{"id":2098517,"date":"2025-10-17T20:05:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2098517"},"modified":"2025-10-17T20:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:05:38","slug":"kevin-federline-claims-britney-spears-wished-sons-were-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kevin-federline-claims-britney-spears-wished-sons-were-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Federline Claims Britney Spears Wished Sons Were &#8216;Dead&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kevin-federline\/\"><strong>Kevin Federline<\/strong><\/a><\/span> will never forget one phone call <strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/britney-spears\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Britney Spears<\/span><\/a><\/strong> allegedly had with their son Sean Preston within the past two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cDuring their conversation, she started her usual routine, blaming me, her father and the rest of her family for her problems,\u201d Federline, 47, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/britney-spears-worries-k-fed-book-will-build-barrier-with-sons-excl\/\"><span class=\"s1\">wrote in his upcoming memoir<\/span><\/a>, <i>You Thought You Knew<\/i>. \u201cPreston, to his credit, confronted her. He called out her lies and refused to accept her narrative. Her response was chilling: She told him she wished he, his brother and me were all dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When Preston, 20, recounted the conversation, Federline said he was left feeling \u201cdevastated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cHow could a mother say that to her son? Preston, having dealt with her vitriol for years, took it better than I did,\u201d Federline wrote. \u201cHe understood her anger and instability, but it didn\u2019t make it any less painful. Trauma like that left scars, ones I fear they\u2019ll carry for the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/britney-spears-revelations-from-her-ex-kevin-federlines-memoir\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/britney-spears-revelations-from-her-ex-kevin-federlines-memoir\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">6 Revelations From Britney Spears\u2018 Ex Kevin Federline\u2018s Book<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKevin Federline decided to write his debut memoir, You Thought You Knew, to tell his story on his terms. \u201cI\u2019ve sat back and watched people tell my story through a different lens for 20 years,\u201d Federline, 47, told Us Weekly exclusively ahead of the book\u2019s Tuesday, October 21, release date. \u201cI focused on my family, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Before Federline\u2019s book is released on Tuesday, October 21, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/britney-spears-slams-sensationalism-in-ex-kevin-federlines-memoir\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Spears\u2019 rep spoke out<\/span><\/a> about the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWith news from Kevin\u2019s book breaking, once again he and others are profiting off her, and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin,\u201d Spears\u2019 rep said in a statement to Us on Tuesday, October 14. \u201cAll she cares about are her kids, Sean Preston and Jayden James, and their well-being during this sensationalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Spears\u2019 rep added that the pop star \u201cdetailed her journey in her memoir,\u201d <em>The Woman in Me<\/em>, which was published in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Spears, 43, herself also spoke out online, telling her fans that \u201crelationships with teenage boys [are] complex.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4136836\" style=\"width: 644px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:159%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4136836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=855&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Kevin Federline Claims Britney Spears Told Son Preston She Wished He and His Brother Jayden Were Dead\" width=\"855\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kevinfederline.webp?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Kevin Federline<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Listenin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/britney-spears-accuses-kevin-federline-of-gaslighting-her\/\"><span class=\"s1\">constant gaslighting<\/span><\/a> from [my] ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting. I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys,\u201d she wrote <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/britneyspears\/status\/1978621279474229703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\">via X<\/span><\/a> on Wednesday, October 15. \u201cI have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Spears claimed she has only seen one of her sons for 45 minutes in the past five years. The other son allegedly had four visits with the singer in that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTrust 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,\u201d Spears continued. \u201cI will always love them and if you really know me, you won\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/kevin-federline-reveals-sons-with-britney-spears-have-read-book-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kevin-Federline-Reveals-Whether-His-Sons-Have-Read-His-New-Book-With-Explosive-Britney-Spears-Claims.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1998px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kevin Federline Reveals Whether His Sons Have Read His New Book With Explosive Britney Spears Claims\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kevin-Federline-Reveals-Whether-His-Sons-Have-Read-His-New-Book-With-Explosive-Britney-Spears-Claims.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/news\/kevin-federline-reveals-sons-with-britney-spears-have-read-book-excl\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kevin Federline Reveals Whether Sons Have Read Book With Britney Bombshells<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKevin Federline revealed his sons Sean Preston and Jayden James have read some of his upcoming memoir, which includes explosive claims about his ex-wife and their mother, Britney Spears. \u201cPieces of it, but, I mean, they know all of this stuff, right?\u201d Federline, 47, told Us Weekly during an exclusive interview on Wednesday, October 15. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">In his book, Federline wrote that he had \u201cto carefully guide the boys out of the mindset Britney tried to instill in them that everyone else was to blame for her problems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cBy the time they were teenagers, they had started to believe her narrative,\u201d Federline wrote. \u201cIt took countless conversations and a lot of patience to help them see the bigger picture. I never spoke badly about her; I simply presented the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an exclusive interview with <em>Us<\/em>, Federline denied Spears\u2019 claims that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-britney-spears-ex-kevin-federline-is-releasing-book-excl\/\"><span class=\"s1\">his book<\/span><\/a> is strictly a money grab.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kevin-federline-shares-jamie-lynn-spears-texts-about-britneys-kids\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2_af5f26.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kevin Federline, Jamie Lynn Spears and Britney Spears\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/2_af5f26.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/kevin-federline-shares-jamie-lynn-spears-texts-about-britneys-kids\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kevin Federline Shares Jamie Lynn Spears&#8217; Texts About Britney&#8217;s Sons<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKevin Federline reveals in his upcoming memoir that his wife, Victoria Prince, stays in touch with his ex Britney Spears\u2018 family. Federline, 47, writes in You Thought You Knew that Prince, 42, has received at least two lengthy messages from Britney\u2019s sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, since the Princess of Pop\u2019s 13-year conservatorship ended in 2021. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cMoney\u2019s not the root of this thing,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/britney-spears-slams-sensationalism-in-ex-kevin-federlines-memoir\/\"><span class=\"s1\">he insisted to <i>Us<\/i><\/span><\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cI feel like, if she has the right to tell her story, why don\u2019t I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Spears and Federline were married from 2004 to 2007.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>You Thought You Knew<\/i> is available on Tuesday, October 21, via Listenin, an audio-first platform.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Federline will never forget one phone call Britney Spears allegedly had with their son Sean Preston within the past two years. \u201cDuring their conversation, she started her usual routine, blaming me, her father and the rest of her family for her problems,\u201d Federline, 47, wrote in his upcoming memoir, You Thought You Knew. \u201cPreston, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2098518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[21994,24003,21738],"class_list":["post-2098517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-books","tag-celebrity-news","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Kevin-Federline-Claims-Britney-Spears-Wished-Sons-Were-Dead.webp.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2098517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2098519,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098517\/revisions\/2098519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2098518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2098517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2098517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2098517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}