{"id":214694,"date":"2025-10-15T11:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/214694\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T11:31:11","slug":"britney-spears-fires-back-at-kevin-federline-over-memoir-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/214694\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears fires back at Kevin Federline over memoir allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oops!\u2026she did it again.<\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears, 43, has fired back at ex-husband Kevin Federline following the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/14\/entertainment\/kevin-federline-claims-britney-spears-would-watch-sons-sleep-with-a-knife-in-her-hand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shocking allegations he made<\/a> against her in his upcoming memoir, \u201cYou Thought You Knew.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith news from Kevin\u2019s book breaking, once again he and\u00a0others are profiting off her, and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin,\u201d the troubled pop star\u2019s rep <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/britney-spears-hits-back-at-kevin-federline-memoir-allegations-exclusive-11829727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told People<\/a> in a statement Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears has fired back at ex-husband Kevin Federline following the allegations he made against her in his upcoming memoir. britneyspears\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Federline claimed in his memoir that Spears used to watch their two sons sleep with a \u201cknife in her hand.\u201d WireImage for Ogilvy Public Relations<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll she cares about are her kids, Sean Preston and Jayden James, and their well-being during this sensationalism,\u201d they added. \u201cShe detailed her journey in her memoir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his bombshell new book, Federline, 47, claimed that the former couple\u2019s sons didn\u2019t want to spend time at the \u201cToxic\u201d singer\u2019s house as teenagers <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/14\/entertainment\/kevin-federline-claims-britney-spears-would-watch-sons-sleep-with-a-knife-in-her-hand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">because of her concerning behavior<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would awaken sometimes at night to find her standing silently in the doorway, watching them sleep \u2014 \u2019Oh, you\u2019re awake?\u2019 \u2014 with a knife in her hand,\u201d Federline wrote, per an excerpt obtained by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/14\/arts\/music\/britney-spears-kevin-federline-book.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=fb-nytimes&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawNbVflleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHkMlhcr6zrK2I0Vx-YmY03aS4z1_KQUSqkQPlF3E3cuEay8TG042XuKLyOB2_aem_7SP9RfsTxCVomSrqb4yGNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Federline and Britney Spears during the Rolling Stone-Verizon Wireless Grammy party in Los Angeles, California, on Dec. 7, 2006. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears with sons Jayden and Sean at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, on April 17, 2013. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen she\u2019d turn around and pad off without explanation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Spears and Federline, who married in 2004, welcomed Sean, 20, and Jayden, 19, before their divorce was finalized in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The pair fought an ugly custody battle over their kids, which ultimately ended in 2008 when Federline was awarded full custody of both boys.<\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears dancing with knives in an Instagram video shared on Sept. 25, 2023. Instagram\/@britneyspears<\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears dancing with knives in an Instagram video shared on Sept. 25, 2023. Instagram\/@britneyspears<\/p>\n<p>Although Spears was initially ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/12\/parents\/britney-spears-done-paying-child-support-to-ex-kevin-federline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to pay her ex $20,000 per month<\/a> in child support following their split, the amount <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/09\/11\/kevin-federline-wants-britney-spears-to-increase-child-support\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">increased to $40,000 a month<\/a> in 2018 because Sean and Jayden were spending more time with thei dad in Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u201cWomanizer\u201d singer <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/12\/parents\/britney-spears-done-paying-child-support-to-ex-kevin-federline\/#:~:text=Britney%20Spears%20will%20stop%20making,18th%20birthday%20was%20in%20September.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made her last payment<\/a> in November 2024 after Jayden turned 18 and graduated from high school.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in \u201cYou Thought You Knew,\u201d which releases Tuesday, Oct. 21, Federline\u00a0reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/10\/14\/celebrity-news\/kevin-federline-fears-britney-spears-is-racing-toward-tragic-end-with-erratic-behavior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">sounded the alarm about Spears\u2019 current \u201csituation\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and cautioned that she is \u201cracing toward something irreversible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spears and Federline, who married in 2004, welcomed Sean, 20, and Jayden, 19, before their divorce was finalized in 2007. Britney Spears\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>The pair fought an ugly custody battle over their kids, which ultimately ended in 2008 when Federline was awarded full custody of both boys. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s become impossible to pretend everything\u2019s OK,\u201d he wrote, per the excerpt obtained by the Times on Tuesday. \u201cFrom where I sit, the clock is ticking, and we\u2019re getting close to the 11th hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething bad is going to happen if things don\u2019t change, and my biggest fear is that our sons will be left holding the pieces,\u201d Federline added.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The cover of Kevin Federline\u2019s upcoming memoir, \u201cYou Thought You Knew.\u201d Listenin<\/p>\n<p>The former DJ further alleged that the \u201cFree Britney\u201d movement, which helped release the Grammy winner from her <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/29\/freebritney-explained-behind-britney-spears-conservatorship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">13-year conservatorship under dad Jamie Spears<\/a> in 2021, hurt her more than it helped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those people who put so much effort into that should now put the same energy into the \u2018Save Britney\u2019 movement,\u201d Federline wrote. \u201cBecause this is no longer about freedom. It\u2019s about survival.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, more than ever, [our children] need your support,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019ve been their buffer for years, but now it\u2019s bigger than me. It\u2019s time to sound the alarm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spears, meanwhile, detailed her side of the relationship with Federline in her 2023 memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/24\/entertainment\/britney-spears-memoir-bombshells-about-ex-justin-timberlake\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cThe Woman in Me.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Federline at the Les Deux club in Hollywood, California, on Oct. 18, 2006. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Federline and Britney Spears in 2006. Michael Caulfield<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGimme More\u201d singer claimed that Federline \u201ctook my world away from me\u201d during their battle for custody of Sean and Jayden, and that her family wasn\u2019t around to support her during the tragic time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knocked the breath out of me,\u201d Spears wrote. \u201cAnd my family did not hold me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to Federline\u2019s rep for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oops!\u2026she did it again. 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