Britney Spears To Again Get Booby on the Tubey

We just noticed something really weird: In the month of April, we have only done one story with Britney Spears at its core, yet we've covered her knocked-up little sister three times. We're no mathematician, but we think that's a decrease of roughly 73% in our Britney reporting compared to her pre-daddy-conservated days. So perhaps news of Britney's latest employment opportunity has a bit to do with concern that she will soon be the lesser Spears. Because if she doesn't grab the public's attention through a televised situation comedy, she may have to wait until Jamie Lynn's water breaks and move into the lion's den at her local zoo with nothing but her weave and a copy of Cat Fancy. And nobody wants that. So take WENN's story that Brit will return to How I Met Your Mother as the best-case scenario for Spears's headline grabbing.

Britney Spears is to return to the TV sitcom which gave her a career boost last month. The pop star gave show How I Met Your Mother its highest ratings ever when she appeared as a love-struck secretary in an episode on March 24, and now she had agreed to reprise her character, according to reports. A source says, "The show is ecstatic and so is Britney. 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 one-episode deal comes just days after Spears' former manager Larry Rudolph admitted the singer loved appearing on the show and talked constantly about it during recent meetings with him. He said, "It was a really positive experience for her. She talked about it quite a bit the last time I saw her… She wants to do it again." Earlier this month, show executive producer Carter Bays admitted he'd be delighted to have Spears back on the show: "I thought she was great. I was very proud of that episode."

MSNBC counters:

There are members of the Spears camp who arenít so ecstatic. ìSure, she had a fun time, but it wasnít about a comeback,î said a source. ìIt was about getting her on the road to being better. The last thing we want is a new element of fame for her to have to deal with.î

The March 24 episode that featured Spears drew 10.62 million viewers ó about a million more than the prior weekís episode. The episode also generated the largest audience in the 18-to-49 age range in the showís three-year history.

You know what we think Britney needs to get on "the road to being better"? Hard labor. Don't put her in front of cameras and surround her with sycophants who will constantly tell her how wonderful she is; that's pretty much how she ended up in this situation in the first place. Give her a hammer, throw her on a construction site, and make her build a house for a family whose yearly income equals her yearly Starbucks bill. Well, actually, let her build the barn, not the house. Better to have walls collapse on the John Deere than little Timmy.


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