Comments on: Neil Patrick Harris to Britney Spears: “Thanks, but no thanks”

By: nonentity

nonentity — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:10:04 +0000

I don’t see a conflict. He could like her as an actress, but doesn’t like that she was pulled on specifically as a way to get ratings, instead of a natural extension of the plot.

I really don’t think she was all that in the role, but everyone keeps on raving about what a great job she did.

Then again, I regularly watch the show and was actually surprised to see Britney on it. The slight shift in tone threw me off.

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By: Simon Scowl

Simon Scowl — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:09:48 +0000

Or how about this: If an actor is good by his or her own rights, then it’s not just “stunt casting.”

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By: Simon Scowl

Simon Scowl — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:01:44 +0000

I happen to agree with Andrea here, where’s the conflict?

Well, if he genuinely thought she was really funny and had great comedic instincts and whatever else he said, why would he have a problem with her coming back? Apparently he didn’t mean what he said before.

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By: Simon Scowl

Simon Scowl — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:58:13 +0000

Sorry about that! These spammers are just so annoying. Won’t happen again.

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By: Lana

Lana — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:25:30 +0000

Brit – a woman with two adorable little children, and when she comes to her senses and ditches the unimportant things in life, like club hopping and bad hair weaving, she’s going to absolutely grieve over all the time lost with her children when they were babies.

Britney needs to go away for a LONG time and get her life in order.

If she doesn’t care about her kids, then she doesn’t care about a thing in life. End of story.

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By: anon

anon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:26:27 +0000

In an exclusive statement, Neil Patrick Harris responds to the Associated Press article that suggested he would like Britney Spears banned from the set of his CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. “It seems that yesterday a writer took some quotes of mine and speculated an opinion about their intent. I write to you to set the record straight,” the actor says. “Britney did a great job on the show. She really did. In fact, we are all hoping that she returns rather soon to reprise her role as Abby.”

Spears guest starred as a lovestruck receptionist on the March 24 episode, which earned the series’ highest ratings in the 18-49 demographic in its three seasons on the air. The appearance also garnered remarkably strong reviews for the troubled pop star. In the AP story, however, Harris was quoted as saying, “I’m in the minority that our show does not need stunt casting in order to succeed…. I worry that if they start Will & Grace-ing us too much, that the show will suffer.” Now he tells EW.com that he would welcome Spears back because he has “great faith” in the show’s producers and writers. He also says, “My job description is to act, and I should really do just that.”

The AP, meanwhile, stands by its story. “I respect his right to change his stance,” says AP entertainment editor Jesse Washington, “but…Neil Patrick Harris told us unequivocally that he did not believe that Britney should be on the show.”

Harris’ full statement appears after the jump.

“It seems that yesterday a writer took some quotes of mine and speculated an opinion about their intent. I write to you to set the record straight.

“As I have said all along, Britney did a great job on the show. She really did. In fact, we are all hoping that she returns rather soon to reprise her role as Abby. Look, that episode garnered our highest ratings of the season I would never ignore or disrespect that fact. I am just very protective of our show, and its content. I have a high standard of quality, and hope to maintain it on every level. Television is big business, I understand that. I have great faith in our casting department, as well as [Twentieth Century Fox Television] and CBS, to find the appropriate person for every role on our show. I was remiss in speculating otherwise. My job description is to act, and I should really do just that.

“Britney Spears fits into our make-believe world very well if she chose to return I can only imagine that Carter [Bays], Craig [Thomas], and the rest of the writers would create a humdinger of a storyline for her. We should be so lucky.” (Additional reporting by Whitney Pastorek and Adam B. Vary)

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By: anon

anon — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:23:31 +0000

Doogie Howser is back peddling on this now. It’s all over Google-said it was taken out of context.EW said they stand by their story.Guess the Top Brass weren’t too pleased with him shooting off his mouth.

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By: celebitchy

celebitchy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:33:49 +0000

Scowl’s comment was edited because he mentioned a spammer’s site by name. That only encourages them.

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By: iheartlasagne

iheartlasagne — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:33:37 +0000

Sorry, the above comment is a response to Simon Scowl.

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By: iheartlasagne

iheartlasagne — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:32:35 +0000

Andrea
Apr 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I dont really see a conflict or deception here. One can have praise for someones relative sanity and competence while working together and also have an opinion that the show shouldnt go in that direction. His not wanting stunt casting to be their future is not the same as saying his previous praise of her is negated.

I lifted the above comment from Deceiver.com; it was just above your comment (which happens to be the exact same as the one here, way to be original) in case you didn’t see it. I happen to agree with Andrea here, where’s the conflict?

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