I always, always liked children... I was very afraid of them before. Because I never really grew up, I mean, with a lot of little kids around. Even though I am from a kind of Italian family, I never really grew up with a lot of little kids around.

He loved kids but he didn't want to make a career out of it. Johnson said that "what made Burns a great children's host was that 'he didn't want to be a children's host. " In 2000 People magazine included Burns in their annual list of America's most eligible bachelors.

Steven Michael "Steve" Burns (born October 9 1973) is an American entertainer. He is best known as the original host of the long-running children's television program Blue's Clues.