Neil Patrick Harris Is Wrong Britney Saved How I Met Your Mother!

A few days ago “How I Met Your Mother” star Neil Patrick Harris was quoted in an interview with the Associated Press that he doesn’t agree with stunt casting.

Here are some quotes Neil said to the Associated Press in an interview earlier this week.

“why does such a gem of a show need Britney to get any attention,”

“I’m in the minority that our show does not need stunt casting in order to succeed.”

“We’ve done a good three and three-quarter seasons with guest stars that we feel like are exactly perfect for the characters that (were) written … by the crack writing staff,”

“Well, uh, no. (They’re) totally unfounded rumors.” And Harris insists Spears isn’t ready to become a full-time actress: “She’s not an actress. She played a role for a week, and did a really nice job, but the workload involved with doing memorization and the purging of comedy over and over is really, really hard. I mean, it takes a strong skill set to do that every week. You do it one week, it’s fine, but to do it a lot of weeks is hard. She (Spears) is not going to be a regular on our show.”

“I worry that if they start ‘Will and Gracing’ us too much, that the show will suffer. And we’re all really proud of the content of the show. I mean viewership is not our game. It’s the network and the studio’s game, you know. It’s the promotion department’s game. We wish we weren’t opposite an awkward reality dancing competition. But we have no say about that. I just am a real fan of our content. I think we have a great show going and I hope it’s not screwed up by the desire for 700,000 more viewers.”

Actually Britney’s star power attracted an additional 1 million viewers to watch “How I Met Your Mother”. Neil shouldn’t be so petulant. I wonder if Britney was hurt when she read Neil’s comments? Neil should be thanking Britney Spears for bringing a lot of media attention to his show. I think it is totally unprofessional for Neil to slam Britney in the press like this.

Everyone knows “How I Met Your Mother” isn’t a hit the show generally has between 8 to 9 million viewers a week that’s simply not good enough. When pop superstar Britney Spears appeared on “How I Met Your Mother” a few weeks ago the show had its highest ratings ever over 10 million viewers. It is obvious to me Neil Patrick Harris is the star of his show and maybe he doesn’t like being upstaged by Britney Spears? :”How I Met Your Mother” has a cult following but CBS wants higher ratings for the show. It costs a lot of money to air sitcoms and CBS needs high ratings to attract more advertisers and generate more revenue this is show business. Neil knows the game he should just go with the flow.

Now Neil Patrick Harris is claiming the associated press “misquoted” his comments about Britney Spears. It is a classic PR move by CBS because Neil’s comments can be interpreted as arrogant and deleterious. If “How I Met Your Mother” is such a great show why the need for the stunt casting? Britney Spears has been bashed by the media forever and now Neil’s remarks are mean spirited and cruel. I have to admit I did watch the episode when Britney guess starred on the program and I was impressed.

Britney’s acting was flawless she looked so so cute, adorable, sexy, sweet, and innocent. Britney’s character Abby is a mild mannered receptionist looking for love. I thought Britney did a great job she has good comic timing. I don’t understand why Neil spoke out in the media he should of just kept his mouth shut. Britney Spears is a pop superstar and NPH needs to give her some respect she basically saved his show from the chopping block. Britney Spears got over 1 million people to tune into “How I Met Your Mother” I think producers of the program would be wise to bring Britney back. Britney makes the show so much more interesting.