“… Baby One More Time” being originally sung by anyone else. But if pop impresario Simon Cowell had gotten his way, those infamous lyrics would have been delivered by one of his former UK boy bands — and not One Direction, either.
03.09.2022 - 20:59 / usmagazine.com
Proud of her sons. Despite their estrangement, Britney Spears is a gushing mother over her children’s accomplishments.
“My son might give [Elton John] a run for his money,” the “Stronger” songstress, 40, wrote via Instagram on Friday, September 2, praising her son Sean Preston, 16, and his piano skills in comparison to the England native, 75, with whom she duetted on their “Hold Me Closer” duet. “I have soooooooo much footage of him playing … yep my children are freaking geniuses!!! It’s kinda scary.”
While Spears — who shares Sean Preston and Jayden James, 15, with ex-husband Kevin Federline — is eager to share her boys’ milestones, the teens are less receptive to the idea.
“He stopped seeing me,” the Louisiana native alleged on Friday. “I posted something of him, but he got really mad so unfortunately, I haven’t been able to post my loving family.”
The Crossroads actress’ Friday message comes hours after Jayden publicly criticized her as a parent.
“I think Mom has struggled giving us both attention and showing us equal love and I don’t think she showed enough to Preston and I feel really bad for that,” Jayden told the Daily Mail on Thursday, September 1. “We’ve both been through so much pressure in the past that this is our safe place now, to process all the emotional trauma we’ve been through to heal, heal our mental state.”
He added: “If I complained, she went after [my brother]. I feel guilty, so I am there for him. Mom has treated me better.”
Spears, for her part, responded to Jayden’s allegations via her Instagram.
“I’ve tried my best at being the best person I can be … to be basically held hostage in homes under nurses and bulls—t,” the Grammy winner alleged in her Thursday social media upload. “I hope my kids one day
“… Baby One More Time” being originally sung by anyone else. But if pop impresario Simon Cowell had gotten his way, those infamous lyrics would have been delivered by one of his former UK boy bands — and not One Direction, either.
Britney Spears could have been the future queen of England! In an interview from 2002, Spears told talk show host Frank Skinner that she and William had a "cyber relationship" and the pair communicated via email during their teenage years.The then 20-year-old pop star revealed that she invited the Prince of Wales to dinner while she was visiting London, but he never showed. "We exchanged e-mails for a little bit and he was supposed to come and see me somewhere but it didn't work out," she said at the time, per the Daily Mail.
Too low, Britney Spears, too low.
Many of us may have dreamed of being a real life prince or princess at some point in our lives, but pop icon Britney Spears almost made it a reality as she struck up a cyber romance with Prince William at the height of her fame. The 40 year old singer, had aspirations to become a literal ‘princess of pop’ as she began chatting to the royal online when they were both teenagers, but sadly things fizzled out before they could make things official.
Oh, s**t! Britney Spears just BLASTED her father, Jamie Spears, in a fiery and since-deleted Instagram post all about why she’ll never perform again!! And it’s all because of him and the toxic conservatorship he was in charge of! Buckle up, we’ve got a lot to unpack here!
Sharing her heartbreak. Britney Spears is devastated about her fractured relationship with her teenage sons.
Britney Spears appears to have dismissed the idea of ever doing live performances again after the conservatorship left her “traumatised”. The singer, 40, has been extremely candid about how she’s feeling in light of her 13 year-long conservatorship coming to an end last year, and recently admitted that she “cries herself to sleep” most nights.
Britney Spears has accused her sons of being "hateful" after their joint interview with dad Kevin Federline. The 40-year-old star has questioned the movies behind Preston, 16, and Jayden, 15, doing the interview, with the younger sibling claiming his grandfather Jamie Spears didn't "deserve all the hatred" after his role in the 'Toxic' hitmaker's conservatorship, which ended in November 2021.
Britney Spears says her sons get "really mad" when she posts about them on Instagram. The 40-year-old pop star - who recently collaborated with Sir Elton John on new single 'Hold Me Closer' - is mother to Sean, 16, and Jayden, 15, with her ex-husband Kevin Federline and joked that her children could give the music legend a "run for his money" but that they "stopped seeing her" Alongside a montage of herself dancing in various states of undress, she wrote on Instagram: "GEEEZ see it hits me later … the fact that I’m doing a song with Elton .
Less than one year after Britney Spears’ conservatorship was terminated, Kevin Federline and sons Sean Preston and Jayden James are speaking out about their relationships with the singer.
Elton John has a lot to celebrate this week; not only has his new collaboration with Britney Spears, Hold Me Closer, clinched this week’s highest new entry on the Official Singles Chart (3) and landed the UK’s best-selling single of the week, but the Official Charts Company can reveal that his greatest hits collection Diamonds has now passed the impressive 1 million chart units mark in the UK too.
Britney Spears‘ 15-year-old son Jayden James Federline is speaking out for the first time about his relationship with his famous mom.