Actor
Neil
Patrick
Harris
who
tied
the
knot
with
his
longtime
partner
David
Burtka,
says
they
got
married
for
the
sake
of
their
children
-
Harper
and
Gideon.
The
couple
tied
the
knot
earlier
this
month
after
dating
for
10
years.
It
was
an
Italian
wedding
and
Neil
Patrick
Harris
surprised
his
fans
by
posting
his
wedding
pic
on
Twitter.
He
captioned,
"Guess
what?
@DavidBurtka
and
I
got
married
over
the
weekend.
In
Italy.
Yup,
we
put
the
'n'
and
‘d'
in
‘husband'."
"How
I
Met
Your
Mother" star
shared
reasons
that
prompted
him
to
walk
down
the
aisles
on
"The
View",
a
talk
show.
"I
think
when
our
kids
got
to
the
age
when
they
were
having
reasonable
conversations
where
they're
asking
lots
of
'why'
questions,
then
it
seemed
(important)
to
be
able
to
have
a
real
clear-cut
(identity)
of
who
their
daddy
is
-
that
he's
my
husband,
it
was
easier
than
partner
or
boyfriend," he
said.
The
41-year-old
actor
tied
the
knot
in
Italy
with
only
45
guests
present
at
the
destination
wedding.
Neil
said,
"We
did
it
as
a
destination
wedding,
and
it
kept
the
numbers
down.
I
just
wanted
to
be
able
to
say
nice
things
about
David
to
David
in
front
of
the
people
that
mattered
the
most
to
us.
It
was
less
about
a
proclamation
and
more
about
a
declaration
that
I
was
able
to
share
in
front
of
our
kids."
The
couple
are
dads
to
twins
Gideon
and
Harper,
who
were
born
via
a
surrogate
mother
in
2010.