Exclusive How I Met Your Mother Video: Joe Manganiello Fails to Impress Marshall's Boss

Exclusive How I Met Your Mother Video: Joe Manganiello Fails to Impress Marshall's Boss

Life sure has taken an unexpected turn for Joe Manganiello.

On Monday’s How I Met Your Mother (CBS, 8/7c), Marshall sets up his struggling law-school classmate Brad (Manganiello) with a job interview. But as you can see in the following exclusive video, there’s only so much he can do to help — even though his buddy is played by the True Blood hottie.

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First, Brad, who’s packed on some pounds, can’t keep his paws off the pastries. (Relax; Manganiello’s only sporting a fake gut.) Then he starts spouting his psychic’s thoughts on a case — not exactly the most sound legal argument.

Press PLAY to watch the sneak peek, and then hit the comments with your thoughts.


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