Neil Patrick Harris & His Awesome 40th Birthday Present from David Burtka

[romantico]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 9:51pm

This sounds so cool. They need to make a movie on this. Lets hope Sondheim writes the script with David Burtka.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvc21xJyhdM

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 10:18pm

You know... I sorta lost all faith in him because of something he did here in LA.

He is the President of the Magic Castle and put a stop to some shows that Jim Caruso was doing out here.

They were getting huge crowds of people with money and breathing new life into the place. They were all Broadway and show biz performers and Neil said he didn't think it was right for this to be happening at the establishment.

It made me very sad that the guy who was hosting the Tonys, and passing himself off as a big fan of Broadway, pulled his weight and got the shows shut down.

I had been hearing the rumors, and I wanted to know if they were true or not. So, I wrote to Jim and flat out asked him and he verified it.

So, frankly, all of this love for him makes me throw up in my mouth a little.

[blaxx]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 11:10pm

Ugh, when I go to hell I'm going to be stuck with him in a room.

He'll proceed to talk about himself for all eternity, I just know it.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 11:12pm

I don't hate him or anything, but I don't see the need to make a movie out of it.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 11:21pm

He and David are becoming very....Ellen and Anne.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 11:24pm

David does seem like he could go Celestia at any moment.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 5/9/13 at 11:26pm

This is what happens when gays sell out to the bourgeoisie!!

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 8:23am

There's a certain point at which "cute" becomes "phony" and ceases to be at all appealing.

[D2]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 8:30am

And that point is usually around 40.

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 8:48am

When you wipe your ass with $100 bills this is what you do with money. The more and more he described the opulence and extravagence of the spending the more it turned me off.

Let's just flaunt it and tell everyone how we waste money!

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 8:55am

Rather, how David spends Neil's money. Happy Birthday, honey, here's the quarter million dollar Amex bill!

[Brian07663NJ]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 9:13am

Well...if he put it on the AmEx "Black" Centurion card think of all the points they are earning!

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 9:34am

Yeah, that was annoying.

They've gone past their "cute, cute, cute in a stupid-ass way" sell dates.

Now they're cruising somewhere between the Spellings and the Kardashians.

Updated On: 5/10/13 at 09:34 AM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 11:23am

Halfway through that interminable story I wanted to kill myself. By the end, I wanted to kill him and his fiance.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 11:37am

I suppose it is at least partly jealousy, but my main reaction to that story as it went on was... How much money is this ****ing costing? I think when you have money and you have earned it, of course you should enjoy it, but there gets to be a point....

And the more cynical part of me wonders--you just turned 40. You have a great husband. You have kids. You have a great boyfriend. Why go through all this work? A weekend of a Sondheim puzzle hunt--like he did for charity a few years back with Normal Heart is just as impressive and makes more sense to my mind.

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 11:42am

Better yet, give all that money to an Aids organization and enjoy a Fudgie the Whale at home with your partner and kids.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 11:48am

And the more cynical part of me wonders--you just turned 40. You have a great husband. You have kids. You have a great boyfriend. Why go through all this work? A weekend of a Sondheim puzzle hunt--like he did for charity a few years back with Normal Heart is just as impressive and makes more sense to my mind.

A husband and a boyfriend? NPH isn't as wholesome as we thought...

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 12:05pm

It's not just the money (which is excessive), it's the EIGHT MONTHS it took to plan and execute it.

I think the Les Miserables movie took less time with their entire production schedule.

I kept picturing Neil with a powdered wig and snuff box while he told the story.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 12:10pm

Ha, I think I would find him more interesting if he were less wholesome... I couldn't remember if they were married or not. (No, I didn't watch the apparently very touching special about them on Oprah's network.) :P

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 12:11pm

I love it when the wealthy flaunt their money and try to act cute while doing it in front of millions of people who are living pay check to paycheck.

Doesn't make me want to punch them in the throat at all.

[newintown]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 12:19pm

Just imagine if Harris had stayed with Chad Kimball - what would their opulent life be like?

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 12:33pm

I'd rather he talk about the birthday threesome. That piece was so sugary and entitled it made me sick.

I just love when rich people gush about their lives to poor people living in a horrendous ecomony.

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 1:54pm

Couldn't agree more with a lot of you. The entire thing is gag-inducing and Harris annoying.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 6:36pm

What's the antonym of Schadenfreude? I.e., "unhappiness at the good fortune of others"?

(Please note that I capitalized the noun for you, PJ.)

Updated On: 5/10/13 at 06:36 PM

[Kad]

Posted: 5/10/13 at 6:42pm

And imagine if David Burtka stayed with his older sugar daddy!