Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Expecting Twins

Not sure if this was mentioned here yet, but I don't see a thread.%0D %0D **%0D %0D Neil Patrick Harris is going to have his hands full come fall.%0D %0D E! News has exclusively learned that the ubiquitous actor and his longtime partner, David Burtka, are going to become the parents of twins, via a beautiful surrogate, this October.%0D %0D At least the dads are allowed to celebrate with a champagne toast!%0D %0D A source tells E! that the happy couple have put baby shower plans in motion, as if Harris' chance of winning three Emmys this month wasn't already enough to celebrate!%0D %0D Burtka, a chef and actor who has guest-starred on How I Met Your Mother, was just seen with his multitalented beau last weekend after Harris directed a production of Rent at the Hollywood Bowl.%0D %0D And this is not the first time there's been speculation about Harris' pending fatherhood.%0D %0D Star reported last year that Burtka and Harris had visited a surrogacy agency in L.A. to get the ball rolling on expanding their family. They've been together for roughly six years.%0D %0D Reps for Harris have yet to return our calls for comment.%0D %0D %0D %0D

NPH, love him but that bastard just seems to have the perfect life, doesn't he?

I posted it in an old thread but this is much better. I'm happy for them if it's true. %0D %0D Let's see if they'll do a people spread like the straight couples do.

so... are they gonna shit it out?

I would bet they will get married very soon. Yay!

Yours was the only birth to occur that way, R3.

Neil confirmed it via twitter.t

maybe NPH should thank Perez Hilton for outing him LOL.

How can two men get pregnant?

That pig Bill O'Reilly is going to have a cow.

R11 Can't be worse than the comments at eonline

How fabulous. One for each of them.

No kidding about the hateful comments on eonline! God some people are just sick. This one comment calling the bigots out on it was wonderful:%0D %0D "To all the haters leaving vile hateful messages about this story. The only reason these kids might have any troubles in life is because of narrow minded idiotic fools like yourselves. Hopefully by the time these kids are older people like you will have been marginalized to the point you know to shut the F*** up." %0D %0D

Am I the only one who when I see that name thinks: "David Buttka?"

These boys are bringing little bastards into the world and want their privacy respected. Did I hear the words "Shotgun wedding?"

Congrats to them! Fuck the haters. I think they'll be wonderful parents.

The thing is that their kids wouldn't have problems if people like the haters on the e! site would keep their opinions to themselves.

#2/#7/#12- you seem to have a disturbing obsession with following Fivehead's every move. Accept these recent events as proof that he'll never marry you- and move on.

Most likely, their kids, like the children of most gay parents, will not have problems. Children of gay parents do as well as children of straight parents, and in some areas, actually do better. Haters can't change statistics.

Haters can hate. It's what they do.

The heir and the spare...

You may burn your bridges behind cheap potshots at Harris' appearance, but some of us hold out hope without becoming defensively bitter like you.

Good for them! And I agree, fuck the haters.

R19 why would I be happy for him and David if I want to marry Neil? Wouldn't I be devastated by the news? You make no sense

NPH is a god. I love him and he is living his life. He is talented and had some breaks. Good for him! I hate David though...only because he has NPH and I don't!

now when will they tie the knot?

david you lucky man you are father of four cute kids and have a gorgeous hubbie who loves you and gives the best surprise birthday party ever!

LOVE NPH and I think he and David are a beautiful couple. They seem like they'd make good parents. Very happy for them.

They've already set up the baby seats in the trunk of their car.

Will they be conjoined twins?

Congrats to both. Does anyone know if David still has contact with his other twins from a previous relationship?

[quote]so... are they gonna shit it out?%0D %0D I did. Also inseminated my hole with my own sperm. I dont know how these mortals managed.

Neil tweets to respect his privacy...what a fucktard, now everyone knows thanks to your tweet. He just gave up his privacy by announcing it on his tweet

Expecting twin monkeys? The two males can't expect anything! November can't come soon enough.

Burtka already has another set of twins?

I must admit I'm a little jealous. I appreciate NPH being out and being a "good" example of a gay man but he really does have it made. My partner and I would love to have kids but there's no way we could ever afford a surrogacy... maybe adoption but that's expensive too. Not to mention just the regular costs associated with raising a kid.

I actually don't envy Burtka. It must suck that he and Neil are both actors but Burtka's career has gone nowhere since Gypsy while NPH has blown up. I know he's become a chef but he clearly still wants to be an actor (he had a small part in a gay movie he catered recently). I wonder if kids was NPH's idea to give Burtka something to put his eneregy into full time.

David is a cute guy with a very good body. I saw him in "The Play About the Baby" in which he was naked through most of the play. He had his pick of bfs and chose Neal. Neal is lucky to get him.%0D %0D Good luck to both David and Neal.

NPH is the classic dweeb whose main goal in life was bagging a hot babe. DB is a starfucker. Please don't be jealous.

[quote]Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Expecting Twins

...they hired for a foursome to ring the doorbell any minute now!

I assume that it was In Vitro. Who's sperm was used or did they make a cocktail and let nature decide?

NPH liked to fuck women in the past, so I assume he did the deed.

Congrats to them! Hope we get a People spread: two hunky dads, each holding a baby.

R34, he has twins with a former boyfriend (another rich older bf), but they're biologically the ex-boyfriend's. I suspect these will biologically be Neil's.

Does he have a relationship with his two other kids?

Burtka and the kids were together at NPH's magic castle show, apparently.

How old was Burtka's old bf?

There some photos with Neil, David and the kids on the net and somebody posted a video of the magic awards on youtube were you can see the kids in some scenes.%0D %0D R46 I think the ex is about 10years older.%0D %0D R38 if David is a starfucker who are the other stars he fucked?

who is David's ex partner? David is 35 so he is 45.

R36, I saw Burtka in two shows, including GYPSY. I have no idea how he ever got an acting role, except for that one where he had to be naked. He's beautiful, but God, is he a bland nothing onstage.

R51

Was his dancing good in Gypsy?

so david can't act? his catering website is also quite bland. :0

But man is good looking, has a talent husband, and four kids ... OMG

I quite liked Burtka in 24 Nights. Rather charming as a dim queeny gay boy.

R54 yes and he looked really good in his red underwear. I think he's great as Scooter in HIMYM too.%0D %0D R50 I probably shouldn't post the link here because of you mean queens but at the link is a pic of the baby daddy and David's twins (and funnily enough the article is also about Matt Bomer's husband Simon Halls)%0D

[R41] WTF?

[R40] is probably right -- they probably did the mix.

Unless the twins are identical, not common for surrogates, for all we know it could be one of each.

They've already gated off the kitchen in preparation for the potty training.

From what I can see, if you're talking about Lane Janger, R55, he looks great. True, it's at a distance, but still. Not a surprise. Burtka was even cuter when younger, so why wouldn't he be good-looking?

thanks r55 and r58. David has good taste in men! But the twins don't look alike at all.

Well, R60, unless you're looking at some other picture of them up-close, I don't see how you can tell.

But (a) as said above, they're likely fraternal, and (b) if David and Lane did the mix, one could be David's one, could be Lane's.

Of course they're fraternal! Opposite gendered twins can't be identical!

It was already confirmed before that both are Lane's.

I imagine interracial parents dealt with similar hate years ago too. America has so, so many angry hateful people today.

[quote]It must suck that he and Neil are both actors but Burtka's career has gone nowhere since Gypsy while NPH has blown up.%0D %0D True, but I still don't think he should feel so bad. Neil has been on TV since he was a teenager with a show of his own, so he had a huge advantage coming into his career as an adult that David didn't have.

How long have they been together?%0D %0D For some reason, I think they do not know what they are doing.

I think David is obsessed with having twins. They're gonna break up and he's gonna go have twins with some other guy.

R66 huh, why? They've been together for 6.5years

It just seems faddish and a whim.%0D %0D I doubt they will stay together.%0D %0D It doesn't seem like a serious endeavor, but rather like a whimsical fad thing to do.%0D %0D And being together 6.5 years is not very long.

Is he involved with raising the twins he already has?

In HW and gay years, 6.5 is indeed quite long.

David already having twins and now having a second set of twins is ridiculous.%0D %0D Why doesn't David just involve himself in the first set twins bringing them to his house/apt so that Neil Patrick Harris can satisfy any urges he has to raise children?

R71, if that is true, it doesn't say much for the future of the children involved with this couple nor does it say much for gay marriage.%0D %0D What is HW?

R41, when a surrogate is used, the male does not fuck the surrogate. %0D %0D Insemination of the female surrogate is done in a doctor's office with medical instruments.

[R62] I couldn't tell one was a boy for sure from the photo. Again, it's a distant shot.

I eat shit and I'm a right wing cunt

Yea! Gay dads are so sweet.

I wish them all the best on their growing family.

I hope they have NPH's personality.

So is Burtka a professional gold digger?

why r79, David doesn't have a good personality?

[quote]It just seems faddish and a whim. I doubt they will stay together. It doesn't seem like a serious endeavor, but rather like a whimsical fad thing to do. And being together 6.5 years is not very long.

You do realize you're assuming things about two people you know nothing about. They are total strangers to you. I don't know you, so I won't assume, but I will ask, are you really that fucked up?

I hope the best for their whole family

Burtka has learned what women have known forever--way to lock up the money is to breed with the alpha male.%0D %0D That said, congratulations to them both and I hope they're very happy.

"You do realize you're assuming things about two people you know nothing about." %0D %0D You do realize where you are R82. Don't you?%0D %0D That being said, I'm glad that Burtka is actively involved in raising his previous kids. There are so few out and proud couples in Hollywood, the last thing people need to see are deadbeat gay parents.

R85, where does it say that David is actively involved in raising the previous twins?%0D %0D R84, exactly, big financial pay-off when one breeds with a partner.

david and neil so cute in this interview

I really like them too, R87, but I did a complete eye-roll when David Burtka told that poor interviewer that if he could play any female part it would be Madea or Lady MacBeth.

Seriously, you just sang the sassy lesbian duet from Rent. Lay off the First Lady of the American stage nonsense, David.

Neil was very sweet by saying that, of the two of them, David was the actual serious theatre actor.

I think it's great they're starting a family. It seems like they love each other very much, and I wish them all the best.

I honestly think these websites like E Online are patrolled by religious fundies from%0D Westboro and similar, trying to stifle 'the agenda' of any gay topic by hater posting straight away. They're seriously deranged and so are half the people who post here judging these two. David is a failure, David has a nasty personality, Neil is a fivehead. Wow, right. Only on Datalounge. %0D %0D Just be nice why don't you. Be glad for them.

Where is R85 getting that David is actively involved in the lives of and closey raising the previous twins?

So happy and excited for them. It would be awesome if the technology existed to inseminate in such a way that there is one bio kid from each of them. Better yet would be to take an egg from a sister of each guy and fertilize them with the sperm of the other guy (then implant each embryo in the surrogate). That way both kids would be a close match biologically to both dads. Each parent, from a bio standpoint, would be uncle to one twin and dad to the other.

r92, great idea actually! I wonder how many gay couples have already done that!

Do they have sisters?

Why are you very much assuming that the sisters would want to be involved?%0D %0D I think most sisters would NOT want to do this.%0D %0D very foolish thinking%0D %0D And also harvesting an egg is physically painful and not a procedure anyone relishes, desires, or wishes to go thru.%0D

I think you are wrong R94. Lot's of women do donate their eggs---usually for money. But a better motivation would be to help someone you love have a child. I would do it in a heartbeat if I had a family member who need an egg.

R86 Neil talked about taking the twins to Disneyland, Magic Awards, American Idol, stuff like that so they're at least somewhat involved in the twins life.%0D %0D R93 David has a sister, Neil doesn't. I don't think I would want to do that, especially if the sister wants/has kids, would be kind of weird, no? That reminds me of Brothers & Sister where the sterile brother got the sperm of his brothers to impregnate his wife.%0D

since when can to men make babies? this is the shit that makes us hated!

If I have a gay brother I would donate my egg or be his surrogate in a heart beat.

I think the sister idea is absolutely ridiculous.%0D %0D Very few sisters would want a child running around that she is not raising.%0D %0D And why do you mention money being exchanged, R95 - it is ludicrous that you mention exchange of money since that is not the situation that is being suggested. %0D %0D Of course, money is exchanged when someone hires a surrogate to carry the child to term.

meant to type:%0D %0D very few sisters would want a child born from her egg that she is not raising

You're rather clueless, R99. Egg harvesting is big business. Surrogates often are only incubators for someone else's egg and sperm--- an implanted fertilized embryo. Most often it's infertile women over 35 who use eggs harvested from younger women (usually college students strapped for cash).%0D %0D Here you go:

R101, I am perfectly aware of all of that.%0D %0D I explained that I know all of that in my post.%0D %0D What I think is foolish is assuming that two sisters (or one sister) would automatically absolutely want to give their eggs to a brother for a child that the sister would not raise.%0D %0D It is extremely presumptuous to think that sisters would be interested except in the most rare of instances.%0D %0D Do you not understand english or have trouble with reading comprehension?

god, you're an idiot, R101 - I know all of that about egg harvesting and surrogacy - you have no idea what I was saying! You seem to not be able to read.%0D %0D I was objecting to the assumption that sisters would automatically want to donate an egg.%0D %0D

R101, of course I know that money is exchanges for egg harvesting and surrogacy.%0D %0D What I am objecting to is assuming that a sister would automatically want to donate an egg.%0D %0D I find it ludicrous that one poster thinks a sister or set of sisters would want to automatically donate eggs when 1) it would be for a child that she is not raising 2) very few sisters want their brother to raise their biological child 3) it is quite physically painful and intricate to harvest an egg

NPH just did a 2hour interview on Kevin Pollak's Chat Show. Right at the ende he was talking about the twins and how a lot of paparazzi are already following him around.%0D %0D He also mentions David's twins and how the ex already planned to have a baby before he met David so it was not the same situation like now. Great in interview and I think it will be online later today/tomorrow.%0D

How does David's ex already knowing he wanted a baby make the situation of David and NPH different?

R106 the ex already started the process of getting a baby when he met David while in this situation now both Neil and David decided together that they want to have a baby, so I think it's a bit different.

Hopefully, their surrogate will be treated much better than mine.

But Burtka knew going into the relationship that kids were on the way, right? So he took on that responsibility by getting serious with that guy.

Man, if this was a straight celeb couple, the reactions here would be quite different.

R109 yes, they raised them together till they were 2.5 and David still sees them now.%0D %0D what do you mean the reactions would be different it this was a straight couple?

Seeing the two of them together, it quickly becomes obvious that Doogie is the dominant top, and Burtka is the compliant bottom in that relationship.

If it were a straight couple you would all be screaming they should be adopting and stop contributing to overpopulation.%0D %0D And since when are all you kid haters so happy to see anyone have a baby?

gays are better than straights in liberal land!

No, I'm not, R81. I just really like NPH's personality so I hope the kids (if they're biologically his) will have his personality. I don't know much about David but he seems to be a nice guy.

I thought the whole idea around gays was to stop the population overgrowth? This is a travesty! I don't even agree with two men raising a kid!

Hit trolldar on R106. He/she is a FUCKING LOON.

Every time I skim past this thread, I think that Neil Patrick Harris and Delta Burke are expecting twins.

R105, I was not sure if you meant that David's ex had already arranged with a surrogate before David came into his life - or if you meant David's ex was just planning to have a baby sometime in the future when David came into his life.%0D %0D If David's ex had already arranged with a surrogate and the ex had already used his own sperm, then it is probably quite different than NPH and David's arrangement.

It would be cool if they used one of Liza's old eggs!

Those will be some great looking kids.

Not necessarily, R121 - you do not know what the looks are of the female egg donor

R122=RIGHT WING SHITSTAIN.

Having kids with a surrogate mom is the current status symbol for openly gay celebrities: Clay Aiken, Ricky Martin and now NPH and David Burtka.

The comments on eonline are vile and disgusting.

They seem to be genuine nice people. I am happy for them.

R124 believe what you want but imo you're an idiot. and btw Clay had a baby with a friend (both are involved in the parenting) so it was no surrogacy for him.

R124, also the male gay couple featured in the major CNN two-hour documentary on use of surrogacy for male gay couples.

here's the whole Pollak interview. Neil starts talking about the twins around 01:51:00.

I am now convinced being out and proud is the only way to a happy life. These two are adorable!

I hope everything will go allright with the pregnancy. They sure deserve it as positive role models.

Neil just won two Emmys - one for Glee and one for the 2009 Tony Awards. What a great year for Neil. Congrats.

Congratulations Neil! You rock!

R131

THIS has convinced you...? Wow.

2 out of 3 isn't bad. I don't think he'll win for HIMYM though.

R136 yeah, I don't think he'll win either. It's a bit said, I want him to win an Emmy at the "real" award show.

Again? Will their generosity know no limits?

Neil had a boy and the other one who cares.

Neil has one son, who needs another.

Is the boy the good child?

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