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Kevin Federline is revisiting his turbulent past with Britney Spears<\/a> in his upcoming memoir \u201cYou Thought You Knew,\u201d set for release on October 21. The dancer and DJ, now 47, shares his life story from his youth in Fresno, California, to his high-profile marriage with the pop icon.<\/p>\n Spears\u2019 ex opens up about their volatile relationship, substance use, and emotional breakdowns that marked the final years of their marriage in an interview with The New York Times.<\/a><\/p>\n Federline and Spears married in 2004 and finalised their divorce in 2007, following a lengthy custody dispute.<\/p>\n Federline wrote about his growing worries over Spears\u2019 mental health, saying he has watched from afar as their two sons, Sean Preston, now 20, and Jayden James, 19, became increasingly uncomfortable around their mother.<\/p>\n He recounts how the boys once refused to return to Spears\u2019 home, claiming she frightened them. \u201cThey would awaken sometimes at night to find her standing silently in the doorway, watching them sleep \u2014 \u2018Oh, you\u2019re awake?\u2019 \u2014 with a knife in her hand,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThen she\u2019d turn around and pad off without explanation.\u201d<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Spears declined to comment on Federline\u2019s claims. However, in her own memoir, which is currently being adapted into a film, Spears rejects accusations of substance abuse and insists her custody battle with Federline was deeply traumatizing.<\/p>\n Federline, who has appeared in several reality shows, maintains that he has never spoken ill of Spears and claims his priority has always been their children.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve never, ever, once, been against Britney,\u201d he said in an interview with the NYT. \u201cI\u2019ve only tried to help my sons have an incredible relationship with their mother. My kids do not know the woman that I married. And I\u2019ve spent two decades trying to bridge that gap.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cOops I did it again\u201d hitmaker alleges that her ex-husband limited her access to their children and \u201ctried to convince everyone\u201d that she was unstable to gain full custody. Despite their estrangement, Spears has recently expressed hope of rebuilding her bond with Sean and Jayden.<\/p>\n Originally reported by Khushali Srivastava on Reality Tea<\/a><\/p>\n The post Britney Spears\u2019 Kids Say They Woke Up to Find Her Holding a Knife, According to Memoir<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kevin Federline is revisiting his turbulent past with Britney Spears in his upcoming memoir \u201cYou Thought You Knew,\u201d set for release on October 21. The dancer and DJ, now 47, shares his life story from his youth in Fresno, California, to his high-profile marriage with the pop icon. 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