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Neil Patrick Harris: 'Twitter helps me connect with fans'
Published Wednesday, Feb 1 2012, 04:44 GMT | By Jennifer Still | Add comment
Neil Patrick Harris has said that he loves using Twitter to connect with fans.
The How I Met Your Mother star revealed that he uses the social networking site in order to share aspects of his life with the public in a more personal way.
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"Everyone's been so nice, whether they know me as Dr. Horrible or Barney Stinson or Doogie Howser. People have been very kind and respectful of the fact that I have a life that's outside of the business, but also relatively interested in what goes on in that life," Harris explained to Parade.
"I think Twitter helps. Twitter is fun because it allows a kind of intimacy with people who want to follow you. You can toss them a funny joke or picture or story that's unique to you and doesn't come through the publicists and the studios."
He added: "It's just straight out of my brain, into my finger, onto my phone, and off to Twitter! It's gotten me in trouble a couple of times, but I suppose so have other things!"
Harris recently dismissed claims that he would replace Ryan Seacrest as the host of American Idol.
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The How I Met Your Mother star revealed that he uses the social networking site in order to share aspects of his life with the public in a more personal way.
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> Neil Patrick Harris: 'Balancing career and fatherhood is like Tetris'
"Everyone's been so nice, whether they know me as Dr. Horrible or Barney Stinson or Doogie Howser. People have been very kind and respectful of the fact that I have a life that's outside of the business, but also relatively interested in what goes on in that life," Harris explained to Parade.
"I think Twitter helps. Twitter is fun because it allows a kind of intimacy with people who want to follow you. You can toss them a funny joke or picture or story that's unique to you and doesn't come through the publicists and the studios."
He added: "It's just straight out of my brain, into my finger, onto my phone, and off to Twitter! It's gotten me in trouble a couple of times, but I suppose so have other things!"
Harris recently dismissed claims that he would replace Ryan Seacrest as the host of American Idol.
> Neil Patrick Harris would return for more 'How I Met Your Mother'
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