As stars mourned the passing of Joan Rivers, host Kelly Ripa revealed on "Live with Kelly & Michael" why she didn't attend the comedian's funeral. The animated host shared that she was in Italy to attend the wedding of longtime partners, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka.

"I went to a destination wedding -- the wedding of Neil Patrick Harris and his partner David Burtka, breaking news! It was a very quiet, very private, very family affair ... I probably wasn't even supposed to talk about it, no Neil said I could talk!" she explained.

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The "How I Met Your Mother" actor also couldn't contain her happiness as he took to Twitter to post about his wedding. "Guess what? @DavidBurtka and I got married over the weekend. In Italy. Yup, we put the 'n' and 'd' in 'husband'," he posted.

The Harris-Burtka nuptials were held at a castle the couple rented. 

Elton John performed for the newlyweds.

The 41-year old former "Doogie Howser" actor and the 39-year old actor-chef-host have been together since 2004 and got engaged in 2011.

The couple has a set of twins conceived via surrogate - a boy, Gideon Scott and a girl, Harper Grace. The children were born in 2010.

Burtka had once guest starred on "How I Met Your Mother" as Lily's ex-boyfriend, Scooter. After the said appearance, rumors swirled that he had gotten the part because he was in a relationship with Harris. 

Because of the speculations, Harris was prompted to acknowledge his sexuality and admit that Burtka was his boyfriend. Although Burtka did not issue a respond regarding the news, the two moved in together shortly after Harris made their relationship public.

In September 2007, the couple made their first public appearance together on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" where they openly discussed their love.