If he weren't married, they could be Gibspears! Or Melney! We have no way to account for the friendship (mentorship?) between Mel Gibson and Britney Spears, but they were spotted at a cigar bar in Hollywood this week.

As you can see, Britney arrived at the event being driven instead of driving herself--well done! Not that there is a ticket process for Cigar Smoking Under the Influence, but a little prevention goes a long way.

Clearly, whether it's due to Mel's tutelage or not, Britney's summer is looking up: Her appearance on "How I Met Your Mother" was submitted to Emmy voters, and Spears is reportedly at work on a follow-up to last year's "Blackout."

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Say a crazy guy who disgraced himself on TMZ a few years ago offers you a tropical vacation. Do you take it? Or do you run far, far away?

These are rhetorical questions because we at Jaunted always pick the vacation, so we can understand what would prompt Britney Spears to head to Costa Rica with Mel Gibson and his wife. Apparently the actor and the singer-turned-mess became such good friends after their dinner in March at a Russian restaurant that he offered to take her to his private ranch. (Her agent later joined them, so perhaps a little business was done, too.)

Spears, who recently filmed 2 episodes of "How I Met Your Mother," was spotted riding ATVs, tanning and attempting to surf wearing a bikini that read "Love Kills Slowly."

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We know, we know, we said we were going to stop covering Britney Spears until the poor child got her act together. But with an upcoming guest appearance on hipster comedy "How I Met Your Mother" and a new cartoon music video, we were hopeful that she is slowly getting back to her bad, chart-topping self.

Of course, that was before we found out she had lunch with the previously scandal-ridden Mel Gibson at Russian restaurant Romanov this weekend. Then again, while they were breaking borscht* maybe Mel could give her tips on making a comeback as he did with "Apocalypto" after his TMZ-taped rant o' crazy.

*Sadly, you cannot actually break borscht, as it is soup.

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