November 24, 2011 | Celeb Watch

Neil Patrick Harris talks marriage

People are fascinated by all the things celebrities do ... and don't do. And openly gay actor Neil Patrick Harris is certainly no exception.

The big question facing the father of twins? Why aren't you and your partner, David Burtka, married yet?

"It’s complicated," he said. "David proposed to me five and a half years ago in New York on the same street corner where we met. The following year on Valentine’s Day in Santa Monica, one of my gifts was a ring and I proposed to him. Then, when the marriage-equality stuff was on the tipping point in New York, where we have residency because we have an apartment there, it seemed my responsibility to at least tweet about it—to say, 'Please vote for marriage equality in New York, it would be nice to get married someday.'"

"It passed, and then someone tweeted David asking if we were going to get married, to which David replied, 'Yes, I proposed to Neil and he proposed to me.' Which I think sounded immediate and wasn’t. It’s exactly what we didn’t want to do, because we contemplated getting married in California, before the Prop 8 debacle, and I opted not to immediately because I didn’t want it to be a media event. I didn’t want to go marching down the street with camera crews. Oy. To get married? Really? It seems like you have an agenda when you do it that way. I wouldn’t want to get married to be an example.

"I’m hoping we’ll be able to get married in California soon, but there are no plans afoot."

We look forward to the invite!

You can read the full interview with Harris at Details.com.