BEIJING,
Nov. 5 (Xinhuanet) -- Neil Patrick Harris, 33, currently starring in the CBS
comedy How I Met Your Mother, acknowledged that he is a gay and wants
to quell any rumors to the contrary.
"I am happy to dispel any rumors or misconceptions
and am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the
fullest," Harris tells People magazine's Web site.
The possibility Harris might be gay is one that has
floated around the gay community for a number of years. However, no one had ever
publicly published what amounted to only rumor.
Things changed since a report on canada.com by
acknowledging that he is gay late last month. The reports said that Harris had
helped his longtime boyfriend David Burtka land a role on his sitcom, How I Met
Your Mother.
As a response, Harris admits that he is a gay.
Harris first rose to prominence as the teenage star
of Doogie Howser, M.D., but has successfully made the transition from child star
to adult actor as an unhinged version himself in the 2004 movie Harold &
Kumar Go to White Castle.
Before landing the role of Barney on How I Met Your
Mother, Harris had guested on other television series including Numb3rs, Law and
Order, and Boomtown.
It remains to be seen whether acknowledging he is gay
will affect how the public perceives his role as the womanizing Barney, but it's
hard not to think that the American public must be growing accustomed to
learning such news.
(Agencies)
