Britney Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline claims that the singer would stand in her sons’ room with a knife in her hand at night.
Federline accused Spears of the wild behavior, involving their sons Jayden James and Sean Preston, in his new memoir, You Thought You Knew.
“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,” wrote Federline, according to an excerpt publicized by The New York Times.
Spears was married to Federline from 2004 to 2007 and endured a messy custody battle over their two sons afterward.
In 2022, Federline revealed that the duo’s sons had a strained relationship with their mother in an interview with ITV. “The boys have decided they are not seeing her right now,' Federline revealed. 'It's been a few months since they've seen her. They made the decision not to go to her wedding.”
Federline spoke about the parenting challenges that he was dealing with because of Spears — such as her posting nude selfies on social media.
“This whole thing has been hard to watch, harder to live through, harder to watch my boys go through than anything else," he said. "It's been tough. It's the most challenging thing I've ever had to do in my life.”
“I try to explain to them, 'Look, maybe that's just another way she tries to express herself.' But that doesn't take away from the fact of what it does to them. It's tough,” Federline continued. “I can't imagine how it feels to be a teenager having to go to high school.”
Spears has been working to mend her relationship with her kids since they moved to Hawaii with Federline in 2023. Earlier this year, a source told US Weekly that Spears and her boys are “healing together,” and that “the boys are maturing and they want their mom in their lives, and Britney is really happy about that. She’s so grateful to have them in her life. She feels whole again.”
In June, Spears posted a video of her son Jayden driving a convertible on Instagram. “He is 6’3 and his hands are so big now !!!” Spears wrote in the caption. “How long am I going to be in shock ??? It’s so incredibly crazy, it’s not even funny !!! I’m blessed !!! Just please be careful with my heart too !!! 🙄🙄🙄.”