It seems Britney Spears' dinner dates have been more interesting as of late. The trainwreck star was seen dining over the weekend with actor/director Mel Gibson - but that's not the least of it.
The former neighbors (Spears used to live near Gibson in Malibu) and their families have met multiple times since the singer's second hospital stint last month, an inside source told People.
"Mel and his wife Robin clearly saw a woman in crisis and wanted to extend themselves in any way possible," the source said.
"There's just a handful of people in the world who understand the kind of intense attention that Britney goes through, and how to raise a family with some semblance of privacy and how to keep one's family intact and out of the limelight."
"There are no expectations, there is no agenda. It's simply an act of human kindness – one neighbor reaching out to the other," the source added.
In other Spears news, the singer has been ordered to pay $375,000 of Kevin Federline's legal bills. According to Los Angeles Court Commissioner Scott Gordon, the legal billing is "reasonable" since "the actions of [Spears] caused the great majority of litigation."
The singer will also appear on the March 24 episode of CBS's How I Met Your Mother. Spears plays a receptionist at a dermatologist's office. Her first scripted words are: "Can we have sex and then go shopping?"
