Britney Spears tore into her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, over claims he made about her parenting expertise in his new memoir, “You Thought You Knew.”
Federline’s e-book is about to hit cabinets on Oct. 21 — although, excerpts from the memoir had been launched the final a number of days, with the singer and her personal life being the primary speaking factors. In response, Spears took to X to handle Federline’s accusations, particularly with reference to her relationship with their sons, Sean Preston, 20, and Jayden James, 19.
“The fixed gaslighting from [my] ex-husband is extraordinarily hurtful and exhausting,” she wrote. “I’ve all the time pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys. Relationships with teenage boys [are] advanced.”
As she went on, Spears mentioned she “felt demoralized by this example,” particularly given the very fact she’s “all the time requested and nearly begged” for his or her boys to be in her life.
She continued: “Sadly, they’ve all the time witnessed the dearth of respect proven by [their] personal father for me. They should take accountability for themselves. With one son solely seeing me for 45 min up to now 5 years and the opposite with solely 4 visits up to now 5 years. I’ve pleasure too. Any further I’ll allow them to know when I’m obtainable.”
Moreover, Spears lambasted “You Thought You Knew” as being stuffed with “white lies.”
“Belief me, these white lies in that e-book, they’re going straight to the financial institution and I’m the one one who genuinely will get damage right here,” the pop star added. “I’ll all the time love them and when you actually know me, you gained’t take note of the tabloids of my psychological well being and ingesting. I’m truly a reasonably clever girl who has been attempting to dwell a sacred and personal life the previous 5 years.”
Earlier than ending her assertion, Spears famous that she selected to interrupt her silence on the matter as she’s “had sufficient — and any actual girl would do the identical.”
Spears and Federline famously had a whirlwind romance, getting engaged in July 2004 after relationship for under three months prior. They wed later that yr within the fall, welcoming their first son the next yr.
Nevertheless, the couple break up by November 2006, when Spears filed for divorce. Federline was granted sole authorized and bodily custody of their sons amid Spears’ conservatorship — which resulted in November 2021.
