--- title: Britney Spears Pranks Bodyguards: Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris description: Britney Spears hilariously pranks bodyguards on Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris canonical: https://time.com/4046057/britney-spears-pranks-bodyguards/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T14:33:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:06.080Z og:title: Britney Spears Pranks Bodyguards on 'Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris' og:description: The one and only Britney Spears has still got it og:url: https://time.com/4046057/britney-spears-pranks-bodyguards/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Britney Spears Pranks Bodyguards on 'Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris' twitter:description: The one and only Britney Spears has still got it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Britney Spears Prank Bodyguards on _Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris_ > Sponsored content. 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The sketch features Spears interviewing potential bodyguards, Wesley, Andrew and Keith, for her Las Vegas show while Harris and Jonas instruct her on everything to say and do. The interviews start in Spears’ dressing room, where she delivers several hilarious lines fed to her through an earpiece. The pop star introduces herself as “the one and only Britney Spears” and asks Andrew, a former military man, if he is “stronger than tanks?” She then takes each candidate to the stage where she asks, “Can you be close to me at all times?,” before launching into a surprise high-energy dance routine. 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