Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka Reveal If They’re “Cool” Dads to Twins Gideon and Harper

Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka are not like the regular dads—they’re the cool dads. 

And the couple received the official stamp of approval from their 15-year-old twins Harper and Gideon themselves. 

“I think so,” Harris told E! News at the Tony Awards June 7 in an interview alongside Burtka, when asked if their teens thought they were cool. “What I love about Harper and Gideon is they have really, really great senses of humor. They make us laugh a lot.”

Sometimes, Harris, 52, and Burtka, 51, receive the reciprocal. 

“They laugh at our jokes sometimes, which feels like a win,” Harris joked. “It’s probably just more performance on their part. They’ll laugh at our jokes so they can ask to get money for a matcha. But I’ll take it. Any laughs I can get.”

Meanwhile, Burtka admitted he’s done some investigating into learning their teenagers’ true feelings, adding, “I’m told from their other friends that they like us and we’re the cool dads.”