Former dancer Kevin Federline’s bombshell interview about ex-wife Britney Spears will not be aired in full.
The 44-year-old has done a tell-all on his popstar ex-wife for ITV, but the entire footage will not be shown because it is “too hurtful”, says interviewer Daphne Barak.
Barak, who authored Saving Amy, secured the world-exclusive interview with the father of Spears’ children.
The ITV journalist appeared on Lorraine and revealed that the singer’s whole family, not only K-Fed, are ready to talk because they felt hurt following the fallout of the conservatorship.
The Circus singer shortly hit back at the comments made by K-Fed in a released trailer. Comments included that the pair’s sons, Jayden and Preston, have refused to see their mother for months following a series of nude images posted online.
The 40-year-old published a statement on her Instagram, detailing the plights of raising teenage boys and describing her ex’s actions and words as “hurtful”.
Federline’s interview is a one-hour special which is due to air at the end of the month across ITV News.
Barak told Ranvir Singh: “It’s a one-hour special, which will be aired at the end of this month, so Kevin is not the only interviewee. I think he just felt - it’s not really about Britney, it’s about fatherhood in the eye of the storm.
“You and I reading everything about everybody in this family suing each other and the social media and accusing each other on Instagram and everything. I think we tended to forget there are two kids in there that we haven’t seen for years and now my husband and I have been with them for weeks.”
She added: “Somehow these kids not only turned out to be handsome but super talented, super creative, very friendly, and somebody is responsible to bring them up against the odds and away from the public eye - that is their father, Kevin Federline, who had full custody, and stepmother Victoria.
“Basically, it was not just he who felt ready to talk, it was the whole family felt they were ready to talk because they have been hurt - and not by Britney, it’s not her fault - but the situation, really, is very painful.”
The interview is set to include a variation of other interviews.
Barak said: “I and our team spent a lot of time with his family - he is not the only interviewee. It’s not Kevin’s version and actually we’re not going to reveal many things because we feel it will be too hurtful.
“I don’t think anybody meant to hurt these boys purposely and I’m sure Britney loves them and they come in to talk about her with a lot of love and they do love her, but basically nobody has thought about them.
“It’s this story about the father and the boys and how he managed to successfully bring them up against the odds with all this drama going on and still ongoing as you see with the Instagram. So basically it’s not Kevin vs Britney, it was not about her it was about his fatherhood and the whole family wanted it.”
