Britney Spears is accusing ex-husband Kevin Federline of “gaslighting” her ahead of the release of his memoir.
Spears, 43, shared her feelings via X on Wednesday, October 15, writing, “The constant gaslighting from ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting. I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys.”
She added, “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.”
The legendary pop star’s comments came after Federline, 47, defended the upcoming publication of his tell-all, You Thought You Knew, which details their 2004 marriage and divorce three years later. The exes share two sons, Preston, 20, and Jayden, 19. In the book, Federline claims that Spears mixed wine and prescription medication while pregnant and snorted cocaine when she was breast-feeding their children.
“Sadly, they have always witnessed the lack of respect shown by [their] own father for me,” Spears wrote in her X post. “They need to take responsibility for themselves. With one son only seeing me for 45 min in the past 5 years and the other with only 4 visits in the past 5 years. I have pride too. From now on I will let them know when I am available.”
Spears continued: “Trust 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. I will always love them and if you really know me, you won’t pay attention to the tabloids of my mental health and drinking. I am actually a pretty intelligent woman who has been trying to live a sacred and private life the past 5 years. I speak on this because I have had enough and any real woman [would] do the same.”
On Tuesday, October 14, Spears released a statement after various publications released excerpts from Federline’s book, which will be officially released next week.
“With news from Kevin’s book breaking, once again he and others are profiting off her, and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin,” Spears’ rep told Us Weekly at the time. “All she cares about are her kids, Sean Preston and Jayden James, and their well-being during this sensationalism. She detailed her journey in her memoir.”
In 2023, Spears published her own memoir, The Woman in Me, in which she chronicled her music career, her 13-year conservatorship and her romances with Federline and Justin Timberlake.
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Federline responded to her team’s statement in an exclusive interview with Us on Wednesday, insisting, “Money’s not the root of this thing. I feel like, if she has the right to tell her story, why don’t I?”
He said he “couldn’t even remember the last conversation” he had with Spears, and wished her the best.
“All I really want is for her to be able to have a wonderful relationship with her children,” he told Us. “I want her to be happy, healthy and all of the things. I want nothing but greatness for her.”
