Since no one in Britney SpearsOrbit can decline an interview, and now has to respond to ex-husband Kevin Federline’s claims about their teenage sons choosing not to see her for months.
Federline, a former backup dancer who was married to the pop star for a turbulent two years in the early 2000s, recently shared an interview with daily mailRe-igniting long-standing tensions between him and his ex-wife.
“The boys have decided they don’t see it now,” Federline told the Mail of Preston, 16, and Jayden, 15. “It’s been a few months since they saw her. They made the decision not to go there. wedding.”
Federline also claimed that their sons are particularly disturbed by Spears’ behavior on social media, including revealing photos she posts on Instagram.
“I try to explain to them, ‘Look, maybe that’s just another way she’s trying to express herself,'” he said. “But that doesn’t detract from the reality of what he’s doing to them.”
He also claimed that Spears’ guardianship — which she said led to years of financial abuse and emotional abuse after she was placed in 2008 — actually “saved” her.
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The repercussions of the legal arrangement that judge finished “It was harder to watch, and harder to live, watching my kids go through than anything else,” Federline said in November 2021.
“It was tough,” he added. “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do in my life.”
Spears responded to the interview Saturday night via Instagram, calling Federline’s comments about her sons “hurtful.”
“It saddens me to hear that my ex-husband has decided to discuss the relationship between me and my children,” she wrote. “As we all know, raising teenage boys is never easy for anyone… It worries me the fact that the reason depends on my Instagram… That was long before Instagram… I gave them everything.”
In a separate post, Spears responded to Federline’s criticism of her social media activism, writing that “other artists made it worse when their kids were very young.”
“I’m just human and I did my best,” she wrote. “I was controlled and monitored for almost 15 years…I just needed permission to take Tylenol!!! I should start doing more WAAAY than going topless at the beach as a kid!!!! “
“I’m not surprised that just as my family has done their share of interviews, they will too,” she continued. “I’m not at all surprised by their behavior and approach to what I had to deal with.”
Sam Asgari, who married Spears in June, did not take Federline’s comments kindly, saying via Instagram that “there is no truth to his statement about children who distance themselves.”
Asgari wrote, “Boys are very smart and will turn 18 to make their own decisions and may eventually realize that the ‘hard’ part is having a father who hasn’t worked much in over 15 years as a role model.”
He added, “Kevin’s gravy train will be ending soon, which probably explains the timing of these hurtful statements.” I don’t know him personally and have nothing against him other than his choice to discredit my wife. His character is revealed by agreeing to the cruel 13 year (guardianship) and his loyalty to Jaimie indicates his approval at the time of his conception as well.”
Although Federline Take a restraining order Against the singer’s father, Jamie Spears, over an alleged quarrel in 2019, he said he would now welcome Jamie back into his son’s life.
“People make mistakes,” Federline told the Daily Mail of his ex-father-in-law who was Spurs’ guardianship engineer. “I feel bad for him. I feel like he was exposed to succulents.”
The singer is currently in a legal battle with her father as part of an ongoing investigation into his role as guardian of her property.
In July, she said win big When a judge ruled that Jamie should sit down for testimony to address a slew of disturbing allegations, including the claim that he placed his daughter under constant surveillance by bugging her bedroom, to reject.
Spears rarely talks about her kids in public, although she did share nice picture About herself with the boys last year, saying they let her post it.
“I am very fortunate that my two children are a gentleman [sic] I wrote at that time. “I haven’t posted pictures of them for a while because they are at the age where they want to express their identities and I totally get that.”