BRITNEY SPEARS PROFESSIONAL ON SHOW

Television star Neil Patrick Harris is raving about Toxic Britney Spears return to acting, even though the mental star refused to take off her sunglasses for an in-studio read-through. Spears is playing a secretary opposite Harris in an upcoming episode of the television show How I Met Your Mother, and the actor was impressed with the troubled Toxic singer’s professionalism when it came time to act. He says, "She’s good. We did the run through on Tuesday, she seemed a little nervous, she wore the big sunglasses the whole time."I think that’s a bit of a security blanket. But she seems very professional." And Harris insists that working closely with Spears gave him a special insight into her personal troubles.He adds, "Being up close to her, she seems like a very sort of fragile, kind of complicated person; it must be very strange to live in her life." The episode featuring Spears will air on March 24th.