Britney Spears made a huge impression on the set of How I Met Your Mother, and not just because she rubbed her vagina against a plywood set wall until she wore a hole in it.
In fact, since Britney Spears a) gave How I Met Your Mother its highest-ever ratings and b) managed to get through her entire cameo without puking directly into Doogie Houser's eyes, the show's producers have come up with a brainwave.
They want Britney Spears to be on How I Met Your Mother all the time. No joke.
How I Met Your Mother used to be just another mediocre, barely-watched sitcom. But now How I Met Your Mother is so much more than that – it's the mediocre, barely-watched sitcom that everyone watched that one episode of because Britney Spears was in it briefly.
And, let's be fair, Britney Spears delivered bigstyle in her role. Thanks to her stint in the mental hospital and the fact that she's still deemed too batshit to even see her own children, expectations were so low that when Britney Spears didn't break down in tears in the middle of a sentence or demand to play her character as a squawking British woman or smash up the set with an umbrella, people were actually quite impressed with her performance.
Not just that, but Britney Spears gave How I Met Your Mother its highest-ever audience. And a bigger audience means more advertisers. And more advertisers mean more money. And more money means that some people in the television business want How I Met Your Mother to become the Everyone Watch Britney Spears' Fragile Rehabilitation In Gut-Wrenching Close Up! Featuring The Ginger Girl From Buffy! show. Associated Press reports:
"We always said, 'You know, if her character pops, we'll bring her back,'" [executive producer] Carter Bays told The Associated Press on Thursday. "I thought she was great. I was very proud of that episode." On the following episode, which aired Monday, the show introduced a "mystery woman" who's been sabotaging Barney's usually successful attempts to pick up ladies. Asked if Spears might turn out to be the saboteur, Bays said: "Could be. There's no reason why not." He also suggested actress Sarah Chalke, who guest starred alongside Spears.
Sarah Chalke? Rubbish! She's just an actress! Who wants to watch that? Hey Sarah, come back when you've called yourself the devil and tried to hang yourself, OK sweetheart?
In all seriousness, though, a recurring role on a sitcom might be just what Britney Spears needs. The discipline and routine that goes with making a weekly TV show would be the perfect way to keep Britney Spears on the straight and narrow. It's fool-proof – just look at Britney Spears' own sister. She had her own sitcom and, um, well… never mind. Bad example.
But still, if How I Met Your Mother is famous for one thing – other than ridiculous stunt casting that exploits the mentally unwell – it that it gives people a second chance. People used to only know Alyson Hannigan as Buffy The Vampire Slayer's ginger lesbian mate until How I Met Your Mother, and the same goes for Neil Patrick Harris and Doogie Houser. Maybe How I Met Your Mother can do the same for Britney Spears. The show's weird transformative properties could mean that in the future we don't see Britney Spears as a dangerous unwell casualty of fame, but a a bitpart actress in a sitcom that nobody really watches.
We'd be OK with that.
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yasmin_to beautyfull-britney says
i love you britneyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy your the best i loved how i met your mother omg your so gorgues i loved your acting you should come my home bcz in my room there aare only your posters im your allways fan and your sis tooo…..you should fight for everything people did rong with you what ever they gossip you in tv i cant watch it cuz i love you alottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt and you have to go to act in hsm let people say everything but for your fans they are many fans of yours love ya britney……(yasmin)
Fave says
This could be just what Britney needs!!! She seems to be getting her act together and feeling better. Her public behavior has sure improved lately. This may really help her in a theraputic way. I think it’s great!!! She was a success on the show and that shows her that she still has what it takes and the show’s producers are letting her know that. That should give her a big lift to her self-esteem and to have a regular gig would really help her I think. I wish her only the best. She seems to be coming around now and I’m happy for her.