‘I have had enough’: Britney Spears responds to Kevin Federline allegations

'If you really know me, you won't pay attention to the tabloids of my mental health and drinking,' Spears' social media post reads.

Britney Spears is speaking out against claims made by her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, after he publicly expressed concerns about her mental health.

Over the past week, Federline has been discussing his upcoming memoir, You Thought You Knew, and his concerns for Spears. Federline and Spears were married from 2004 to 2007 and share two sons, Sean Preston Federline, 20, and Jayden James Federline, 19.

“The truth is, this situation with Britney feels like it’s racing toward something irreversible,” Federline, 47, wrote in an excerpt of his book, viewed by The New York Times.

“It’s become impossible to pretend everything’s OK,” Federline continued. “From where I sit, the clock is ticking, and we’re getting close to the 11th hour. Something bad is going to happen if things don’t change, and my biggest fear is that our sons will be left holding the pieces.”

Ahead of the release of Federline’s memoir on Oct. 21 and in response to the multitude of recent news reports on its contents, Spears took to social media to call her ex-husband out for “gaslighting” and “hurting” the 43-year-old pop star with a book she described as full of “white lies.”

Spears’ post said that from now on she will “let them know when I am available.”

“Trust me, those white lies in that book, they are going straight to the bank and I am the only one who genuinely gets hurt here,” the post adds. “I will always love them and if you really know me, you won’t pay attention to the tabloids of my mental health and drinking.”

Spears also said she had been living a “sacred and private life” since she was released from her conservatorship, which officially ended in 2021 after nearly 14 years of close supervision and monitoring.