Britney Spears is accusing ex-husband Kevin Federline of “gaslighting” her forward of the discharge of his memoir.
Spears, 43, shared her emotions through X on Wednesday, October 15, writing, “The fixed gaslighting from ex-husband is extraordinarily hurtful and exhausting. I’ve at all times pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys.”
She added, “Relationships with teenage boys is advanced. I’ve felt demoralized by this example and have at all times 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 kids.
“Sadly, they’ve at all times witnessed the dearth of respect proven by [their] personal father for me,” Spears wrote in her X publish. “They should take accountability for themselves. With one son solely seeing me for 45 min prior to now 5 years and the opposite with solely 4 visits prior to now 5 years. I’ve delight too. Any more I’ll allow them to know when I’m out there.”
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 damage right here. I’ll at all times love them and when you actually know me, you received’t take note of the tabloids of my psychological well being and ingesting. I’m truly a reasonably clever lady who has been attempting to reside a sacred and personal life the previous 5 years. I communicate 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 will likely 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 assist has ended with Kevin,” Spears’ rep advised Us Weekly on the time. “All she cares about are her youngsters, Sean Preston and Jayden James, and their well-being throughout this sensationalism. She detailed her journey in her memoir.”
In 2023, Spears revealed her personal memoir, The Lady in Me, through which 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 foundation of this factor. I really feel like, if she has the precise to inform her story, why don’t I?”
He stated 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 a beautiful relationship together with her kids,” he advised Us. “I need her to be completely satisfied, wholesome and the entire issues. I need nothing however greatness for her.”