LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Britney Spears returns to the hit CBS show, How I Met Your Mother as Abby, and this time she will play a love interest for Neil Patrick Harris' character, Barney.

Spears, 26, previously guest starred on the show back in March, where her character had crush on Josh Radnor's character, Ted. However, things didn't work out between the two, and Barney and Abby become an item. In the episode, titled "Everything Must Go" the new “couple” decide to go to the bar to flaunt their new relationship in Ted’s face.

"I had such a great experience the last time I was on the show that I couldn't wait to come back," Spears said in a statement today. "I was really looking forward to working with this cast and crew again."

The episode airs on Monday, May 12.

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