Britney Spears’ return to TV causes a stir
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Hot Momma 
Britney Spears’ return to TV to guest star as a secretary on How I Met Your Mother, had Hollywood abuzz yesterday.
Alicia Silverstone was supposed to play a dermatologist that Brit’s character would be assisting, on several episodes. Pink is the New Blog reports that Alicia has pulled out at the last minute, because she doesn’t want to be overshadowed by Britney. (I think it’s a good call on her part)
The character Alicia was supposed to play has now been scaled down to just one episode and will now be played by Sarah Chalke from “Scrubs.” The Ausiello Scoop reports that Sarah’s schedule only allowed her to do one episode. Sarah has done some successful filling in before, as she took over the role of Becky Connor on Roseanne for three seasons after the orig Becks, Lecy Goranson, left to attend college.
Meanwhile Neil Patrick Harris talked to Entertainment Tonight about Britney Spears’ upcoming appearance on How I Met Your Mother, and had some pretty funny things to say.
Neil said: “I was shocked that Madam Spears was willing to come and do some acting. She hasn’t acted in a while. This is a very interesting role. It is very not like her at all in real life on any of her previous chapters. She plays the secretary to another girl that Ted is after. So, it will be very unlike any Britney we have seen before, and we have seen a lot of Britneys recently. We thankfully don’t film on location so, uh, I don’t think we’re going to be dealing with lots of paparazzi people at the FOX lot, but here’s hoping that Osama Lufti guy doesn’t come and cause a stir. What if she shows up on set and she is absolutely, totally normal and that whole thing has been a big ruse? She is smoking a cigarette and [says], ‘Oh yes, it is all a big bit. I’ve got a master plan.’”
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