Britney Spears is accusing ex-husband Kevin Federline of “gaslighting” her forward of the discharge of his memoir.
Spears, 43, shared her emotions by way of X on Wednesday, October 15, writing, “The fixed gaslighting from ex-husband is extraordinarily hurtful and exhausting. I’ve all the time pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys.”
She added, “Relationships with teenage boys is complicated. I’ve felt demoralized by this case and have all the time requested and virtually begged for them to be part of my life.”
The legendary pop star’s feedback got here after Federline, 47, defended the upcoming publication of his tell-all, You Thought You Knew, which particulars their 2004 marriage and divorce three years later. The exes share two sons, Preston, 20, and Jayden, 19. Within the e-book, Federline claims that Spears blended wine and prescription treatment whereas pregnant and snorted cocaine when she was breast-feeding their youngsters.
“Sadly, they’ve all the time witnessed the shortage of respect proven by [their] personal father for me,” Spears wrote in her X put up. “They should take duty 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. To any extent further I’ll allow them to know when I’m obtainable.”
Spears continued: “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 harm right here. I’ll all the time love them and if you happen to actually know me, you gained’t take note of the tabloids of my psychological well being and consuming. I’m really a reasonably clever lady who has been making an attempt to reside a sacred and personal life the previous 5 years. I converse on this as a result of I’ve had sufficient and any actual lady [would] do the identical.”
On Tuesday, October 14, Spears launched a press release after varied publications launched excerpts from Federline’s e-book, which can be formally launched subsequent week.
“With information from Kevin’s e-book breaking, as soon as once more he and others are profiting off her, and sadly it comes after baby help has ended with Kevin,” Spears’ rep instructed Us Weekly on the time. “All she cares about are her children, Sean Preston and Jayden James, and their well-being throughout this sensationalism. She detailed her journey in her memoir.”
In 2023, Spears printed her personal memoir, The Lady in Me, wherein she chronicled her music profession, her 13-year conservatorship and her romances with Federline and Justin Timberlake.
Federline responded to her workforce’s assertion in an unique interview with Us on Wednesday, insisting, “Cash’s not the basis of this factor. I really feel like, if she has the appropriate to inform her story, why don’t I?”
He mentioned he “couldn’t even keep in mind the final dialog” he had with Spears, and wished her one of the best.
“All I actually need is for her to have the ability to have an exquisite relationship together with her youngsters,” he instructed Us. “I would like her to be blissful, wholesome and all the issues. I would like nothing however greatness for her.”