This Day in Pop: Britney Spears appears on Will & Grace episode "Buy, Buy Baby" in 2006 (March 30)

[PokemonSpears]

 

On March 30, 2006, Britney Spears appeared on Will & Grace's episode 8x18 titled "Buy, Buy Baby". The episode was written by Kirk J. Rudell and directed by James Burrows. Other guest stars were comedian Wanda Sykes and George Takei from Star Trek. Britney Spears rehearsed with the cast on February 11 and the show was recorded on February 13 and 15.

Britney played Amber-Louise, who was hired as Jack's (Sean Hayes) co-host on his talk show Jack Talk, after the gay TV network OutTV was bought by a "large corporation". He finds out during their first show that Amber-Louise was hired to push a right-wing agenda to their gay audience. He confronts her and she reveals to him that she's a "hard core lesbian" and that he should compromise too in order to succeed like her.

The network keeps pressing to be more conservative, including openly gay George Takei who appears as a guest on the show, introduced by Amber-Louise as "legendary ladies' man and pro-life activist". Jack asks him to be his true self, but ends up quitting on-air.

 

The initial press release that NBC issued about the episode included a scene in which Britney's character was supposed to host a Christian cooking segment called "Cruci-fixins". This wasn't met very positively by Christian groups, since on top of that, the episode was supposed to air on April 13, 2006, the day before Good Friday and the crucifixion of Jesus. After they complained, NBC released a statement saying it was a mistake, and that the segment was part of an episode that had yet to be written, but the AFA wasn't very convinced. 

This was Britney's first appearance on prime-time television and her first TV appearance since giving birth to Sean Preston in September 2005.

 

[Roxxy]

Amber Louise, from the great state of Alabama!

She is iconic! 

[PokemonSpears]

2 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

Amber Louise, from the great state of Alabama!

She is iconic! 

[Roxxy]

1 minute ago, PokemonSpears said:

Omg you have a gif? Do you have everything?

[PokemonSpears]

Just now, Roxxy said:

Omg you have a gif? Do you have everything?

[Roxxy]

13 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

I can't... you do have everything. 

[PokemonSpears]

4 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

I can't... you do have everything. 

[Roxxy]

2 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

Did you just...  wink at me? 

[Charlotte_the_Harlot]

She was so beautiful back then.
Not like she's ugly now, just different beauty level. 

[Roxxy]

3 minutes ago, Charlotte_the_Harlot said:

She was so beautiful back then.
Not like she's ugly now, just different beauty level. 

Nice save. 

[PokemonSpears]

7 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

Did you just...  wink at me? 

[Puppy]

10 minutes ago, Charlotte_the_Harlot said:

She was so beautiful back then.
Not like she's ugly now, just different beauty level. 

Not to mention she was pregnant! Can’t remember if this was literally after she gave birth or still pregnant but damn she still look hot! And heard the crowd couldn’t stop cheering for her during the taping. 

[Roxxy]

23 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

Look at you trying to be coy. I see u Pokie. 

[Winter _90]

2 hours ago, puppylo16 said:

Not to mention she was pregnant! Can’t remember if this was literally after she gave birth or still pregnant but damn she still look hot! And heard the crowd couldn’t stop cheering for her during the taping. 

So is! There were many rumors about her pregnancy and people and the magazine published it (it bothers me because they saw it as something bad) and she did not want to confirm it, probably when she filmed this chapter she was 3-4 months pregnant.

[MissSpearsSaysSo]

This is such a good and fun episode. If I remember correctly, it’s the highest rated episode of the series, even more than the finale.  

[Puppy]

3 hours ago, Winter _90 said:

So is! There were many rumors about her pregnancy and people and the magazine published it (it bothers me because they saw it as something bad) and she did not want to confirm it, probably when she filmed this chapter she was 3-4 months pregnant.

Yeah I remember people were calling her fat because of the bump, 

[ILikeChillinWithYou]

Her acting in Will and Grace > Her acting in How I Met Your Mother 

[frederiickx]

Such an iconic episode. The highest rated and still always on reruns in syndication and the episode still gets so much airplay because it was so iconic and good. Queen did that.

[BritBreakitDown20]

i love Britney on Will and Grace and its my fav sitcom ever  all the gays should watch it tbh and str8s ofcourse  

[PokemonSpears]

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