Britney Spears stood at teen sons' bedroom door at night holding knife

Britney Spears’ sons claim that the pop star would watch them as they slept with a knife in her hand, according to their dad Kevin Federline’s bombshell new memoir.

Federline, 47, relays the knife incident — which he says happened more than once — in his new memoir You Thought You Knew, which has been excerpted by The New York Times.

“They would awaken sometimes at night to find her standing silently in the doorway, watching them sleep — ’Oh, you’re awake?’ — with a knife in her hand,” Federline reportedly writes. “Then she’d turn around and pad off without explanation.”

Federline and Spears, 43, were married from 2004 to 2007, and endured a messy custody battle over their sons Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19.

A rep for Spears did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Jason Merritt/FilmMagic Kevin Federline and Britney Spears at a party in Los Angeles. Jason Merritt/FilmMagic

Spears’ relationship with the boys has been fraught over the years, though she shared a picture of her reuniting with Jayden to Instagram in June, and told PEOPLE in 2023 that becoming a mother and starting a family was a “dream come true.”

In 2022, Jayden spoke to The Daily Mail about his relationship with his mom, saying that he “100 percent think[s]” it can be “fixed.”

“It’s just going to take a lot of time and effort. I just want her to get better mentally,” he said at the time. “When she gets better I really want to see her again.”

Jayden also said that his brother had asked Spears “not to post his photos [to social media], and she did it anyway. So it didn’t go well.”

Federline also spoke during the interview, saying that Sean Preston and Jayden had “made the decision” not to attend Spears’ June 2022 wedding to Sam Asghari.

The “Gimme More” singer later reacted to the interview on Instagram, writing, “It saddens me to hear that my ex-husband has decided to discuss the relationship between me and my children… As we all know, raising teenage boys is never easy for anyone. It concerns me the reason is based on my Instagram. It was LONG before Instagram… I gave them everything… Only one word: HURTFUL.”

Britney Spears and Jayden Federline in June. Meanwhile, elsewhere in his memoir, Federline expressed concern over Spears’ current “situation,” writing that he believes she is “racing toward something irreversible.”

It’s become impossible to pretend everything’s OK. From where I sit, the clock is ticking, and we’re getting close to the 11th hour,” he reportedly wrote in his memoir, per the Times. “Something bad is going to happen if things don’t change, and my biggest fear is that our sons will be left holding the pieces.”

He also alleged that the “Free Britney” movement — which helped extricate Spears from her 13-year conservatorship — was more harmful than fans believe, and that he needs the pop star’s fans to turn their focus to saving her.

“Now, more than ever, [our children] need your support. I’ve been their buffer for years, but now it’s bigger than me,” he wrote. “It’s time to sound the alarm.”

Federline did not offer specifics as to his exact worries regarding Spears, though fans of the “Toxic” singer have expressed concern in recent months amid a series of erratic social media videos, many of which feature Spears nude and dancing.

My cooter's itchin' y'all ...

Can we just stop and take a moment to applaud the obvious ghost writing of this memoir?

As if Federline would ever pen this phrase-- “Then she’d turn around and pad off without explanation.”

Whoever wrote this article is a moron - "as they slept with a knife in her hand"

I'm sure she had/has weird paranoid ideation about her kids. Remember when she was 5150ed the first time she had barricaded herself and the boys in a bathroom. I remember shots from a news helicopter and an ambulance outside.

[quote] Whoever wrote this article is a moron - "as they slept with a knife in her hand"

A.I.

Why do they always include the sons’ middle names?

This is a little something she should've considered 15 years ago! One must be quick on the uptake.

Kevin Federline is a bottom-feeding loser. I believe this story but I also believe he's releasing a book because the child support gravy train stopped.

Who had the better dick, K-Fed or Sam? Enquiring minds need to know.

r10 Sam

The ex, bring me Tina!

Lol R12, it should be:

"Tina! Bring me the Tina!"

Or, "Jayden!! Bring me the X"

R11, for all of her insanity, Brit's itchy cooter doesn't usually have terrible taste in rough trade cock.

Had she just come home from a weeknight dinner at a local Olive Garden, by some chance?? 🤔

FAKE NEWS! Why is everyone always making up lies about my mommy?

🎵 I WAS BORN TO MAKE YOU HAPPY 🔪

Now that their sons are over the age for child support he's probably running out of money fast and knows that if he wrote honestly about things no one would want to buy the book. He'd probably be wise to learn how to economize.

How credible can it be? It’s written in crayon.

Jevon didn’t need a male fluffer.

Why did I decide that I like her? I do like messy people.

Did Britney look something like this?

Hi, Britney! 👋

Well, I guess it’s knives out

I’m interested in his memoir

I misjudged KFED when I thought he was dumb white trash. Dude is a pro at getting money. Child support ends and now he can air his dirty laundry for cash

[quote] I misjudged KFED when I thought he was dumb white trash. Dude is a pro at getting money. Child support ends and now he can air his dirty laundry for cash

He's a professional GRIFTER.

Just wait until he starts a podcast.

That was my poop knife y’all! Those boys used to shit bricks!

I believe him and I think it's great that he's getting this information out there. Because no matter how blatantly insane Britney acts, there are still people running around predicting her return to The Stage. There are still people waiting for her to drop a new album and conquer the world one more time. And it makes me feel gaslit and crazy. It's plain as day that she's unwell and all of this enabling is not good for her or for any sane observer. I hope Kevin spills all the beans. Their children deserve to have their side of the story out there for the world to see, so that people can stop acting like Britney has been hard-done by them.

Just because he’s a roster it doesn’t mean she’s not a psycho.

“It’s not 3AM! It’s not bed time! I don’t care if you have school! I will dance!” 💃🏼

She didn’t care much about their well being before. I would think Federline is already set for life with or without the book.

You're an expert on what Britney Spears does and doesn't care about, r33?

One Thanksgiving, my bipolar sister (in the midst of a manic psychosis) stood inches behind my father with a carving knife quoting made up bible scripture for like, 30 minutes straight while he did the dishes. Earlier that night she sauntered naked down the stairs while we were all having dessert in the living room and tried to sit in my brother-in-law's lap.

I 100% believe Kevin.

She was a good Christian mother who didn't want her boys jerking off in the middle of the night.

I’m glad I had an abortion!

I had an ex whose brother was ill, and one time he actually chased him through both the inside and outside of the house with a fucking ax. I remember asking, my eyes wide, “with an AX?”. “An AX,” he said. It’s no joke when you have a loved with brandishing lethal weapons while in an episode.

A civilized nation would take wonderful care of these people who still deserve their dignity and as much freedom as possible (though many may need residential programs, some can remain at home with the right support and community around them). A civilized society doesn’t just throw people like Britney away, and I have mixed feelings about Kevin sharing this because if he truly wanted to just get her help, he could share all of this and make zero money. In fact, the money could go toward her selecting an amazing program that she gets to have a say in. It would likely be very temporary, a quick med reset, connection to therapists/shrinks she loves, then she’ll be back on her feet.

He could have helped make this happen without profiting off it, so I have landed on him doing this is scuzzy. It’s blood money off her suffering. Yes, he has his own story to tell, but when you have kids, your decisions affect them too. He needs to shut the fuck up and talk to her directly.

r38 I'm fairly certain he has tried for YEARS to "talk to her directly." Her own kids have been public about their mom having mental issues and wishing she'd get the help she needs (but obviously doesn't accept/want) and stop the constant videos that show just how unbalanced she is.

Kevin works as a DJ, his wife is an assistant volleyball coach at the University of Hawaii, and they own a 7bed/8bath house in Hawaii worth over 6 million.

Now that child support payments have ended I wonder how long it will take for him and his wife to run out of money and sell the house?

He had 18 years to prepare for this.

She wrote a book...so what's wrong with him doing the same? She has the right, but he doesn't?

I don't know how he's making it in Hawaii. Costs a fortune to live there with a few kids. After the book, what then?

R41, he absolutely has the right to publish that book — but it isn’t fair to the kids. My excuse for the ways Britney over-shared her private family drama way too much is that she isn’t well right now. Kevin’s motivations can’t be completely clean because money changes everything, and I do question if that’s fair to the boys right to privacy?

Good times, R35!

It was quite a ride but eventually the child support was going to run out

R42 Kevin was receiving 20k/month in child support then increased to 40k in 2018. When the oldest son turned 18 it was decreased to 20k. He received 1.3 mil in the divorce settlement.

I don't know what the salaries are for a DJ and assistant volleyball coach, or if he invested all that money, but if he didn't him and his wife are fucked.

That piece of shit was supporting an entire family on her child support payments and I guarantee he didnt save shit and now they are facing poverty. I never had a problem with him getting paid by her,but I do have a problem with him showing zero gumption or drive to better himself or his family. Big dick or not,hes a lazy piece of shit and a caricature of Baby Momma's that live off chold support solely.

I can’t believe there are people who still think this stuff is far-fetched. Have you seen her? She’s insane. Britney fans = MJ fans

Sam Asghari mentioned the knife fixation too.

He was actually scared of her.

Britney is a total psycho.

[bold]Sam Claimed She Attacked Him in His Sleep... Left Him with Black Eye[/bold]

[italic]Britney Spears got physical with Sam Asghari over the years, he's told people, once giving him a black eye while he was sleeping ... sources tell TMZ.

Sources with direct knowledge tell us ... Sam frequently complained about Britney getting physical with him during their 7 years together. We're told there have been numerous fights where security has had to step in, but in one instance there was no security in sight.

Our sources say there was one occasion where Sam says he was sleeping in their bed when Britney flew off the handle and began punching him. We're told Sam did not strike back, but was stunned as his wife pummeled him.

We're told that alleged incident went down early this year, right around the time Sam was photographed with a black eye and bite marks on his forearm.

Paparazzi noticed the bruising and tried to ask Sam about it, but he tried to play it off ... asking photogs not to shoot him.

Our sources say Sam was particularly concerned because Britney had a fascination with knives. We're told there were knives all over the house, including in their bedroom. Britney, as one source put it, "was paranoid someone was going to get her, and she needed the knives as protection." The sources add Britney tended to "fly off the handle" at the smallest slight, and that terrified Sam.[/italic]

Seriously, there are still some people out there who say "oh, let her live her life - she's worked hard and deserves it, she can do what she wants" and laughs it off as her being eccentric.

I really don't think it's a question of her being quirky or eccentric. That facts are that she's hurt herself numerous times, she's set fire to her bathroom, her gym, her bedroom, HERSELF (she singed her eyebrows and eyelashes off) - and has freely admitted these things. She has yet ANOTHER injury to her body (her knee - she's appeared with a bandaged leg in many of her recent videos and said she "fell at a friend's house."

She's a loon, a nutter, she's crazy. In another time, she'd be put somewhere safe for her own good where she can't hurt herself or anyone. She'd be forced to take her medication and perhaps she'd actually start acting like some modicum of normal. We're watching the slow devolution of her in real time. At some point, we'll wake up to a "horrifying fire" or "tragic accident" starring Britney. It's only a matter of time.

[quote] Britney Spears Slams Kevin Federline’s ‘Extremely Hurtful and Exhausting’ Memoir Allegations: ‘I Have Had Enough’

Britney Spears has issued a response after her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, made claims about her parenting in his new memoir, “You Thought You Knew.”

Ahead of the book’s Oct. 21 release, The New York Times published an excerpt from “You Thought You Knew,” in which Federline claims their kids woke up to Spears watching them sleep “with a knife in her hand.”

In the penultimate chapter, he writes of her condition, “The clock is ticking, and we’re getting close to the 11th hour. Something bad is going to happen if things don’t change, and my biggest fear is that our sons will be left holding the pieces.”

Now, Spears is telling her side of the story. In a post to Instagram on Wednesday, the Grammy winner wrote, “The constant gaslighting from [my] ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting. I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys. Relationships with teenage boys is complex.

I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life. Sadly, they have always witnessed the lack of respect shown by [their] own father for me. They need to take responsibility for themselves. With one son only seeing me for 45 min in the past 5 years and the other with only 4 visits in the past 5 years. I have pride too. From now on I will let them know when I am available.”

She added, directly attacking Federline’s book, “Trust me, those white lies in that book, they are going straight to the bank and I am the only one who genuinely gets hurt here. I will always love them and if you really know me, you won’t pay attention to the tabloids of my mental health and drinking. I am actually a pretty intelligent woman who has been trying to live a sacred and private life the past 5 years. I speak on this because I have had enough and any real woman would do the same.”

Federline and Spears were married in 2004, and Spears filed for divorce two years later in 2006. They have two sons, a 19-year-old and a 20-year-old.

I love the way she's always going on about how intelligent she is.

Yikes. Here he is alleging she was on cocaine during the time she was breastfeeding in 2006. Her (starlet) friend is Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan, no?

Do I believe that at r53? 💯She is not smart, only cares about herself and her own needs. She is a rich and very selfish, mentally-delayed individual with emotional disturbances - a fairly dangerous combo. I'm pretty shocked she hasn't done something incredibly stupid yet that would end up in a hospitalization. Or has, and we just don't know about it.

She was caught with Sean Preston on her lap (he was 4 months old) speeding down PCH going over 55 mph. In later interviews (which i can't find), her excuse was she was raised that way (kids sitting on their parents laps while driving).

I'm shocked she is still allowed to drive. Her past driving history and the number of infractions is pretty troubling. The article linked is from 2023.

Over the years he's received 5.5 mil in child support. If he was smart he would have invested it, but it's not likely since his home is 6 mil. A smarter person would have gotten an education or started a business instead of being a lazy piece of shit.

If he didn't save anything, him and his wife are in for a surprise trying to find something affordable in Hawaii, or anywhere else, trying to live a life to which they are accustomed to.

[quote]Her (starlet) friend is Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan, no?

Yvonne Craig

"For those seeking tawdry details, they are in heavy supply, as Federline claims Spears engaged in sexual scenarios with female staffers, casually used cocaine as well as partied with the likes of Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton as her sons cried in the background and engaged in increasingly erratic and even violent behavior, often at the expense of her children’s mental and physical well-being.

Since the Free Britney movement successfully helped free Spears from her conservatorship in 2021, Federline says, the situation has only grown worse."

Welp, then that's his problem and he'll deal with it. He has every right to write a book as she does. She didn't do it for any other reason other than to bitch, moan and complain - and get that $$.

Same reason as he did. He put in time with her crazy ass; imagine worrying every night that you'll wake up to a house burning down, a freakout involving knives, a meltdown of epic proportions made worse by various and sundry drugs. He decided that life wasn't for him, and I don't blame him one bit.

He may be a lazy ass that has spent the past 12-14 or so years collecting the checks and raising their kids, but at least he kept them safe from her and her craziness. Imagine where they'd be right now if they had been forced to continue living with her over the years. If he didn't invest, that's on him and now he has to figure shit out.

How unlike her!

I doubt she took time from her whirling and dancing on Instagram to respond......

Britney was not a threat to her beloved sons. She was standing guard at the door to protect them from the devil's serpents that lived and travelled around her mansion in the HVAC ducts.

Who doesn't, r61?

Being married and connected to her is punishment enough.

What r58 said

If severe mental illness runs in her family, there’s no doubt in my mind, she suffers from the same affliction. In addition to fame at a very young age, maybe crazy parents, drug abuse and it’s a recipe for disaster.

The whole situation is sad.

They’re both white trash, quite frankly

[quote]Kevin Federline is a bottom-feeding loser. I believe this story but I also believe he's releasing a book because the child support gravy train stopped.

Good for him, then.

Britney's done nothing but trashed talked people the last decade, including her fellow entertainers and even sicked her insufferable stans on her own kids because they dared to say she wasn't a good mother. So they don't deserve to tell their side of the story?

I hope the kids write a tell all too.

[quote]Kevin Federline Says He Had Sex With Britney Spears on First Night

Oh please... He was nicknamed "Meat Pole" by the other dancers. On learning this you guys would have come swirling around him with your eyes bulging out of their socket just to check out the goods!. A case of DataloungeKettle calling the BritneyPot black. Which it is.

[quote]Britney Spears’ sons claim that the pop star would watch them as they slept with a knife in her hand

It's better than two in the bush.

Britney needs to marry a drill sergeant, like Patty Duke did. Someone strong who can handle the crazy, and keep her on meds, instead of these pretty boy grifters.

Or get a rough, hot Cajun like Lana Del Rey.

If any man was smart, they would run screaming away from her. I think she's inflicted her craziness on enough men already.

Justin Timberlake was extremely wise beyond his young years to urge her to get an abortion.

[quote]Britney Spears’ sons claim that the pop star would watch them as they slept with a knife in her hand

Her kids can't remember back that far. And kevin says Britney breast fed while using cocaine. And he allowed her to do that??

Are you nuts, r71? She had visitation with them when they were pre-teens and teens...they can certainly remember that time...and I can remember back until I was around 3 or 4...why wouldn't they???

Yes. Yes I am R34.

If your son is twenty and you haven’t seen him since 15, I’d give it a rest for a bit. He’s just not that into you and obviously pretty damaged by what he witnessed and experienced. A kid is not going to stay away from his mother that long, at that age solely based on what Kevin said about her.

This “news” got me to listen to Popozoa for the first time in 19 years.

Jesus.

Britney reminds me of Peggy Gravel.

Popozao apparently is slang for big ass. I think I read years ago that the inspiration for this song is their shared love for anal sex.

R35, years ago, I let a friend of mine stay with me for a few months, as she had no where else to go.

She’s also bipolar, with other stuff going on.

Anyhow, she was under the impression that I was secretly fucking her whore of an ex boyfriend (I wasn’t- for the record), & one night, she stood over me as I slept in my bedroom, hold a kitchen knife.

I was absolutely blown away and kicked her out immediately. She showed up a few months later, in REALLY bad shape, begging me to allow her stay with me for a few weeks

I refused, & promptly drove her to a hospital.

I still love her very much, however, I no longer spend time with her, other than over the phone every few months.

Deep down, she’s a good person, but I can never let her back into my life after the knife incident.

I was once friends with a woman who had spent some time in a pediatric psych unit as an adolescent.

She said the youngest patient on the floor was four years old, and -- so the story went -- her parents had awaked one night to find her sitting on their bed with a chef's knife.

Of course Britney is going to say he is lying. Would she really admit or even remember that she had done any of this? I will never understand her apologists who put her on this saintly pedestal

Here's one of the nutjob's latest posts, along with some incomprehensible blather directed at her kids and her mother, and really only making sense to her. In the video, she is (at first) dressed up to mimic her famous outfit in "....Baby, One More Time."

[quote] My kids have known me as Saint Mother Theresa , for 15 years mom was the sister … I’m the daughter you’re the parent !!! Get it straight teacher … can I come to your class mamma I have my schoolgirl outfit on … let’s go shopping first thing

^^oh, forgot to mention she's holding a tea cup, drinking tea at one point during the video, apropros of nothing.

My god she scares me. However, she STILL has moves. But my god, she is nuts. Her eyes tell the tale- NUTS.

Wtf R81?

r84 - that's her post, and she's truly delusional. She really thinks she hasn't done anything wrong to anyone else - only that SHE'S been wronged. But there's really no rationale working there. If she'd take her meds, she might stand a chance, but she doesn't and she so dearly needs to.

What a fucking nut. History won’t be kind to her.

She needs to be on meds stat.

Why is she tugging at her skirt like that? It looks like she’s trying to undress but too high

A subsequent post in which she is once again mentioning her long-talked about "jewelry line" B Tiny, and now also a fragrance/oil?? Sure, Jan.

[quote] ON A LIGHTER NOTE … remember DREAMS … my personal family has always done a wonderful job at nightmares … and let’s just say I’ve gotten a little more intelligent than I used to be … I take up for myself and let myself … with that said B Tiny is coming soon … and there’s also a small surprise that will follow up just two months after B tiny … let’s just say an extremely wicked perfume not like any bottle ever sold … its a tiny oil referenced by the Sherlock Holmes age and period that’s extremely tiny that WOMEN USED IN THEIR POCKETS TO POISON MEN … this of course is NOT POISON it’s an extremely different oil scent yet incredibly small, sorry u might have to buy 20 of them yet pretty expensive … the name has yet to be determined

She is dumber than my ballsack on a Sunday afternoon.

The queen who wrote that article and likely chose that unflattering photo of Britney is named Wesley Stenzel.

And he looks like his name is Wesley Stenzel.

R90 which article are you referring to?

“Pats, did you see this? ‘Britney Holds Knife Over Son’” “Like you did to Saf!”

Federline getting ANOTHER paycheck off Britney. Will it ever end? Poisoning her children against her wasn't enough?

I wish this beast had never become famous. She’s so exhausting.

r93 - Kevin didn't have to do a thing to "poison" her children - she did that ALL BY HERSELF.

Pull your head out and get a clue. You obviously didn't pay attention to the 2000s (or weren't alive or cognizant back then) when she was partied down, took numerous drugs, got 5150'ed and was generally a danger to her kids, doing the opposite of what most parents do for their kids: put them first, love and protect them. The kids were in danger being around her, which is why custody of them was removed from her and given to Kevin.

Imagine what would have happened if she never went past album one.

[R87]

Itchy Cooter

He's a lazy fuck. He lived off her money for years, despite its primary purpose being for the two children they had together. Any money that wasn't spent on them should have been saved for them, but it's pretty clear he saw any surplus as his own personal income.

I don't say any of this to defend Britney, though. They're both shitty people.

he supported his wife and his kids with her, on his sons' money from their mother. And got obese. He doesn't seem obviously mentally ill and may have been very stabilising, so that's to his credit I suppose. Faint praise. He could have got himself an occupation and made some money like a real dad.

Wesley Stenzel should be a hair influencer. It is glorious!

She should turn off the money 💰 faucet/firehose (in their case) and tell them to work a decade at Chuck E. Fucking Cheese

Britney has aired the dirty laundry (much of it dubious, at best) of every one of her exes and family members countless times for money and attention. Why shouldn't they be able to do the same to her? If she can't take it, she shouldn't dish it out.

exactly r102

[quote]She is dumber than my ballsack on a Sunday afternoon.

I have it on good authority your ballsack wasn't any smarter on Saturday night.

Britney driving with infant Sean Preston on her lap.

Poor Sean Preston. It seems he had the worst of it. It seems that Britney may have had post-partum depression.

I can't help but feel sorry for Britney.

Can you imagine how horrible her life would have been if she'd grown up poor? I don't think she would have made it this far.

[quote] She should turn off the money 💰 faucet/firehose (in their case) and tell them to work a decade at Chuck E. Fucking Cheese

I think she has basically said that in the quote in the Variety article at R51.

She doesn't sound happy with either Federline OR her sons:

[bold]I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life. Sadly, they have always witnessed the lack of respect shown by [their] own father for me. They need to take responsibility for themselves. With one son only seeing me for 45 min in the past 5 years and the other with only 4 visits in the past 5 years. I have pride too. From now on I will let them know when I am available.”[/bold]

Clearly she feels disrespected by them, and she also feels like they never reach out to see her.

Now she's saying to them: DON'T CALL ME. I'LL CALL YOU.

That sounds like a threat and a promise.

Britney knows she holds all the cards and the money, so she's basically cutting them all off.

"She doesn't sound happy with either Federline OR her sons:"

She only married the no-talent parasitic bum because she had been dickmatized by his huge cock.

Apparently, Momma Lynne never told her daughters that guys with big dicks were usually just big dicks.

Big deal. Kevin Spacey has been caught at her random teenage boys' bedroom doors holding poppers. And he doesn't even have sons!

Britney is an abusive parent. Her mental illness explains why but doesn’t excuse it. She’s sexually inappropriate with them and seems to be almost sadistic in her favoritism of Jayden.

[quote] Kevin Federline Reveals How Much Money He Got from Divorcing Britney Spears and Claims It 'Didn't 'Stretch as Far as You’d Think'

Federline, 47, is releasing his new memoir, You Thought You Knew, on Oct. 21, and revealed more information about the former couple’s relationship, co-parenting and divorce.

The couple married in September 2004, and Spears filed for divorce in November 2006. During their marriage, they welcomed two sons: Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19.

In the memoir, Federline claimed that he was awarded $20,000 per month in child support for their two sons. He was also awarded another $20,000 per month in alimony for half the duration of their 26-month marriage, he says. While Federline doesn't reveal exactly how much he received in total from his divorce to Spears, 43, it was alleged to be in the $1-1.3 million range, per Page Six.

Federline wrote in his book that he signed a “pretty standard” prenup with Spears. He said that he didn’t think they needed a prenup, because he “wasn’t some bum just sitting around waiting for a check.” Adding that before their marriage, he “was out there hustling, grinding, investing [and] working.”

Federline added of his divorce settlement with Spears, “People hear figures like that and think you’re financially set. But the reality is far from that. Explaining that his various expenses to raise two kids in Los Angeles — rent, transportation, security, childcare — didn’t allow the money to “stretch as far as you’d think.”

He elaborated on the costs of raising his two sons, writing, “Raising two young boys in Los Angeles, while maintaining the security and stability they needed, came with a price tag that would make anyone’s head spin."

Meanwhile, Spears explained in her 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, that to see her kids as much as possible, she “did everything [she] could to appease Kevin.” She claimed she paid Federline’s legal bills, child support and “thousands more a month so the kids could come along with me on the Circus tour.”

She said it was a sacrifice she was “willing to make.”

“There is nothing I love more — nothing more important to me on this earth — than my children. I'd lay down my life for them,” she wrote.

Since Federline has been promoting his book, Spears’ representative told PEOPLE that, “once again [Federline] and others are profiting off her and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin.”

“All she cares about are her kids, Sean Preston and Jayden James and their well-being during this sensationalism," the statement read. "She detailed her journey in her memoir."

Spears issued statements to her X profile, saying she's "had enough" of Federline "constantly gaslighting" her. In her X post on Wednesday, Oct. 15, she also defended her relationship with her sons.

"I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys," Spears wrote. "Relationships with teenage boys is complex. I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life."

On Thursday, Oct. 16, she issued another statement on X about her allegations that he is using the opportunity to "profit" from her pain. "To be loved unconditionally and with a naive heart like mine, always being threatened or made to believe I'm the bad one as they profit off my pain…" her post read.

Following Spears’ statements, Federline has denied the claims that he’d only published his book for money. “I think if you read the book and you’ll see that over the course of my life, I’ve realized what matters to me most, and it’s definitely not money,” he said in an interview with Extra. “My family means more to me than anything money could ever buy.”

“I think if you read the book and you’ll see that over the course of my life, I’ve realized what matters to me most, and it's definitely not money."

Well, Kev, if money is no object, how 'bout paying back the 1.5 million Brittany paid you to support your life of Riley and your now enormous man gunt.

Does she ever mention that he was married with kids when she got with him? Notice how that part is always left out of her narrative.

[quote]I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life. Sadly, they have always witnessed the lack of respect shown by [their] own father for me. They need to take responsibility for themselves. With one son only seeing me for 45 min in the past 5 years and the other with only 4 visits in the past 5 years. I have pride too. From now on I will let them know when I am available.”

Again, does she ever take any responsibility for her own shitty behavior which might have led to this? Has she apologized for trashing her own kids in public and allowing them to be bullied for years by her deranged fans?

You can scream and plead all you want, but if you're a shit parent, your kids have every right to not want to have anything to do with you. And if the fans have seen several instances of her public neglect, how much more has gone on behind closed doors that the public doesn't know.

Federline being trash, well she chose to break up his marriage to be with him. Whose fault is that?

This woman stays playing her violin constantly for pity.

Her kids owe her NOTHING.

Ask Joey Luft what it's like being chased by a crazy celebrity with a knife.

I can see Britney [italic]hating[/italic] any girlfriends of her sons.

[Quote]"I'd lay down my life for them"

Yeah, she just won't stay on her meds for them--which is all they want.

Exactly, r117.

And this continued "poor, poor me" BS has got to stop. There is a point where you have to be honest with your damn self and realize: if you don't get along with ANYONE, YOU are the problem, not them.

Please, please stop coddling her and blaming Kevin for the unhinged and unmedicated brat that she is. She's spoiled, racist and quite frankly - a half-wit, Southern white trash bitch who does NOT deserve what she has. She treats EVERYONE like absolute shit.

Neither of these people are trustworthy but I think the kids are kind of scared or weirded out by Britney

R119, they can be scared or weirded out by her, but she's been paying for their lifestyle for 18 years.

Maybe they'll feel happier with their deadbeat dad sans mom's money.

I wonder how much money she has. She hasn't toured or put out any new music in years. What has she been doing these last 4 years?

I can't imagine what's worse: being under legal conservatorship at age 26 (by your father), being forced to take meds and go on tour while a dozen people get a cut of your earnings (her brother Bryan received 200k as a head of a trust in Britney's name).

Or being free from the trust and finally becoming independent, but still nuts because no one is forcing you to take your meds. Doesn't that poor woman have any trusted friends or advisors? Or even psychiatrists? I would hate to see her end up like Amanda Bynes.

Call me naive, but I really thought Madonna was going to take her under her wing after Britney's breakdown.

She’s exhausting!

R120 That's literally the least amount you can do for your children. Especially ones you were too crazy to even actively parent. What should she have done--send them to the mines to earn their keep?

[quote]before their marriage, he “was out there hustling, grinding, investing [and] working.”

Investing what?

Investing his cock in locking down a pay check for life.

[quote] Investing what?

[quote] Investing his cock in locking down a pay check for life.

If you got it, use it.

A big cock should be good for something.

Women get boob jobs to get a rich guy.

Why shouldn't men use a big dick to reel in a rich woman?

Turnabout is fair play.

R121 nobody can help her because she doesn’t want help and refuses to listen

Being hot and having a big cock doesn't guarantee happiness.