Britney Spears’ turn as a love-struck receptionist on “How I Met Your Mother” is being touted as a breakthrough of sorts: For the first time in recent memory, Spears appeared before a camera and didn’t display any of the worrisome, if not tragic, behavior that long ago became the status quo.
Was the “How I Met Your Mother” appearance a controlled one that might help Spears’ image? Yes. Will the public be seeing more of the same from the former pop star? Unlikely.
A source close to Spears said that the role was very carefully chosen, and if the production hadn’t agreed to be sensitive toward Spears and avoid “trigger” topics, the Spears camp would have backed out. (The show didn’t comment; neither did Spears.)
“The folks on set knew that they weren’t to bring up her music career, for example,” said the source. “And they weren’t supposed to start conversations about her kids. That said, they just wanted her to be treated normally, but obviously this wasn’t a normal situation.”
Spears spent two days filming, and the cast said she was great to work with. But don’t expect to see her regularly on primetime.
“Acting won’t be a usual thing for Britney. She really needed this, though,” said the source. “For her it was like a taste of her old life, but it was a taste that was very carefully planned. This wasn’t about her career, it was about her health.”
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