How Britney Spears stays skinny

This year's New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration was not all showing body parts for beads, for Pop diva Britney Spears.

Access Hollywood spoke with a chubby Britney in the heart of the French Quarter to find out what made this year's event different from all the rest, in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina just six months ago.

"Tell me why you thought it was important to be here," Access Hollywood asked Britney.

"I think it's just important for New Orleans because they're such a soulful city, that for them to keep the traditions going as much as possible now, they need this — the spirit of it," the Louisiana native told Access Hollywood.

"New Orleans is kind of your home. What was it like seeing what was going on here?" Access Hollywood asked Britney.

"Well, we didn't really know the extent of it because they had a warning for like two days, and then all of a sudden, I didn't hear from my mom for like a week," Spears explained.

"All the phone services were down and you couldn’t get in touch with anybody and it was just kind of weird not being able to talk to your family," Britney continued.

Britney also talked about her "Will & Grace" guest appearance and said, "the cast is absolutely hilarious and they were so welcoming...I've loved that show forever and I've seen people go on the show, so when they asked me it was an honor."

Britney also added some tips that have been helping her drop her baby weight.

"I do yoga sometimes. It's hard to get into, but I do it like three days a week ... for the most part I eat ok and I take naps. I kind of take care of myself," she said.

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