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10/24/2009
Neil Patrick Harris at 300 Lbs
Neil Patrick Harris puts on some weight for the November 9 episode of How I Met Your Mother. Check out his transformation, AFTER THE JUMP...
Posted 12:21 PM EST by Andy Towle in Neil Patrick Harris, News, Television | Permalink
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Still cute.
Posted by: Fred V | Oct 24, 2009 1:07:24 PM
Fat people are gross!
Posted by: Doug Berman | Oct 24, 2009 1:23:28 PM
He looks a little like NJ candidate for governor Chris Christie.
Posted by: JerzeeMike | Oct 24, 2009 1:23:36 PM
people named Doug Berman are gross...
Posted by: todd | Oct 24, 2009 1:35:11 PM
... as Todd puts down the doughnut to type his retort...
Posted by: Doug Berman | Oct 24, 2009 1:42:18 PM
My hope is that people named 'Doug Berman' are making not-so-graceful ironic comments about how TV/Movies use the hackneyed go-to that fat people are worthy of ridicule.
I would also hope that people named 'Doug Berman' are a bit more evolved than some gay guys who STILL think that a six-pack is the only and/or natural state for all gay men to aspire to.
Posted by: princely54 | Oct 24, 2009 1:50:33 PM
todd is not fat...todd is disgusted by people who are so bitter and disrespectful.
Posted by: todd | Oct 24, 2009 1:55:25 PM
Doug, why don't you come up with something enlightening to contribute? I'm a guy who stands 6'2" and has a 32 inch waist, so I'm not replying to you from a defensive place--though I support anyone who does. How does your comment add to a conversation? Is it revealing? Does it tell anyone, particularly folks who struggle with weight issues, anything that they haven't heard before? Is your remark in anyway intelligent? What is the purpose of your remark? How do you imagine your personal observation impacts the world around you? Do you somehow believe that someone who is overweight will read that and jump into action, conquer any and all issues that surround their weight struggle, because your opinion is so very brilliant? Or, do you believe that you will just add your voice to a huge chorus of sanctimonious voices who feel elevated and get a sense of glee through demeaning others? How would you feel about someone who just wrote on this blog, "Gay people are gross!" Do you wnat to bring up the choice issue now? If so, think about the number of misguided and horrendously ignorant people who tell us that we have a choice.
Grow some humanity, Doug; look hard inside for a sense of mercy and compassion. At some point in your life, you will be glad that you did.
Posted by: MackMike | Oct 24, 2009 1:56:11 PM
Sorry for adding more, but why do we do this to eachother? Why are so many gay men so hard on one another? We battle enough through our lives as gay people, so I just can't understand why we would wish to heave any more pain on anyone who we know--from first hand experience--has enough of their plate to contend with. Gosh, if we aren't fat, we're fem, if we aren't fem, we're old--so much cannibalism!
Posted by: MackMike | Oct 24, 2009 2:03:48 PM
Wow Mackmike, 32 inch waste? what a fat ass! Gross. Its time for the 2 finger diet, honey. Get to it!
Posted by: Scott | Oct 24, 2009 2:18:39 PM
Amen to all of you who look at a person's worth by their character, not looks. You are truly amazing and wonderful people. I am pleased to meet you even if only through your comments.
Posted by: javo | Oct 24, 2009 2:19:58 PM
Remember when this post was about Neil Patrick Harris and not your own personal issues with weight?
Posted by: barto | Oct 24, 2009 2:24:59 PM
Scott, thank you so much for clearly illustrating my point. Sad.
Posted by: MackMike | Oct 24, 2009 2:45:07 PM
never a dull moment when there are queens involved!
Posted by: Joe | Oct 24, 2009 2:54:30 PM
@ MackMike
To respond to
"Sorry for adding more, but why do we do this to eachother? Why are so many gay men so hard on one another? We battle enough through our lives as gay people, so I just can't understand why we would wish to heave any more pain on anyone who we know--from first hand experience--has enough of their plate to contend with. Gosh, if we aren't fat, we're fem, if we aren't fem, we're old--so much cannibalism!"
That is because alot of fags have very low self esteem,it makes them feel good about themselves when they put another gay down.I personally am not attracted to fem or overweight guys but if they turned out to be overall decent people and dont have a shitty attitude,we can sure as hell be friends.That said I dont have many gay friends.Most of my friends are str8 except one (my best friend).This is why I dont have many gay friends,many of them are over dramatic and have issues with themselves.Thats why when dealing with other gay people the first thing out of their fucking mouth is a damn insult or they are calling you self-loathing for not having the same shady view on gaylife that they have.Sorry fuckers you wasted enough of my time.Have a gr8 Saturday.
Posted by: Rocky | Oct 24, 2009 2:57:30 PM
There is an interesting conundrum here. Even though Doug Berman's comment was stupid, isn't the point of Harris being in a fat suit to show how horrible and funny it would be if he were 300lbs? So how is that any better than what Berman said?
Posted by: Q | Oct 24, 2009 2:58:15 PM
I can' say what the purpose of Harris being in a fat suit is, though I would conjecture that you're right, Q. Without seeing the episode, I can't judge. We can't speak to Harris about his choices, but we can dialogue with Doug about his. Likely, both were poorly thought out.
I had a boyfriend years ago, who had lost weight before I met him, while he was on Phen-Phen. When it was removed from the market, and I didn't know that he had been on it, he gained 75 pounds within the year. It was really hard him, he felt defeated, ill at ease in the gay world, and it affected our relationship--not because he gained the weight (I loved the guy by that time, and I wasn't going to allow the weight to intefere), but because he felt insecure. Guys told him that we didn't look like we belonged together, as if that was all there was to love. But the brutality, the "tough love" he was shown, the "honesty" that people felt so free to share with him, as if he needed more of that.
The way that people treat fat folks and gay people are not wholly dissimilar. I wish we could have more compassion--we certainly don't get enough in society as a whole.
Posted by: MackMike | Oct 24, 2009 3:11:32 PM
Context is all, "Q."
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | Oct 24, 2009 3:13:55 PM
In get-up Neil looks like the twin brother of Martin Short's "Jiminy Glick."
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | Oct 24, 2009 3:28:05 PM
Good lord, David Ehrenstein. It's a goddamn fat suit on a shitty TV sitcom, what more context do you need? Somehow I doubt it was a thoughtful and detailed explication of the hardships that overweight people face. Thin person in fat suit = fat people are gross and funny, in all popular media. Sounds like someone has finally reached the point of irrelevance. Time to hang it up, Davey.
Posted by: Ugh | Oct 24, 2009 3:28:34 PM
Time to shove it up your ass, "Ugh."
Posted by: David Ehrenstein | Oct 24, 2009 3:49:37 PM
It's okay everyone - let's just hate fat & skinny people equally. They're all ugly!
Posted by: Bale | Oct 24, 2009 4:04:25 PM
Mackmike, you have a great attitude that is so rarely seen.
bravo.
thismd@yahoo.com
Posted by: RJ | Oct 24, 2009 4:24:56 PM
"This is why I dont have many gay friends,many of them are over dramatic and have issues with themselves."
... whereas, straight people tend to be compassionate, positive, and supportive of equal rights for everyone regardless of orientation, race or body size?
I can understand how some might suggest that we, as a minority, should hold ourselves to a higher standard of empathy than we expect of society in general, just as blacks who have experienced racial discrimination "should" know better than to be sexist and women should know better than to be against equal marriage rights for us gays.
But to suggest that we gaays have some sort of out-of-proportion epidemic of fat phobia or racism or sexism, as is so often suggested on internet blogs, just does not match up with my experience at all.
In my own life, I am surrounded by dozens of wonderful gay friends who are positive and empathetic toward others and who support equal rights for all.
I think people tend to end up finding the kind of friends we are looking for, at whatever standard we set for ourselves.
Posted by: GregV | Oct 24, 2009 4:56:56 PM
If you have a six pack and you're over 25 you make a LOT of effort to maintain it. You have dangerously low body fat,, you exercise too much, and spend a lot of time thinking about nutrition.
My partner eats whatever he wants, isn't afraid to spend a Sunday on the couch with me watching football and sure as hell doesn't have a 6 pack. He's fucking gorgeous, and he's more man than any of these dudes who spend more time than a 16 year old girl worrying about their looks.
Neil looks like just as much fun at 300 pounds as he does at 145, so he;s cool with me.
Posted by: James | Oct 24, 2009 5:23:58 PM