Neither was well received.
Spears emceed right after her sophomore albumOops!…
“I’m not offended that no one liked it.
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It was probably bad.”
The comedian had another opportunity to pitch to Spears directly, and he blew that one too.
Galifianakis recalled telling the singer his idea, in which she was “being interviewed byEntertainment Tonight.
There’s no jokes.
And during the middle of the interview you just start bleeding from the mouth.”
Judging by Spears' less-than-enthusiastic reaction, he knew not to write it or present it to anyone else.
Describing hisSNLexperience as a “dream,” Galifianakis also reflected on how competitive the job was.
“To be a fly on the wall in the writers' room.
I didn’t know what I was doing,” he said.
“I was a standup, I had never written sketches to turn in.
