WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline breaks his decade-long silence to reveal their sons have chosen not to see her for MONTHS and find her nude selfies 'tough' - while claiming her father's 13-year conservatorship 'saved her'
From the moment she was thrust into the spotlight as a teenage pop star,
Britney Spears has lived most of her life in the public gaze. Marriages, motherhood, mental health issues, family breakdown and bitter legal dispute have all played out via the unforgiving glare of the camera lens.
Others have stood alongside her in that spotlight too, among them a former backing dancer by the name of Kevin Federline.
For two years, following a whirlwind romance that started in 2004, Kevin was Britney's husband, father to her two children – Sean Preston, 16, and 15-year-old Jayden. Ever since, as his former wife's life continues to dominate headlines amid family lawsuits and harsh words on social media, he has worked hard to keep their sons out of the limelight.
Now he has broken a near decade-long silence in a wide-ranging, moving TV interview in which he talks openly for the first time about the reality of life as the former 'Mr Spears', and his ongoing battle to keep the chaos that surrounds his former wife as far removed from his sons as possible.
In a series of exclusive interviews, parts of which will be aired on ITV news this week, Kevin and his family reveal that Preston and Jayden have not seen their mother for many months – at their own behest – even though his former wife, who married American-Iranian model Sam Asghari, 28, in June, has bought a £10million mansion not far from the Federline family home in Los Angeles.
Britney Spears's ex-husband Kevin Federline says their sons have decided not to see her for MONTHS | Daily Mail Online