{"id":80037,"date":"2025-10-17T06:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T06:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/80037\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T06:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T06:15:08","slug":"britney-spears-responds-to-kevin-federlines-memoir-with-an-emotional-message-to-her-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/80037\/","title":{"rendered":"Britney Spears Responds to Kevin Federline\u2019s Memoir With an Emotional Message to Her Sons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Britney Spears accuses her ex-husband Kevin Federline of \u201cgaslighting\u201d her in lengthy Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kevin is currently promoting his memoir, You Thought You Knew.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Britney also defended her relationship with their two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHush, just stop.\u201d This is the opening line to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69058211\/britney-spears-dancer-teresa-espinosa-kevin-federline-excerpt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Britney Spears;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Britney Spears<\/a>\u2019 hit 2000 song \u201cStronger.\u201d It\u2019s also the sentiment behind Britney\u2019s response to Kevin Federline\u2019s memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/You-Thought-Knew-Kevin-Federline\/dp\/B0FLH62D15?tag=syn-yahoo-20&amp;ascsubtag=%5Bartid%7C10049.a.69061732%5Bsrc%7Cyahoo-us\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:You Thought You Knew;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">You Thought You Knew<\/a>. In a lengthy post on social media, Britney accused Kevin (to whom she was married from 2004 to 2007) of \u201cgaslighting\u201d her with his new book, saying she\u2019s had \u201cenough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a69046144\/britney-spears-jason-alexander-kevin-federline-pain-memoir\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kevin\u2019s memoir;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kevin\u2019s memoir<\/a> doesn\u2019t hit shelves until October 21, but <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=74968X1596630&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2025%2F10%2F14%2Farts%2Fmusic%2Fbritney-spears-kevin-federline-book.html&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cosmopolitan.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebs%2Fa69061732%2Fbritney-spears-responds-to-kevin-federline-memoir%2F\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:excerpts;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">excerpts<\/a> published this week have accused Britney of erratic behavior and included an allegation that she once watched their two sons sleep\u2014with a knife in her hand. On Tuesday, following the first round of reports on the book, Britney\u2019s representative released a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/britney-spears-hits-back-at-kevin-federline-memoir-allegations-exclusive-11829727\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a>, saying in part, \u201cWith news from Kevin&#8217;s book breaking, once again he and others are profiting off her and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Britney herself spoke out on Wednesday in a post shared to Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DP2oyNAAGIG\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, accusing him of souring her relationship with their two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"los angeles, ca april 17: in this handout photo provided by the la dodgers, britney spears poses with sons jayden james federline (l) and sean preston federline (r) during a game against the san diego padres at dodger stadium on april 17, 2013 in los angeles, california. (photo by jon soohoo\/la dodgers via getty images)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/37a3b9326360cda441750bd18e752dc9.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jon SooHoo\/LA Dodgers via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe constant gaslighting from ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Britney appears to have been responding to Kevin&#8217;s recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=74968X1596630&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40entertainmenttonight%2Fvideo%2F7561196517512498462%3Flang%3Den&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cosmopolitan.com%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebs%2Fa69061732%2Fbritney-spears-responds-to-kevin-federline-memoir%2F\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Tonight;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Tonight<\/a>, in which he said that their sons were \u201cscreaming for a life with\u201d their mother, though she did not specifically mention the interview. She continued, \u201cSadly, they have always witnessed the lack of respect shown by [their] own father for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The singer went on to say that she has rarely seen her sons in the last five years, with \u201cone son only seeing me for 45 minutes and the other with only 4 visits.\u201d And that while she hoped they would take initiative to reach out and build a relationship with her, she wrote, \u201cI have pride too. From now on I will let them know when I am available.\u201d She later added that she \u201cwill always love them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"britney spears statement on kevin federline memoir\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1437\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ed5400fd0abf8fa9bbb7203b2849d5ae.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Britney Spears\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Elsewhere in her statement, Britney appeared to call out her ex husband, accusing him of lying for about her for money. \u201cTrust 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,\u201d she wrote. And while she insisted that she has tried to \u201clive a sacred and private life\u201d since the end of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a33371286\/free-britney-spears-movement-conservatorship-explained\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:conservatorship;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">conservatorship<\/a>, she felt she had to speak out. \u201cI speak on this because I have had enough and any real woman would do the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can read more of her side of the story in Britney\u2019s own memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Woman-Me-Britney-Spears\/dp\/1668009048?tag=syn-yahoo-20&amp;ascsubtag=%5Bartid%7C10049.a.69061732%5Bsrc%7Cyahoo-us\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Woman in Me;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Woman in Me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You Might Also Like<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.&#8221; Britney Spears accuses&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2003,146,85,46,53322,409,55426],"class_list":{"0":"post-80037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-britney-spears","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-kevin-federline","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-sean-preston"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}