filed under: Alicia Silverstone

We always thought that celebrity status trumped any sort of ick factor in Hollywood. How else to explain the fact actresses still agree to film sex scenes with Colin Ferrell, even though they're probably risking smelling like tobacco and ball sweat for the next week? But some celebs aren't so brave. Alicia Silverstone, for one, is not going to inhabit the same sound stage as Britney Spears, no matter how long it's been since she's had an actual job. TV Guide reports:

Britney Spears' havoc-wreaking cameo on How I Met Your Mother has already claimed its first victim. A Mother insider confirms that Alicia Silverstone — who was slated to appear in a multi-episode arc as Ted's dermatologist/lover — has dropped out and will be replaced by Scrubs' Sarah Chalke.

Pink Is the New Blog reports that Silverstone bowed out because her reps (understandably) feared she would be overshadowed by Spears, who, per my sources, will play an assistant to the dermatologist now being portrayed by Chalke. As a result, I'm hearing Mother bosses Carter Bays and Craig Thomas have reconceived the female doc character. Originally slated to appear in multiple episodes, she'll now be in just one — mostly because that's all Chalke's schedule will allow. The diminished screen time would also seem to eliminate any hope there was of her being Ted's future yellow-umbrella-carrying wife (aka the "Mother").

But Mother still has big plans for Silverstone. "[Bays and Thomas] love Alicia," whispers my mole, "and they intend to create another character for her."

All of this begs a critical question: Is Spears worth the headache? Provided she brings in enough viewers to get Mother off CBS' endangered list, I reckon she is!

Wait, Britney Spears is playing a dermatologist's assistant? Do the writers know what a dermatologist does? Did they choose that particular profession after dismissing the possibility of Brit playing a weavologist's assistant as too unbelievable? more »

We usually don't get behind causes, mostly because we're too busy looking at boobies to really care about anything else, but PETA is an organization that really understands us. They say, "Hey, look at this pretty naked lady. She's hot, right? You like that, don't you?" And then there's something about animals or something. We can't really remember. The latest to shed her threads for her furry friends is Alicia Silverstone. This time there's no catchy slogan like "I'd rather go naked than wear fur," just Alicia naked and dripping wet in a swimming pool. Which is supposed to somehow make you not want to eat meat. We don't really follow the logic there, but you can see Alicia's ass, so who really cares? Also, there's a bit of ironic subtext going on, as all you're going to want to do when presented with Alicia's bare bum is to slather it in A1 sauce and take a big bite out of it. So unless Alicia's trying to say, "Don't cows, eat people," we're a bit confused. But, hey, look: butt crack!

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