60 Minutes Australia has been slammed after airing a ‘disgusting’ and ‘invasive’ trailer teasing an interview with Keven Federline.
Channel 9 revealed they had secured an exclusive interview with Britney Spears’ ex-husband and their two children Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15, set to air on Sunday.
But legions of her fans have protested, claiming the channel is ‘trying to profit’ from the 40-year-old pop sensations’ well-publicised difficulties.
Staying out of it: ‘The boys, the boys, the boys. I had to worry about them,’ he said while leaning back in a chair. ‘I couldn’t get involved’
In the interview, Federline delved into his lack of public support for his ex-wife’s battle to end her conservatorship.
The 44-year-old former backup dancer said he ultimately didn’t get involved in her attempts to end the arrangement because he was focused on raising their sons, though the teaser doesn’t make it clear why he thought the choices were incompatible.
He previously revealed that his sons had skipped her wedding to Sam Asghari and hadn’t seen her in months, which he claimed was partly due to semi-nude photos she posted to Instagram since the end of her conservatorship.
Family: Kevin and Britney share their sons Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15; pictured (L–R) Bryan Spears, Jayden, Sean, Britney and niece Lexie in 2015
Focused on family: Kevin Federline, 44, said he didn’t assist his ex-wife Britney Spears, 40, in her attempts to end her conservatorship because he was focused on their ‘boys,’ according to a teaser for an upcoming 60 Minutes Australia interview
But fans have slammed the channel for platforming Federline who previously posted a series of clips of their young sons arguing with their mother.
‘You are really embarrassing to do all this, to create these feuds and to make a profit. SHAME,’ wrote one.
‘A woman who went through hell and back, and you want to drag her down AGAIN?’ added another.
‘Nah ya making this about ratings as a woman is trying her best. Shame 60 mins,’ wrote another.
Torn up: Federline looked emotional as he said he was affected by Britney’s struggles against her conservatorship. ‘I was mortified for her. I really was,’ he said, adding, ‘I still feel bad’
Brief marriage: The couple got engaged in 2004 after dating for three months. They split in 2006 and finalised their divorce in 2007; Britney seen with her sons in the teaser
‘This is DISGUSTING! After all she went through. You should be ashamed of yourselves. That’s not a ‘feud’ or gossip, it’s someone’s life. Specially listening to that gold digger, who’s only concerned that he will not get any of Britney’s money anymore,’ tweeted one.
In the brief clip, Federline admitted that he felt ‘mortified’ for his ex-wife after she was placed under a conservatorship for her person and her estate for 13 years.
‘The boys, the boys, the boys. I had to worry about them,’ he said while leaning back in a chair and wearing a blue button-up shirt over a black T-shirt. ‘I couldn’t get involved.’
Blended : Kevin was also seen leaning back in a chair outdoors while joined on the left by Jayden and on the right by his son Kaleb, who he shares with his ex Shar Jackson
Sean and Jayden have apparently become disengaged from their mother recently, and they were not among the guests at her wedding in June.
‘Although the boys will not be in attendance, Kevin and the boys are happy for Britney and wish her and Sam all the best going forward, Federline’s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told TMZ in a statement at the time.
Earlier in the teaser, Federline looked emotional as he said he was affected by seeing Britney’s struggles against her conservatorship.
‘I was mortified for her. I really was,’ he said, adding, ‘I still feel bad.’
Distanced: In an interview from August with ITV, Federline claimed that, ‘the boys have decided they are not seeing her right now,’ which he attributed to some of her raunchy Instagram posts; seen in 2005 in Hollywood
Later in the clip, Federline shared a clipped summation of his brief marriage to the Toxic singer.
‘It was amazing — until it wasn’t,’ he said.
The couple only dated for three months in 2004 before they got engaged in July of that year, and they were married by September.
Britney gave birthday to Sean in September of 2005, and Jayden followed around a year later in 2006, but the pop star filed for divorce in November 2006, with it being finalized the following year.
In the short interview teaser, Kevin was also seen leaning back in a chair outdoors while joined on his left by Jayden and on his right by his son Kaleb, who he shares with his ex Shar Jackson.
Spears with her sons Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15. The boys have now chosen to stay apart from their mother
During an impassioned court appearance prior to the end of her conservatorship, Spears had claimed that she hadn’t been allowed to drive her own car and that she was prohibited from having her contraceptive IUD removed in order to have a child with her then-boyfriend Sam Asghari.
In an interview from August with ITV, Federline claimed that ‘The boys have decided they are not seeing her right now,’ which he attributed to some of her raunchy post-conservatorship Instagram posts.
‘It’s been a few months since they’ve seen her. They made the decision not to go to her wedding,’ he explained.
‘One word – hurtful’: On Saturday night, Spears said it ‘saddened’ her to hear Kevin speaking so publicly about private family matters
But the singer swiftly responded to Federline’s claims and suggested the estrangement began before her risqué posts.
‘It saddens me to hear that my ex husband has decided to discuss the relationship between me and my children,’ Spears wrote on Instagram August 6. ‘As we all know, raising teenage boys is never easy for anyone … it concerns me the fact that the reason is based on my Instagram … it was LONG before Instagram … I gave them every thing … Only one word: HURTFUL.’
In his own statement, Asghari also denied Federline’s claims while including a barb about his work history.
‘It’s tough’: Kevin indicated that their sons are embarrassed by the former Mouseketeer’s frequent posts of herself nearly nude
‘The boys are very smart and will be 18 soon to make their own decisions and may eventually realize the ‘tough’ part was having a father who hasn’t worked much in over 15 years as a role model,’ he wrote.
In August, Federline posted a series of clips of their young sons arguing with their mother, which was branded ‘cruel’ and a ‘violation of privacy’ by Spears’ lawyer Mathew Rosengart
‘I can not sit back and let my sons be accused in this way after what they’ve been through,’ the father of six wrote.
In 2019, Federline was granted 70 percent custody of their sons while Spears was downgraded to 30 percent, according to TMZ.
‘100% I feel like he saved her back then’: Kevin also defended Britney’s estranged father Jamie (pictured in 2008) who controlled every aspect of her life during a 13-year conservatorship, which ended on November 12
Strange: She followed it up with yet another post of herself covering her face with a towel, writing, ‘I’d rather go blind!!! What’s worth a shot??? Just saying’
Federline also defended Spears’ estranged father Jamie – a former building contractor who controlled every aspect of her life during a 13-year conservatorship, which ended on November 12.
‘100% I feel like he saved her back then,’ Federline said.
‘I saw a man that really cared, and wanting everything to be okay…I would absolutely welcome Jamie Spears back in the boys’ lives.’
Federline’s two-year marriage to Spears ended in July 2007, and six months later she was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold.
A game of chess: Another post featured an online chess board with an interesting message in the caption
Short-lived: Kevin’s two-year marriage to Britney ended in July 2007, and just six months later she was put on 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold (pictured in 2006)
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