Britney Spears Shares Statement In Response To Kevin Federline Book

Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline is publishing a new memoir titled You Thought You Knew next week. Yesterday, excerpts appeared in The New York Times which featured concerning allegations against the pop star.

Federline and Spears were married from 2004 to 2007 and have two sons together. The book claims Spears engaged in sexual acts with female staffers and used cocaine and partied with Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton while her sons cried. One particularly troubling accusation involves Spears watching her sons sleep while clutching a knife. "They would awaken sometimes at night to find her standing silently in the doorway, watching them sleep — 'Oh, you're awake?' — with a knife in her hand. Then she'd turn around and pad off without explanation," the passage reads.

He also writes that the movement to terminate Spears' conservatorship "started from a good place," but ultimately jeopardized her safety. "All those people who put so much effort into that should now put the same energy into the 'Save Britney' movement. Because this is no longer about freedom. It's about survival."

"This situation with Britney feels like it's racing toward something irreversible," he continues. "Now, more than ever, they need your support…I've been their buffer for years, but now it's bigger than me. It's time to sound the alarm."

Spears' team initially responded with a statement: “With news from Kevin’s book breaking, once again he and others are profiting off her and sadly it comes after child support has ended with Kevin. All she cares about are her kids, Sean Preston and Jayden James and their well-being during this sensationalism. She detailed her journey in her memoir.”

Tonight, Spears herself responded with a post on Twitter:

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. I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life.

Sadly, they have always witnessed the lack of respect shown by own father for me. 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. 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. 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.

UPDATE: Spears has shared a followup statement on Twitter. Read it below.

To be loved unconditionally and with a naive heart like mine, always being threatened or made to believe I'm the bad one as they profit off my pain… Oh dear Jesus show me there is a God and I can too be loved unconditionally and not have to be so perfect cause it's really interesting. I 100 percent beg to differ the way he is literally attacking me in his interviews. If truth be told the man in the interview went STRAIGHT TO the SOURCE and said it CLEAR AS DAY … no money from Britney for 5 years you trying to get paid that's what general America is saying weird you both have moved on… your kids are adults it's a different world now ... why is HE SO ANGRY ... and what's scary is he’s convincing. It literally blows my mind the moments he stops before he cries are you fucking serious … I know his book will sell loads more than mine. If you really love someone then you don’t help them by humiliating them. What scared me was how serious and angry he got, people have no idea, it is way worse than anyone could imagine… the boy hates me and it is deep anger to literally say the things he is saying. As my mother cleverly says, “Oh you’re angry, we just love you so much and wish you were here” … I’m like, WHAT? You called me one time in 6 years and why didn’t you invite me to my son’s bday in Louisiana in my home for 2 weeks? They get entitled with special secrets as they treat me exactly the way my father used to… yes, they secretly love to cast me out and make me feel completely isolated. So, in resolution, guess what I did my friends? I bought myself a miniature green house made of all glass… it has a beautiful stained glass picture above the door… it is the mini house of healing… I do need healing and I’m starting tomorrow on it… nope not growing weed 😹😹😹😹… lavender, rosemary, eucalyptus, and miniature shelves. Freeze your favorite flowers in the refrigerator— I’m serious, the smell stays potent rich and strong. Gardenias are unbelievable, sage, peppermint, chamomile, tea tree —there are so many! I’m gonna get real dirty in there with all the dirt, but I don’t care I’m honestly liberated and so damn blessed it arrived!!! There are so many things to do to heal… I feel like just general contact and communication with people. My birthday wish is not to fly anywhere this year… I want to have coffee, lunch, or dinner with Michelle Pheiffer and Paris Jackson. It is important to look up to people and still believe in humanity, and there are extremely cool beautiful people here. I will start acting, doing real columns monthly not about me stuff. People are never supposed to talk about controversy shocking topics … I might even start my own radio podcast. And thank you to the people supporting my heart right now I know you guys understand it hurts and Perez Hilton you are absolute adorable and you made my heart smile !!!!!!!!!!!!