Kevin Federline to star on CSI, seriously

teforde23 · August 26th, 2006, 01:40 PM

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Kevin Federline, who made his nationally televised rap debut last Sunday at the Teen Choice Awards, is going for another first – his debut as a TV actor on America's top-rated drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, PEOPLE has learned exclusively.

As Federline tells PEOPLE while on the set of the CBS show, "This is pretty much my first time acting. It's the first time I've actually had a speaking role." He adds that the offer came about quickly. "I was doing stuff for the Teen Choice Awards," he says, "and got the call while we were rehearsing and I pissed in my pants! I was excited right off the bat. It's the only show that I really, really watch."

Federline, 28, started shooting his part in Los Angeles on Thursday night. He will play a menacing, arrogant teen who harasses investigators Nick Stokes (George Eads) and Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan) on a job. The episode is tentatively scheduled to air in October.

Fans of Federline and his wife, Britney Spears, 24, may remember their last foray into broadcast TV – their own reality show, Britney & Kevin: Chaotic, which aired on UPN in 2005. But to take on CSI, Federline will rely on his instincts. "I just read the script," he says. "They told me they wanted it to be more of a natural thing that comes to me."

Earlier in the day, the CSI producers announced another star addition to their lineup: Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter John Mayer, who will make a cameo in the two-part season premiere, airing Sept. 21 and 28. In a scene set in a Las Vegas nightclub, Mayer will sing his single "Waiting On the World to Change" and "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room," both tracks off his third studio album, Continuum.

Federline's first album, Playing with Fire, will drop in October, but he gave a glimpse of it at the Teen Choice Awards, where he performed the track "Lose Yourself." Afterward, he told PEOPLE, "I'm happy. I think I pulled if off pretty well. September 5, we're launching the video. There's a lot of good things going around here."

For more of Kevin Federline’s exclusive interview with PEOPLE and a sneak peek at his CSI episode, pick up next week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Sept. 1. www.people.com

wakeupinBOSTON · August 26th, 2006, 01:43 PM

There are no words...except maybe "I pissed my pants. I was excited"

darksithbunny · August 26th, 2006, 01:47 PM

I feel sorry for real actors who busts their asses to get bit parts. He truly has no shame.

nana55 · August 26th, 2006, 01:55 PM

yeah, I've lost respect for CSI. What a waste of space.

aabbcc · August 26th, 2006, 03:03 PM

Why do people keep encouraging this retarded fuckwad ... he'll never go away at this rate. Sheesh!

Fabularosa · August 26th, 2006, 03:31 PM

I hope his line consists of "Don't shoot!" and then he rolls over ...

UndercoverGator · August 26th, 2006, 08:21 PM

I was hoping for the non speaking role of a corpse for him..

MrsDark · August 26th, 2006, 08:22 PM

Me too Undercover

Raspberry gashes · August 26th, 2006, 08:36 PM

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LynnieD · August 26th, 2006, 09:17 PM

How does this guy continually fail upwards???? HOW??? WHY are people doing this?? Does CSI actually need the freaking publicity or something??? I don't get it.

LastLook · August 27th, 2006, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by LynnieD

How does this guy continually fail upwards???? HOW??? WHY are people doing this?? Does CSI actually need the freaking publicity or something??? I don't get it.

lmao about the "fail upwards". Really, this guy must have been Gandhi in a past life, and it's all karma. Anyway I was thinking CSI must be falling in ratings and needs really stupid gimmicks like k-fed to spark interest.

varty · August 27th, 2006, 02:26 PM

Oh nooo. I loved that show.

Beeyotch · August 27th, 2006, 02:33 PM

How unethical. To purposely put a guaranteed stinkbomb (loser with no acting experience) on your show because you know people will watch just to see how HORRIBLE he's going to be? Way to drive your show into the ground for publicity.

flecjill · August 28th, 2006, 09:32 AM

he's playing a teenager?? OMG...way to ruin one of my favorite shows. why do people care so much about this ugly douchebag? he's the male paris hilton.

GoldDust77 · August 28th, 2006, 10:32 AM

Oh my gawd!!!

When i read the title of the thread, i was, first, amazed that that buffoon would get an acting job--and on the highest-rated TV show in the US no less!, and then, i thought to myself to console myself, "Oh, i'm sure he'll play some loser thug who gets beaten to death or flies off a cliff in his car or is set abaze with gasoline or something in the first 10 seconds of the show." But then i read:

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He will play a menacing, arrogant teen who harasses investigators Nick Stokes (George Eads) and Warrick Brown (Gary Dourdan) on a job.

and my hopes of a quick, firey end to K-Fed's on-screen character were dashed. WHO THE HELL thought it was a good idea to hire this doofus who isn't even an actor for this job???!?

Of all the SAG-card-carrying hard-working actors out there in need of jobs, they hire K-FED???? And not only that, but K-Fed is going to play a TEEN??!? Dude is almost 30 years old!!

Give me a break! This will be one week i WON'T be watching CSI!