You just had to post those parenting videos, Kevin Federline.
Britney Spears' public spat with her ex-husband escalated late Wednesday night when Federline uploaded three videos taken by the former spouses' sons, Jayden and Sean Federline, as their mother, um, mothered them. The videos were from four years ago, when the boys were 11 and 12.
“I can not sit back and let my sons be accused in this way after what they’ve been through. As much as it hurts us, we decided as a family to post these videos,” Federline, 44, captioned the videos on Instagram. “This isn’t even the worst of it. The lies have to stop. I hope our kids grow up to be better than this.”
In the short clips, as described by Page Six, Spears chastises one of her boys for going into an ice cream shop with no shoes on and, in another video, tells a son to respect her — it's her house, she says sternly — when she enters his room to give him lotion for his "coarse" face.
In the third video, Spears and sons Jayden and Sean argue about who is interrupting whom, with Jayden saying to his mother, "I think you just care about yourself, because you won’t let us speak one word and you won’t let us go anywhere we wanna go."
Federline has since taken down the videos, perhaps in response to backlash . As of Thursday afternoon, his Instagram account had zero posts.
"It's so bizarre that Kevin Federline is posting videos of Britney's kids 'arguing' with her that are just her being a parent while they are mad disrespectful to her," cultural critic and feminist writer Roxane Gay tweeted Thursday. "Like ... good for her knowing what it means to parent."
"Dear Kevin Federline. You released a “scathing” video of a mom being a mom. Sometimes moms -gasp - have reactions," tweeted Ally Reid, a radio host in Albany, N.Y. "They might discipline by taking things away or ask for respect. This is shocking but sometimes moms will argue with their kids."
"Kevin Federline is a miserable excuse for a father. That is all," tweeted "Skylanders Academy" voice actor Greg Ellis.
The drama started over the weekend after the Daily Mail posted tidbits from Federline's upcoming ITV tell-all interview.
"The boys have decided they are not seeing her right now," Federline said. "It's been a few months since they've seen her. They made the decision not to go to her wedding" to Sam Asghari in June.
He also said Sean and Jayden had been affected by they mother's habit of regularly posting nearly-nudes on her Instagram account.
"I try to explain to them, 'Look, maybe that's just another way she tries to express herself.' But that doesn't take away from the fact of what it does to them. It's tough," Federline told ITV. "I can't imagine how it feels to be a teenager having to go to high school."
Federline and wife Victoria share parenting duties over the teen boys, as well as daughters Jordan, 11, and Peyton, 8. Federline's older kids with Shar Jackson — Kori, 20, and Kaleb, 18 — frequently visit, the Daily Mail said.
Spears' ex initially got full custody of Sean and Jayden following the couple's divorce in 2007, but that agreement changed over the years to allow the pop star more visitation. Only recently did the boys tell their mom they would be spending most of their time with their dad.
After Federline's recent remarks, Spears chimed in this week in her Instagram Story, which has since expired, saying in part, "It's hard for me to let go of things I truly love ... like my kids. The situation should have 100 percent been dealt with privately and definitely not online !!!"
She continued, writing, "Yeah, I know that teenagers are just hard to deal with at that age … but COME ON, there's being rude then there's being HATEFUL … they would visit me, walk in the door, go straight to their room and lock the door !!! The [court-appointed] MONITOR would tell me that he just likes to be in his room … I'm like why come visit me if they don't even visit me !!! But I never said that because I have to be kind !!!"
She also laid out an accusation of marijuana use at the Federline home, writing, "I can guarantee you, that house has more weed than Ludacris, 50 Cent, Jay Z and Puff Daddy combined!" (That comment earned her some backlash because she mentioned only Black artists.)
"I can't process how I dedicated 20 years of my life to those kids ... everything was about them !!!," Spears wrote as the post neared its end. "For them to knock the breath out of me ... see you can't fix me !!! No therapy or sense of worship can fix my heart !!! I will forever have trauma and I know this, I've accepted it."
Spears' attorney, Mathew S. Rosengart, wasn't having any of what Federline was selling, saying in a statement Thursday that he wouldn't stand for any bullying of his client.
"Whether he realizes it or not, Mr. Federline has not only violated the privacy and dignity of the mother of his children, he has undermined his own children, whose privacy he should protect," the lawyer said.
"Putting aside his ITV interview, Mr. Federline’s ill-advised decision to post an old video of his 11 and 12 year old children was cruel, bottom of the barrel stuff. It was abhorrent. In addition to demeaning himself and violating societal norms, he has now also created various legal issues for himself including, but not limited to, implicating cyber-harassment and cyber-bullying statutes, among other things."
Rosengart said he was working with Instagram to make sure Federline was adhering to its rules and exploring "all appropriate relief against him."
"In the meantime, as Britney herself poignantly said, whatever is occurring between her and her boys should remain private," he added. "We urge Mr. Federline to act with a measure of grace and decency and to cease from publicly discussing private matters, which benefits no one."
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. By Christie D'Zurilla via Yahoo news.
Let us start with this statement.
Dude….wow Kevin really traded down 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh and wait…is that a naked woman on his shirt? hypocrite!
Signed - Britney Army
Britney Army let's do our thing and point out kfed and all his times he's done the above or uncalled things towards others and females that Britney has never spoken back about.
Britney Spears and her husband Sam Asghari have angrily hit back at a series of bombshell claims her ex Kevin Federline has made in a tell-all interview.
The singer shares two sons, 16-year-old Sean Preston and 15-year-old Jayden James, with her ex-husband Federline, who live with their father, his wife and his four other children.
In an paid for interview which ITV News is set to air parts of next week, Federline has claimed that Spears' teenage sons choose not to see her and are embarrassed by her nude photos on Instagram.
But Spears, 40, shared in a statement on Instagram Stories: “It saddens me to hear that my ex husband has decided to discuss the relationship between me and my children.
“As we all know, raising teenage boys is never easy for anyone. It concerns me the fact that the reasons is based on my Instagram… it was LONG before Instagram.
“I gave them everything… Only one word: HURTFUL… I’ll say it… My mother told me ‘You should GIVE them to their dad’.
“I’m sharing this because I can… Have a good day folks!”
Comments by Federline, 44, in the soon-to-air interview included claiming that he had told their sons about Spears' nude selfies: “I try to explain to them, ‘Look, maybe that’s just another way she tries to express herself’.
"But that doesn’t take away from the fact of what it does to them. It’s tough. I can't imagine how it feels to be a teenager having to go to high school.”
He also added: "The boys have decided they are not seeing her right now… It's been a few months since they've seen her."
Talking about her recent wedding to 28-year-old actor Asghari, he said: "They were happy for her but as they’re not seeing her right now, they made the decision not to go to her wedding.”
Federline also claimed the controversial 13-year conservatorship put in place by her father Jamie Spears, which came to an end in November 2021, had "saved her life".
But Asghari also hit back on Instagram Stories, writing: "To clarify my wife has never posted a nude selfie except of her butt which is quite modest these days."
He added that as Sean Preston and Jayden James got older they "may eventually realise the 'tough' part was having a father who hasn't worked much in over 15 years as a role model."
Spears and Federline were married from 2004 to 2007 and Asghari criticised the former backing dancer for appearing to support the conservatorship and Jamie Spears, claiming he had been "benefitting from it somehow".
He wrote: “Kevin’s gravy train will end soon which probably explains the timing of these hurtful statements. I do not know him personally and have nothing against him aside him trying to vilify my wife.”
Asghari then made a dig about having a job himself, before ending: "I wish him the best and hope he has a more positive outlook in the future for benefit of all involved."
Appearing to reference Will Smith's Oscars comments where he slapped Chris Rock, Asghari finished: "But for now: Keep my wife's name...out your mouth."
Source : yahoo life style
Britney Posts From Inside a Bar for 'First Time' in 13 Years
Brit revealed to us fans this week that she went to a bar for the "first time" in 13 years.
Brit shared a new milestone on her Instagram stories and showed her followers her enjoying a cocktail in a bar with her assistant.
"This is my first time at a bar. First time," Spears said to the camera, wearing a large pair of sunglasses. "I feel so fancy and I feel so sophisticated."
Brit then turned the camera on her assistant, Victoria Asher, who said: "We're having a little beverage." Britney also showed a cocktail being served at the bar, and a shot of a plate of intricately-plated food.
"So glad they took my rights away for 13 years to have a cocktail. I'm so grateful y'all."