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Household drama? Britney Spears isn’t on one of the best phrases along with her two sons, a brand new documentary alleges.
TMZ producer Katie Hayes weighed in on the pop star’s ups and downs with 17-year-old son Preston and 16-year-old son Jayden within the documentary TMZ Investigates: Britney Spears: The Worth of Freedom, which aired on FOX Monday, Could 15. “By the tip of the summer time [2022], tensions obtained so dangerous that the boys weren’t even responding to her texts. And she or he was livid,” Hayes claimed.
The producer additionally alleged that the “Poisonous” songstress, 41, hasn’t seen her sons in “effectively over a yr.” Regardless of the shortage of face time, TMZ’s Charles Latibeaudiere claimed that the singer has had some communication with her youngsters. “Not too long ago, there have been occasional texts between Britney and her youngsters, so, perhaps the ice is thawing a bit,” he alleged. Us Weekly has reached out to Spears’ rep and lawyer for remark.
Spears’ rocky relationship with the youngsters — whom she shares with ex-husband Kevin Federline — got here to a head in August 2022 when Jayden publicly criticized her parenting expertise.
“I believe mother has struggled giving us each consideration and displaying us equal love,” Jayden instructed the Every day Mail on the time. “I don’t assume she confirmed sufficient to Preston, and I really feel actually dangerous for that.”
Spears’ youngest son added that he harbored “no hate” towards his mother. “I one hundred pc assume this may be mounted,” he mentioned. “It’s simply going to take numerous effort and time. I simply need her to get higher mentally. When she will get higher, I actually need to see her once more.”
Preston and Jayden didn’t attend Spears’ June 2022 nuptials to Sam Asghari. “On the time, it simply wasn’t an excellent time to go. I’m not saying that I’m not blissful for her,” Jayden defined. “I’m actually blissful for them, however she didn’t invite the entire household. After which if it was simply going to be me and Preston, I simply don’t see how that scenario would have ended on good phrases.”
After Jayden’s interview with the outlet was printed, the Grammy winner took to social media to slam her son’s feedback. In a prolonged, since-deleted Instagram submit, Spears claimed that her sons spent as little time along with her as doable throughout their visits.
“If I didn’t bathe you guys with presents and have wonderful meals prepared and play a mom f—king saint it was nonetheless by no means adequate,” she alleged.
The Mississippi native added that her youngsters ought to have been extra understanding of the whole lot she was going by amid her 13-year conservatorship, which resulted in November 2021. “Jayden, it was a miracle I may actually have a regular dialog once I obtained out of that place, however you had been similar to my different household,” Spears mentioned on the time. “You secretly liked me like one thing was fallacious with me.”
Days after importing her fiery submit, the performer shared in a collection of since-deleted Instagram audio clips that she “felt like an enormous a part of me has died” amid her estrangement from her sons.
“Like, actually, I’ve no function anymore. They had been my pleasure, they had been my the whole lot. I appeared ahead to seeing them. That was what I lived for,” she mentioned.
Federline’s lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, addressed the household stress in TMZ’s documentary, asserting that Preston and Jayden “love their mom” and “hope the connection will enhance” over time. “However proper now, that could be a dynamic that doesn’t appear to be in existence, the legal professional alleged.
Earlier than the doc dropped, Asghari, 29, slammed the movie by way of Instagram on Sunday, Could 14.
“I discovered it completely disgusting for the individuals who had been in her life when she didn’t have a voice, they went and instructed her story prefer it was theirs,” he mentioned, encouraging his followers to not “consider what you learn on-line.”
The Iran native and Spears started relationship in 2016 after assembly on the set of her “Slumber Social gathering” music video. In March, a supply completely instructed Us that the duo’s marriage has been going sturdy.
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“Issues between Britney and Sam are going nice they usually couldn’t be happier,” the insider shared. “They’ve a tremendous marriage and love one another deeply.”
