Before officially hiring Stephen Colbert as David Letterman’s replacement, the network approached How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris about his interest in the gig, the actor revealed during an interview with Howard Stern on Wednesday. Harris met with CBS bosses Les Moonves and Nina Tassler before Letterman announced he was retiring, with the HIMYM fan favorite telling Stern, “They called me in and sat me down and asked if that would be something I’d be interested in doing.” And Harris said his desire to do something different is what ultimately made him decline the late-night offer. “I sat for a time with it …I think I would get bored of the repetition fast. The structure is so set—I don’t have any interest in doing monologue, commercial, sketch, guest, guest, musical act, good night.”
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