During a recent interview, Harry Potter star and hottie Daniel Radcliffe opened up about a mental disorder affecting his everyday life.

The 19 year-old millionaire admits he often has trouble trying his shoelaces. Try not to chuckle.

No, he's not "slow." He just suffers from dyspraxia.

Dyspraxia's defined as having a specific disorder in the area of your motor skill development and is usually characterized by people having "difficulty planning and completing intended fine motor tasks" or can affect various "areas of functioning, varying from simple motor tasks such as waving goodbye to more complex tasks like brushing teeth."

Radcliffe jokingly said, "I sometimes think, 'Why, oh why, has Velcro not taken off?'"

Luckily for Radcliffe, he's at the "mild" end of the disorder, where it doesn't affect him enough to impair him.

His rep also confirms the news, adding "Yes, Dan Radcliffe does have dyspraxia. This is something he has never hidden. Thankfully his condition is very mild and at worst manifests itself in an inability to ties his shoe laces and bad handwriting."

Though Radcliffe does goes on to admit that he originally became an actor because he didn't exactly excel at school due to his disorder - adding that he "was rubbish at everything at school."

Neurologist Dr. David Younger, from NYU's Medical School, says "I’m a big fan of the whole Harry Potter series and I am surprised Daniel Radcliffe suffers from dyspraxia. In the majority of children and young people with dyspraxia, we cannot find the cause so the basic treatment is occupational therapy – teaching them to make a plan for their actions and rehearse their movements. He clearly suffers from a mild form, but the fact he shows no sign of it at all is a great tribute to his acting skills and makes him a role model for other people with this condition."

We have a feeling most organizations dedicated to dyspraxia are going to be contacting Radcliffe to have Harry Potter as their spokesperson!

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Could they be right?

Fox News claims that the real reason Warner Bros. pushed the new Harry Potter movie's release date from November 2008 to July 2009 is star Daniel Radcliffe's appearance in the Broadway production of Equus.

The Harry Potter lead will be right in the middle of his sensational, highly publicized run in the play — naked and having sex on stage!

That's supposedly not the image Warner Bros. wants associated with bespectacled Harry, who remains 'chaste and virginal'.

But, it's not like this is something 'new' for the film studio to deal with.

The Potter actor has already been nude and sexed it up on the London stage!

We think it's all about money!

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A new promo picture of Daniel Radcliffe from the upcoming Broadway revival of Equus.

Yes, the show where we see his magic wand.

Enjoy!

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We love it when actors yap when their handlers aren't around!

Harry Potter himself, actor Daniel Radcliffe, says there's sex and drug references in the new, upcoming Harry Potter flick.

The mommys and daddys aren't going to like that, Daniel!

The wizard said in an interview, "There is a fair amount of sexual energy and there are some drug parallels. We have a couple of what David Yates, the director calls our 'Trainspotting moments'."

For those of you who haven't seen Trainspotting — it's an edgy, drug-fueld movie about heroin junkies in Scotland.

Not exactly a kids' film!

Warner Bros. is breaking some new ground. They've made a Trainspotting for kids!

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It's confirmed!

Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe received great reviews during his eight week performance in Equus last year in London.

Now, Radcliffe is crossing the pond and into bigger territory. Broadway!

Radcliffe is set to make his Broadway debut performing in Equus later this year.

This will be the play's first revival on Broadway since it debuted in 1974 and continued for three years. In 1975, it won the Tony Award for best play. This time around, the show will have a strictly limited 22 week run.

So get your tickets now, bbs!

When asked his thoughts about performing on Broadway, Radcliffe responded, "It will be amazing, but I will be terrified because I was talking to Richard Griffiths about playing New York and he said the most stupid thing you can do is underestimate New York audiences. I would be very nervous because I think (the audiences are) even more discerning than in London."

Equus will begin previews on September 5, 2008 at the Broadhurst Theatre.

Good Luck Harry!

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Harry Potter star, Daniel Radcliffe, has been baptized with a new name on the HP movie set — Harry Puffer — according to insiders.

Apparently, Radcliffe is totally addicted to smoking cigarettes.

Eww!!!

He's supposedly smoking up to 20 cigs a day. Every time they call 'cut' the first thing he does is light up.

So gross!!

Smoking kills. Hope Daniel quits before some really shitty stuff starts growing in his body.

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Daniel Radcliffe was surprised when the host of a theater awards show in London on Sunday night planted a big wet manly kiss on his lips.

And it lingered.

Potter was at first a bit taken aback but eventually got quite into it.

Click here to check out the guy on guy smooch (at around the 3:00 mark)!

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This will send all the Potter maniacs into a frenzy!

Daniel Radcliffe, was spotted having a romantic, yet secret Valentine's date with his Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson last Thursday.

Emma was recently linked with Razorlight dirty birdy Johnny Borrell, 10 years her senior, though she denied the rumors on her personal website. Radcliffe just split from his Equus co-star, Laura O'Toole.

Daniel and Emma were spotted huddled together in the garden of a London pub near Radcliffe's home.

An onlooker was quoted stating that "they arrived quite late at the pub - about 10pm - and sat outside, using each other's bodies for warmth. Emma, who was wearing a black top and matching pashmina, kept looking over her shoulder nervously as if she didn't wanted to be recognised. When people started to notice the couple and began pointing, she wrapped her scarf around her head so only her eyes were peeping out. Daniel found her new look hysterical and started laughing. Throughout the night, in fact, he just kept giggling like a love-struck teen. They then left the pub, heads together and whispering, and headed in the direction of Daniel's home nearby."

It could be just a friendly date, right????

But do you really hang out with someone 1 on 1 on Valentine's day if you're not romantically interested????

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This special trick from Harry Potter would come in handy _______.

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