Neil Patrick Harris has a knack for being a proverbial bad boy. From a Broadway debacle to his role as the hilarious chauvinist Barney Stinson, his "memoirs," entitled Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, have a new book trailer out on YouTube, along with news that he will host next year's Oscars.
About his new book, it has been posted:
"Tired of memoirs that only tell you what really happened?
"Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person?
"Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the "u" back in "autobiography"?
"Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography! In this revolutionary, Joycean experiment in light celebrity narrative, actor/personality/carbon-based-life-form Neil Patrick Harris lets you, the reader, live his life. You will be born to New Mexico. You will get your big break at an acting camp. You will get into a bizarre confrontation outside a nightclub with actor Scott Caan. Even better, at each critical juncture of your life you will choose how to proceed. You will decide whether to try out for Doogie Howser, M.D. You will decide whether to spend years struggling with your sexuality. You will decide what kind of caviar you want to eat on board Elton John's yacht.
"Choose correctly and you'll find fame, fortune, and true love. Choose incorrectly and you'll find misery, heartbreak, and a hideous death by piranhas. All this, plus magic tricks, cocktail recipes, embarrassing pictures from your time as a child actor, and even a closing song."
While going about his book tour, he received a call to host the 2015 Academy Awards, which he had "no idea" he was up for.
He wants fans to know he did not pitch himself for the role, though he was a shoe-in after his other hosting gigs.
The Academy Awards are set to premiere Feb. 22, but until then, here is his new book trailer:
