Monty Brinton/CBSNeil Patrick Harris is the latest celeb to question media headlines.
In light of yesterday's TV news that on-the-cusp-of-a-comeback Britney Spears would be making a guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother—and in the wake of Ashton Kutcher's paparazzi-punking series—NPH has proposed a theory that the pop princess may secretly be a tabloid-headline mastermind.
"What if [Britney] shows up on set and she is absolutely, totally normal and that whole thing has been a big ruse?" he joked to ET. "She is smoking a cigarette and [says], 'Oh yes, it is all a big bit. I have a master plan.' "
Truthfully, we'd love to think the head-shaving, umbrella-wielding, paparazzi-dating, court-appearing, British-accent-speaking mischief was all just a big publicity hoax. It's brilliant...but not likely.