Neil Patrick Harris Attempts Display Of ‘Integrity’ By Knocking Britney Spears And ‘Stunt Casting’

Despite the increase in ratings Britney Spears’ guest appearance brought to How I Met Your Mother, unicorn-loving star Neil Patrick Harris wasn’t pleased with the producers’ stunt casting plans. And he’s not afraid to say so. The shoe fairy is so confident in the allegedly in-danger-of-being-canceled show’s content that he’s intent on maintaining the show’s integrity based on content alone, sans tabloid names to keep it afloat. As he told the AP this week:

“Our show does not need stunt casting in order to succeed…I worry that if they start `Will and Grace’-ing us too much, that the show will suffer…I think we have a great show going, and I hope it’s not screwed up by the desire for 700,000 more viewers.”