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Britney Spears will strive to repeat the success of her
first guest appearance on CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother” with another
episode, according to media reports.
People.com quotes an unnamed source that alleges both
Britney Spears and the show are eager to collaborate once more.
“The show is ecstatic and so is Britney,” the source said.
“She had so much fun the first time around she really wanted to come back. It
was a mutual decision to work together more.”
The same person added that the struggling singer would appear
in one episode. Fox studios (which produces “How I Met Your Mother”) would not
confirm the appearance.
Britney’s performance on the March 24 episode of “How I Met
Your Mother” was an all-around success, with her receiving praise for her
portrayal of the ditsy, flirtatious receptionist at a dermatologist’s office and
the show enjoying its highest ratings yet: 10.6 million viewers.
The 26-year-old singer who gained fame as a pop icon in the
late 1990s, early 2000s and has recently struggled through a lengthy period of
personal turbulence, convinced 1 million additional viewers to tune in for her
episode. New episodes which started airing last month following the writers
strike had 9.6 million viewers the week before her appearance and 9.5 million
the week after.
Her four minutes on the small screen charmed the show’s
producers, with executive producer Carter
Bays recently telling
E!Online that they’d love to have Britney reprise her role. “The door is open,”
Bays said, adding that the way in which her character Abby would return might
be connected to her final scene in the first episode she made, during which
Abby hooked up with Neil Patrick Harris’ character, Barney.
Interestingly enough, Harris told the Associated Press in an
interview earlier this month that Britney’s collaboration was merely a case of
stunt casting that he feared could compromise the show’s integrity. He later clarified
his statement, saying that he would like the singer back on the series.
A wish come true.
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