2006, MAKG A STATEMENT PEOPLE MAGAZE: "I AM QUE PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A VERY NTENT GAY MAN, LIVG MY LIFE TO THE FULLT." HE MARRIED HIS LONGTIME LOVE, ACTOR DAVID BURTKA, ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 PEGIA, ITALY. ELTON JOHN SANG AT THE TIMATE WEDDG RECEPTN. THE UPLE ANNOUNCED AUGT 2010 THAT THEY WERE EXPECTG TWS VIA A SURROGATE MOTHER. HARRIS AND BURTKA BEME PARENTS ON OCTOBER 12, 2010, WH THE ARRIVAL OF SON GION STT AND DGHTER HARPER {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
- NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ON HIS FIRST ON-CAMERA GAY SEX SCENE ‘UNUPLED,’ FAKE PENIS AND JOG ‘DOCTOR WHO’
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- OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREJULY 27, 2022NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ON WHY EVERYONE N RELATE TO HIS NEW SERI 'UNUPLED'4:26NETFLIXNEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS NEW EDY SERI, 'UNUPLED'BY CARSON BLACKWELRSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!NEIL PATRICK HARRIS' NEW SHOW MAY BE ABOUT A GAY MAN HIS MID-40S WHO FDS HIMSELF BACK ON THE NEW YORK CY DATG SCENE AFTER A 17-YEAR RELATNSHIP UNEXPECTEDLY ENDS, BUT THE ACTOR SAYS THERE'S SOMETHG FOR EVERYBODY.HARRIS STARS AS MICHAEL LAWSON "UNUPLED," WHICH, ACRDG TO A LOGLE, IS "A STORY ABOUT HEARTBREAK, HEALG, AND ALL THE HUMOR WE FD ALONG THE WAY.""IT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAN OF A CERTA AGE HAS TO DATE AGA AND SORT OF AL WH A BREAKUP," HARRIS SAID WEDNDAY ON "GOOD MORNG AMERI," ADDG THAT THE BREAKUP ISN'T ONE MICHAEL SE G.MORE: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS NEW ROLE 4TH 'MATRIX' MOVIE"I WAS A LTLE B WORRIED THAT THIS WOULD BE SOME NICHE SHOW THAT ONLY GAY MEN OF A CERTA AGE WOULD RELATE TO," HE NTUED. BUT A BREAKUP IS SOMETHG MOST VIEWERS HAVE EXPERIENCED, HE SAID, NOTG THAT THE SERI IS VERY WATCHABLE.BARBARA NKE/NETFLIXNEIL PATRICK HARRIS AS MICHAEL LAWSON NETFLIX'S "UNUPLED."HARRIS ALSO SAID THAT EXPLORG THE MAN'S EMOTN WH A BREAKUP GIV THE SHOW A "DIFFERENT" APPEAL, AS A LOT OF STORI TEND TO FOC ON THE WOMAN'S EMOTNS THOSE SUATNS.EDOR'S PICKS1NEIL PATRICK HARRIS SWEETLY MARKS 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS 1ST DATE WH HBAND DAVID BURTKAAPRIL 2, 20212NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERSJANUARY 22, 20213NEIL PATRICK HARRIS REFLECTS ON 'DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.' 30 YEARS LATERSEPTEMBER 19, 2019"UNUPLED," OM "SEX AND THE CY" CREATOR DARREN STARR, IS "RELATIVELY LIGHT, THAT FUNNY THGS HAPPEN AND YET THEN YOU GET PUNCHED BY THE REALY OF THE EMOTN OF ALL," HARRIS SAID."I WAS NCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT, WHETHER PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SEE A EDY OR PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SEE DRAMA, AND I THK BOTH WORK -- AS LIFE," THE "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" ALUM EXPLAED. "IF YOU HAVE A BREAK UP YOUR REAL LIFE, 'S NOT ALL SAD, RIGHT? FUNNY THGS STILL HAPPEN WH ."MORE: TAKE OM NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'WE’RE PLETE BEE WE’RE PLETE'HARRIS ALSO LLED THE SERI "A 'SLIDG DOORS' VERSN OF MY OWN LIFE," REFERENCG THE 1998 FILM STARRG GWYH PALTROW WHICH VIEWERS SEE A WOMAN'S LIFE PLAY OUT TWO DIFFERENT, PARALLEL TIMEL, ALL HGG ON WHETHER OR NOT SHE TCH HER TRA ON TIME.JAMIE MCRTHY/GETTY IMAG, FILEDAVID BURTKA, LEFT, AND NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ATTEND NETFLIX'S "UNUPLED" SEASON 1 NEW YORK PREMIERE AT PARIS THEATER ON JULY 26, 2022 NEW YORK CY."MY HBAND, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER 18 YEARS," HE SAID. "I N'T IMAGE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ALL OF A SUDN WE WERE BROKEN UP WH."THE FIVE-TIME EMMY WNER HAS BEEN MARRIED TO DAVID BURTKA SCE 2014. THE UPLE, WHO MET 2004, SHARE 11-YEAR-OLD TWS HARPER AND GION.HARRIS -- WHO WILL NEXT APPEAR THE "DOCTOR WHO" AS PART OF THE SHOW'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY, A ROLE HE'S "NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY MUCH OF ANYTHG" ABOUT -- SAID HE'S "PROUD" OF "UNUPLED," AND SAID THE EIGHT 30-MUTE EPISOS ARE "A BGE-Y TYPE OF EXPERIENCE.""UNUPLED" WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX ON FRIDAY, JULY 29.SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT CULTUREBRNEY SPEARS OPENS UP AFTER HBAND FIL FOR DIVORCE: 'I'M A LTLE SHOCKED'
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NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'I REALISED I WAS GAY AFTER KISS OM BURT REYNOLDS'
Different sex, same cy “Unupled,” origal “Sex and the Cy” producer Darren Star’s look at gay life and love very upper-cst New York, where the most nt porn is of the pricey Manhattan real-tate variety. Mostly, the Netflix edy serv as a vehicle for Neil Patrick Harris as the sudnly sgle protagonist, while feelg too tired to fe much of a love nnectn. * neil patrick is gay *
He n most recently be seen alongsi Ben Affleck new release Gone Girl (2014) his brand new memoir, Choose Your Own Autobgraphy, Harris, who is now a married father-of-two wh David Burtka, scrib the journey of acceptance for both him and his loved reported by the Daily Mail, the book grappl wh the years Harris spent g to terms wh his sexualy, durg which he told people he was bisexual before revealg his is gay. “After a long ternal journey, you now embrace beg gay, regnisg as a wonrful and tegrally important ponent part of the totaly that is you, ” he wr. ”Harris me out 2006, nfirmg a statement: “I am happy to dispel any mours or misnceptns and am que proud to say that I am a very ntent gay man livg my life to the fullt and feel most fortunate to be workg wh wonrful people the bs I love.
The two beme parents to tws Gion and Harper September, he was one of a number of people featured an article entled 'gay list of shame' by Arabic webse Middle Eastern Broadstg Center (MBC), for which me unr fire and was forced to apologise.
Followg the 2011 lg that legalized gay marriage New York, the uple announced their engagement, and eventually wed a private ceremony Italy 2014. "I am a very ntent gay man livg my life to the fullt and feel most fortunate to be workg wh wonrful people the bs I love, " he said. June 25, 2011: Neil Patrick Harris and David Burkta announce their engagement followg the legalizatn of gay marriage New York.
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THE NEXT YEAR, HE BEGAN FOUR SEASONS PLAYG THE TLE ROLE THE TV S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HARRIS THEN APPEARED FILMS AND TV MOVI, AS WELL AS ON STAGE, RENT AND CABARET. IN 2005, HE LAND THE ROLE OF BARNEY STSON ON HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS IS OPENLY GAY AND THE FATHER OF TWS.EARLY LIFEBORN ON JUNE 15, 1973 ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXI, HARRIS IS THE SON OF ATTORNEYS. HARRIS GREW UP RUIDOSO, NEW MEXI, WHERE HE GOT HIS START ACTG AS TOTO A GRA SCHOOL PRODUCTN OF THE WIZARD OF OZ. HE APPEARED SEVERAL PLAYS AND MILS WHILE ATTENDG LA CUEVA HIGH SCHOOL.ACTG CAREERIN 1988, AT THE AGE OF 15, HARRIS WON A GOLN GLOBE NOMATN FOR HIS PERFORMANCE OPPOSE WHOOPI GOLDBERG THE DRAMA CLARA'S HEART. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE LAND THE LEADG ROLE AS A TEENAGE SURGEON ON ABC'S DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. THE SHOW WAS A H, AND FOR SEVERAL YEARS HARRIS WAS SYNONYMO WH HIS SMALL-SCREEN PERSONA. HE WAS NOMATED AGA FOR A GOLN GLOBE FOR HIS WORK ON THE SHOW, WHICH RAN FOR FOUR SEASONS. FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, HARRIS NTUED TO STAY BY, THOUGH HIS PROJECTS FAILED TO REACH THE SAME SUCCS AS DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D. HE APPEARED SUPPORTG ROL ON THE BIG SCREEN SUCH FILMS AS STARSHIP TROOPERS, THE NEXT BT THG AND HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHE CASTLE. HE ALSO STARRED AS A NROTIC EDOR OPPOSE TONY SHALHOUB THE NBC S STARK RAVG MAD. HARRIS ALSO APPEARED ON BROADWAY PROOF, ASSASSS AND RENT, AS WELL AS A CRILLY ACCLAIMED PERFORMANCE AS THE HOST CABARET. THROUGHOUT THE 1990S AND 2000S, HARRIS EARNED ACCLAIM FOR SEVERAL MA-FOR-TV MOVI, CLUDG MY ANTONIA, JOAN OF ARC AND THE CHRISTMAS BLSG. HE LAND ANOTHER S SUCCS 2005 WH HIS ROLE AS THE WOMANIZG BARNEY STSON CBS'S HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. HARRIS HAS ENJOYED GREAT SUCCS AS THE HOST OF BROADWAY'S BIGGT AWARD SHOW, THE TONYS. HE HAS SERVED AS THE EVENT'S MASTER OF CEREMONI FOUR TIM— 2009, 2011, 2012, AND 2013, WNG THREE EMMYS AS WELL FOR HIS HOSTG DUTI. THEN 2014, HARRIS WON HIS FIRST TONY AWARD THE TEGORY OF BT LEADG ACTOR A MIL, PORTRAYG THE TLE CHARACTER THE EDGY ROCK PRODUCTN HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. THE SHOW WON FOR BT FEATURED ACTRS (LENA HALL) AND BT REVIVAL AS WELL. THE FOLLOWG YEAR SAW HARRIS HOSTG THE 87TH ANNUAL AMY AWARDS CEREMONY, DOG EVERYTHG OM AN OPENG MIL HOMAGE TO APPEARG HIS SKIVVI A SK SPIRED BY THE FILM BIRDMAN. PERSONAL LIFEHARRIS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN 2006, MAKG A STATEMENT PEOPLE MAGAZE: "I AM QUE PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A VERY NTENT GAY MAN, LIVG MY LIFE TO THE FULLT." HE MARRIED HIS LONGTIME LOVE, ACTOR DAVID BURTKA, ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 PEGIA, ITALY. ELTON JOHN SANG AT THE TIMATE WEDDG RECEPTN. THE UPLE ANNOUNCED AUGT 2010 THAT THEY WERE EXPECTG TWS VIA A SURROGATE MOTHER. HARRIS AND BURTKA BEME PARENTS ON OCTOBER 12, 2010, WH THE ARRIVAL OF SON GION STT AND DGHTER HARPER {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
Neil Patrick Harris is a gay man his mid-40s who sudnly fds himself sgle after 17 years Netflix seri 'Unupled.' * neil patrick is gay *
Neil Patrick Harris got a crash urse those terms as he prepped for his Netflix edy "Unupled" (streamg Friday), which he stars as a middle-aged real-tate agent named Michael who's plunged to the New York datg pool after his boyiend of 17 years, Col (Tuc Watks), dumps, who's been a relatnship wh his hband, actor/chef David Burtka, sce 2004, relied on iends to te him about gay hookup apps such as Grdr. ) "It seems that app-based datg the gay world is much ls about long-term nnectn, " he ntu. Meanwhile, Michael bonds wh a newly divorced real-tate client (Marcia Gay Harn) and attempts to unver why Col might've left him.
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We've both been through signifint breakups and felt that was a strong way to tell a story not only about a gay relatnship, but about a gay man beg sgle middle age, and what that would mean. " Harris was their first choice to play Michael bee "he checks every box, " Richman says: He's an out gay actor who unrstands edy, havg played cksure womanizer Barney Stson for ne seasons of CBS' "How I Met Your Mother. I also wrote an choose your own tobgraphy of Neil Patrick 's kd of like a Choose Your Own Adventurewhere some of the stori are fake, some of 'em are super heartfelt, some super gay, and some super funny and so, if you get bored wh the one, you jt, says, If you want to hear more about Elton John, go to page many languag do Neil Patrick Harris, oh, speak?
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Harris is openly gay and the father of LifeBorn on June 15, 1973 Albuquerque, New Mexi, Harris is the son of attorneys.
Personal LifeHarris publicly announced his sexual orientatn 2006, makg a statement People magaze: "I am que proud to say that I am a very ntent gay man, livg my life to the fullt. CITATION INFORMATIONArticle Tle: Neil Patrick Harris BgraphyAuthor: EdorsWebse Name: The webseUrl: Date: Publisher: A&E; Televisn NetworksLast Updated: April 15, 2021Origal Published Date: April 2, 2014QUOTESI am que proud to say that I am a very ntent gay man, livg my life to the beg a parent wh partner David Burtka: "We're super exced/nervo/thrilled. In Darren Star and Jefey Richman’s new Netflix seri “Unupled, ” Harris stars as Michael, a gay New York real tate agent whose partner of 17 years Col (Tuc Watks) leav him.
In fact, the actor has his first on-mera gay sex scene on “Unupled, ” wh “Sex and the Cy” movie alum Gill Mari. The st also clus Tisha Campbell, who plays Michael’s bt iend and bs partner, as well as Emerson Brooks, Brooks Ashmanskas and Marcia Gay Harn. When me time to fd a photo of his private parts for Michael to post on gay hookup app Grdr, an image of a prosthetic penis was nsired.
OPEN MENUVIOSHOPWELLNSFOODCULTUREFAYLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICY — YOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS — CHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICY — INTERT-BASED ADS — TERMS OF USE — DO NOT SELL MY INFO — CONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHMI STRONG: CHARI TO SUPPORT WILDFIRE RELIEF EFFORTSCULTUREJULY 27, 2022NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ON WHY EVERYONE N RELATE TO HIS NEW SERI 'UNUPLED'4:26NETFLIXNEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS NEW EDY SERI, 'UNUPLED'BY CARSON BLACKWELRSHARE —SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!NEIL PATRICK HARRIS' NEW SHOW MAY BE ABOUT A GAY MAN HIS MID-40S WHO FDS HIMSELF BACK ON THE NEW YORK CY DATG SCENE AFTER A 17-YEAR RELATNSHIP UNEXPECTEDLY ENDS, BUT THE ACTOR SAYS THERE'S SOMETHG FOR EVERYBODY.HARRIS STARS AS MICHAEL LAWSON "UNUPLED," WHICH, ACRDG TO A LOGLE, IS "A STORY ABOUT HEARTBREAK, HEALG, AND ALL THE HUMOR WE FD ALONG THE WAY.""IT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A MAN OF A CERTA AGE HAS TO DATE AGA AND SORT OF AL WH A BREAKUP," HARRIS SAID WEDNDAY ON "GOOD MORNG AMERI," ADDG THAT THE BREAKUP ISN'T ONE MICHAEL SE G.MORE: NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS NEW ROLE 4TH 'MATRIX' MOVIE"I WAS A LTLE B WORRIED THAT THIS WOULD BE SOME NICHE SHOW THAT ONLY GAY MEN OF A CERTA AGE WOULD RELATE TO," HE NTUED. BUT A BREAKUP IS SOMETHG MOST VIEWERS HAVE EXPERIENCED, HE SAID, NOTG THAT THE SERI IS VERY WATCHABLE.BARBARA NKE/NETFLIXNEIL PATRICK HARRIS AS MICHAEL LAWSON NETFLIX'S "UNUPLED."HARRIS ALSO SAID THAT EXPLORG THE MAN'S EMOTN WH A BREAKUP GIV THE SHOW A "DIFFERENT" APPEAL, AS A LOT OF STORI TEND TO FOC ON THE WOMAN'S EMOTNS THOSE SUATNS.EDOR'S PICKS1NEIL PATRICK HARRIS SWEETLY MARKS 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS 1ST DATE WH HBAND DAVID BURTKAAPRIL 2, 20212NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERSJANUARY 22, 20213NEIL PATRICK HARRIS REFLECTS ON 'DOOGIE HOWSER, M.D.' 30 YEARS LATERSEPTEMBER 19, 2019"UNUPLED," OM "SEX AND THE CY" CREATOR DARREN STARR, IS "RELATIVELY LIGHT, THAT FUNNY THGS HAPPEN AND YET THEN YOU GET PUNCHED BY THE REALY OF THE EMOTN OF ALL," HARRIS SAID."I WAS NCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD PLAY OUT, WHETHER PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SEE A EDY OR PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO SEE DRAMA, AND I THK BOTH WORK -- AS LIFE," THE "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" ALUM EXPLAED. "IF YOU HAVE A BREAK UP YOUR REAL LIFE, 'S NOT ALL SAD, RIGHT? FUNNY THGS STILL HAPPEN WH ."MORE: TAKE OM NEIL PATRICK HARRIS: 'WE’RE PLETE BEE WE’RE PLETE'HARRIS ALSO LLED THE SERI "A 'SLIDG DOORS' VERSN OF MY OWN LIFE," REFERENCG THE 1998 FILM STARRG GWYH PALTROW WHICH VIEWERS SEE A WOMAN'S LIFE PLAY OUT TWO DIFFERENT, PARALLEL TIMEL, ALL HGG ON WHETHER OR NOT SHE TCH HER TRA ON TIME.JAMIE MCRTHY/GETTY IMAG, FILEDAVID BURTKA, LEFT, AND NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ATTEND NETFLIX'S "UNUPLED" SEASON 1 NEW YORK PREMIERE AT PARIS THEATER ON JULY 26, 2022 NEW YORK CY."MY HBAND, WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER 18 YEARS," HE SAID. "I N'T IMAGE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ALL OF A SUDN WE WERE BROKEN UP WH."THE FIVE-TIME EMMY WNER HAS BEEN MARRIED TO DAVID BURTKA SCE 2014. THE UPLE, WHO MET 2004, SHARE 11-YEAR-OLD TWS HARPER AND GION.HARRIS -- WHO WILL NEXT APPEAR THE "DOCTOR WHO" AS PART OF THE SHOW'S 60TH ANNIVERSARY, A ROLE HE'S "NOT AT LIBERTY TO SAY MUCH OF ANYTHG" ABOUT -- SAID HE'S "PROUD" OF "UNUPLED," AND SAID THE EIGHT 30-MUTE EPISOS ARE "A BGE-Y TYPE OF EXPERIENCE.""UNUPLED" WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON NETFLIX ON FRIDAY, JULY 29.SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTERS TO GET GMA LIVERED TO YOUR BOX EVERY MORNG!UP NEXT CULTUREBRNEY SPEARS OPENS UP AFTER HBAND FIL FOR DIVORCE: 'I'M A LTLE SHOCKED'
Actor and sger Neil Patrick Harris revealed that he realised he was gay after receivg a iendly kiss om om Burt Reynolds on the set of the h ABC tective seri om the 90s "B.L. Stryker" which he guted 1989 * neil patrick is gay *
Different sex, same cy “Unupled, ” origal “Sex and the Cy” producer Darren Star’s look at gay life and love very upper-cst New York, where the most nt porn is of the pricey Manhattan real-tate variety. That troduc a separate plot volvg a wealthy and mandg woman (Marcia Gay Harn all her imper glory) who is gettg divorced and whose bs Michael sperately wants.
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Neil Patrick Harris is figurg out d--- pics after boyiend of 17 years dumps him first Unupled trailer Co-created by Darren Star (Sex and the Cy, Ey Paris) a rom for gay men of a certa age...
Any gay man who's sgle New York knows that 's a particular circle of hell, ma all the worse by any number of factors, age beg one of them.
So image you're happily upled, or so you thk, and after 17 years, your partner walks out on you wh barely a "Bye, Gay.
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But when Col unexpectedly mov out on the eve of his 50th birthday, leavg Michael pletely bldsid, he has to nont two nightmar: losg the man he thought was his soulmate, and sudnly fdg himself a sgle gay man his mid-forti New York Cy. Sarah Shatz/Netflix © 2022 Neil Patrick Harris gettg the bs om Tisha Campbell 'Unupled' | Cred: Sarah Shatz/Netflix Luckily, Michael's got his bt gal pal Suzanne (the perennially fabulo Tisha Campbell), hghty and hte client Claire (Osr-wner, and don't you fet , Marcia Gay Harn) who's also gog through a divorce. Sarah Shatz/Netflix © 2022 Marcia Gay Harn beg rich and unbothered 'Unupled' | Cred: Sarah Shatz/Netflix "We are so exced to share our seri Unupled, " Star and Richman said a statement.
"It is a passn project for both of , one that has given the opportuny to wre a btersweet romantic edy om the perspective of a gay man. Courty of Netflix © 2022 Gut star Gill Mari and Neil Patrick Harris post- 'Unupled' | Cred: Netflix What n we say, between Fire Island, Bros, and now Unupled, 's the summer of the gay rom !
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The rise of the gay rom-: Fire Island's Joel Kim Booster & Bros' Billy Eichner refe the genre. In November 2006, the guy announced his sexualy, statg that he was happy and proud to announce that he is a very ntent gay man livg his life to the fullt and feels good to work wh betiful people. Before g out as gay, Patrick had started hangg out wh his current life partner, David Burtka.
Further, his partner David is a profsnal actor and a chef by profsn, and his sexualy is also gay. The romantic gay uple even disclosed their engagement after five years of their participatn via Twter 2011. Currently, the gay pair is livg happily wh their two kids whout divorce mors and ntroversi regardg their love life.
In addn to this, the married gay partner liv a lavish Harlem townhoe Manhattan and even renovat the hoe wh the help of terr signer Trace Lehnhoff and archect Jeffery Poverno, which took 14 months. The 47-year-old actor is revealg his thoughts on the ntroversial nversatn about who gets to play what 22, 2021, 4:24 AM UTC / Source: TODAYNeil Patrick Harris is openg up about his thoughts on whether or not straight actors should play gay on televisn and film. ”The 47-year-old actor is about to be part of an all gay male ensemble the new seri "It’s A S, " that was directed by Rsell T Davi, the creator of "Queer as Folk.
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ONCE OPENED UP ABOUT HIS RELATNSHIPS WH WOMEN BEFORE COMG OUT AS GAY
" Followg a group of young gay men early 1980s England and their experience wh HIV and AIDS, Davi ma a pot to st this latt work of his wh actors who intify as gay real life.
“I’m not beg woke about this… but I feel strongly that if I st someone a story, I am stg them to act as a lover, or an enemy, or someone on dgs or a crimal or a sat… they are not there to ‘act gay’ bee ‘actg gay’ is a bunch of s for a performance, " Davi said of his stg cisn. "Neil Patrick HarrisOn the subject of "Queer as Folk, " the groundbreakg early 2000s drama that featured mostly straight actors playg gay, Harris said he was a big fan. “I thk there’s somethg sexy about stg a straight actor to play a gay role, if they’re willg to vt a lot to .
It mak a difference performance-wise (IMO), but also bec straight actors playg 'gay' centers straightns. "Kristen Stewart also recently opened up about the topic of straight actors playg gay, sayg she thks "about this all the time. “In our world that we live you n’t really as a director mand that (an actor be gay or straight), " he said, addg the qutn: "Who’s to terme how gay someone is?
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Dcribg the new Netflix edy seri Unupled as "Sex and the Cy, but gay" mak about as much sense as scribg somethg as "Entourage, but straight. " Sex and the Cy, created by Unupled -creator Darren Star, was famoly the Goln Girls of s era — a seri ostensibly centerg women whom the wrers were clearly dg as gay men.
Conversely, Marcia Gay Harn tak a broadly wrten part — that of a hghty, newly divorced Lady who Lunch who bonds wh Michael — and fds wh a seri of small, specific emotnal beats to play. Michael's gay iends, horny lol weatherman Billy (Emerson Brooks) and lonely art gallery owner Stanley (Brooks Ashmanskas) are supportive of Michael, jt as Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte were by spendg all those long lunch dutifully noddg along as Carrie lamented her love life. Michael lectur the kid about how he and other gay men ma sacrific for the sake of llow lennials, then adds "Well, not me.
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If s centerg of cis whe gay men mak seem like a cultural throwback, try the new Queer as Folk on Peack, which has figured out how to get more voic to the mix ways that broan the stori beg told and brg s characters' differenc to sharper relief.
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS HAS NO ISSUE WH STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS, SAYS ’S ‘SOMETHG SEXY’
But if you like your othy gay sex edy served wh a si of real tate porn, you uld do worse than Unupled. It's tellg, I thk, that at one pot my hband and I found ourselv growg trated wh the show for some reason we uldn't place, until we realized that every time we see Marcia Gay Harn's character's apartment, 's om the exact same angle. 4:26NetflixNeil Patrick Harris talks new edy seri, 'Unupled'Neil Patrick Harris' new show may be about a gay man his mid-40s who fds himself back on the New York Cy datg scene after a 17-year relatnship unexpectedly ends, but the actor says there's somethg for stars as Michael Lawson "Unupled, " which, acrdg to a logle, is "a story about heartbreak, healg, and all the humor we fd along the way.
"I was a ltle b worried that this would be some niche show that only gay men of a certa age would relate to, " he ntued.
More than eight years after pletg his n as the legendary straight d Barney Stson on CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother, ” Emmy-wng actor Neil Patrick Harris has returned to the s format Netflix’s “Unupled, ” playg a gay man who is unwillgly thst back to the New York Cy datg scene after beg unceremonly dumped by his partner of 17 years. Overnight, Michael has to ntend wh two nightmar: losg the man he thought was his soulmate and beg forced to navigate the digal and generatnal gap of datg as a newly sgle gay man his — who rose to fame as a wunrkd doctor on “Doogie Howser, M.
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’ story, ” he he grappl wh the grief and nial of beg “unupled, ” Harris’ character, Michael, stggl wh the polics of gay datg today’s society — the transactnal nature of hookups, the unwrten l of etiquette on var jarrg experience of beg thrown to “a whole other world” and forced to learn on one’s feet was somethg that the creative team really wanted to nvey, acrdg to Harris, who likened Michael’s stggl wh adaptg to the ever-changg datg world to his own stggl wh the evolutn of textg. ”While Michael ets over the viabily of a middle-aged gay man a datg market maly prised of younger men, Harris said he has grown to embrace agg over time, spe livg a culture and workg an dtry that ntu to value youthful appearanc. “My slong stggle was to jt feel fortable my own body, bee I would be my mid-20s, my late 20s, and I jt still would go to the gym and feel like I was a sophomore high school and everyone was better than me at , and I felt awkward and gawky and didn’t know my posture, ” he said.
More than 15 years later, the actor thks “we’re enterg this new world” where the stris onscreen LGBTQ reprentatn mean “there’s ls fear of negative repercsns for beg proud and open and hont about who you want to make out wh” — to the pot that he is now able to lead his own Netflix show as, and about, an openly gay man.
”But Harris utned that, at the end of the day, actors are supposed to act, explag that he choos to look beyond the labels of gay or straight when breakg down his own characters. “And if I was playg an over-the-top flight attendant on a broad edy, then I’d probably swg to a very different terpretatn — not of gay vers straight, but of what the wrers and the directors were hopg for.