Kevin Federline, the ex-husband of Britney Spears, has dropped a bombshell in his new memoir involving Britney’s alleged feelings towards Justin Timberlake whilst they were married
Britney Spears’ ex-husband has suggested she never “really got over” her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake. In Kevin Federline’s explosive new memoir, titled You Thought You Knew, Kevin Federline, who married the pop icon in 2004, dropped a bombshell involving Britney’s alleged feelings towards Justin whilst they were married.
In her own 2023 memoir, The Woman in Me, Britney revealed highly personal details about her relationship with pop icon Justin, whom she was in a relationship from 1999 to 2002.
Britney had reportedly become pregnant with the former NSYNC star’s baby but had an abortion as “Justin was so sure that he didn’t want to be a father”, something she described as “one of the most agonising things” she’s ever experienced.
Her romance with the Grammy-winning Cry Me a River singer was also a topic that emerged in Kevin’s book, who alleged that Britney called Justin the night before she was due to marry Kevin, reports the Telegraph.
It was purported that whilst “sobbing”, she vowed to him that she did indeed want to proceed with the marriage. Yet, in his words, he said he had the sense she had “unfinished business” with Justin.
He also suggested Britney never “really got over him” and described how Justin would ultimately remain in the background of their relationship, which ended officially with divorce in 2007. Federline described her ex-boyfriend’s presence as “like a ghost in the background”.
Britney, who shares two children with her ex-husband, Sean Preston and Jayden James, has since hit out at Kevin’s “constant gaslighting” in response to claims in the book.
He also alleged that the Oops!…I Did It Again hitmaker would stand over their sleeping sons while holding a knife. Kevin alleged that their sons would wake up to find their mother watching them, only for her to leave the room without explanation.
In an Instagram post, Britney responded to what she termed her ex’s “gaslighting” and told her fans that she “always pleaded and screamed” to have a life with her sons.
She wrote: “The constant gaslighting from ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting. I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys. Relationships with teenage boys is complex.”
Britney also said she felt “demoralised by this situation” and had always asked and “almost begged” for her children to be a part of her life, but they’d witnessed the “lack of respect shown by their own father for me.”
She added: “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.
Britney went on to say: “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.”
Finally, the pop icon noted that she’s a “pretty intelligent woman” who had been trying to live a “sacred and private life” for the past five years, adding that she’s speaking on this as she’s “had enough”.
The Mirror has reached out to Britney Spears’ representatives for comment.