Britney Spears says her 'heart is broken' as she accuses family of making up stories

By Jason Chester for MailOnline and Daphne Barak For The Mail On Sunday

Published: 15:15 EDT, 11 June 2023 | Updated: 20:20 EDT, 11 June 2023

Britney Spears has accused her children of 'making up stories' following claims her drug-taking has resumed and she is addicted to the devastating class A drug crystal meth. 

The pop star broke her social media silence on Sunday after eldest son Preston, 17, and ex-husband Kevin Federline - the father of Britney's two boys - publicly urged her to get help 'before it's too late.' 

In an interview with Daphne Barak for the Mail On Sunday, Federline revealed he was 'terrified' for the singer's wellbeing, while Preston and younger brother Jayden, 16, say they are refusing to spend time at their mother's home after purportedly seeing drugs delivered to the property. 

Britney, 41, hit back at her family in a lengthy Instagram post on Sunday evening, claiming the allegations 'make no sense.' 

She wrote: 'The fact that people are claiming things that are not true is so sad ... This may not even be them saying such things because it doesn 't make any sense to me for them to be saying that … 

Speaking out: Britney Spears has accused her children of 'making up stories' following claims her drug-taking has resumed and she is addicted to the devastating class A drug crystal meth

'With Preston saying “she needs to listen to us before it's too late” … Do you remember every visit you came to my home, you went into your room and locked the door ??? I never saw you guys … Jayden played the piano and we made music together … But the day I told him I wanted to see you guys more, I never saw you again.' 

She added: 'It makes me sad because I tried so hard to make things nice for you and it was never good enough. So you guys go behind my back and talk about me … it breaks my heart and the news is so low … l've always felt like th e news bullies me … 

'It's sad because everyone sits back as if that's ok to make up lies to that extent ... Why am I told I have to sit back and rise above ??? When they all go so low ??? Hopefully it is just the news being hateful and Kevin nor Preston said any of those things either way I will be fine working out to Throb !!!' 

Since November 2021, when the 13-year arrangement to control her financial and personal affairs was lifted, Britney has documented her freedom in a torrent of highly emotional social media messages, many of them semi-naked.

The often-bizarre posts led to fears the singer is fragile, damaged by the years in which others controlled her life, and perhaps still plagued by the mental health issues which first led to the conservatorship.

Some in her family now claim she is now hooked on crystal meth, the hig hly addictive cocaine derivative made notorious in hit series Breaking Bad. 

'I fear she's on meth â€Â" I've been praying someone would make it public and that she wakes up,' Kevin Federline, her ex- husband and father of their two sons, explained. 'It's terrifying. She is the mother of my boys.' 

Happier times: Britney with sons Jayden (left) and Preston (right) in April 2013 

Concern: Britney's family are worried her drug taking has resumed. Britney is pictured with her father Jamie, brother Bryan and mother Lynne

Erratic: Since the end of her conservatorship in 2021, Britney has posted a series of highly-emotional and bizarre messages on social media, many of them semi-naked

Her sons, Preston and Jayden are refusing to meet their mother, claiming they have seen drugs being delivered to her house.

< p class="mol-para-with-font">Her family are scared, with Britney's father, Jamie, telling me he worries she will meet the same fate as English singer Amy Winehouse, who died at the tragically young age of 27.

Federline added: 'Every time the telephone rings, I fear that there will be devastating news.

'I don't want the boys to wake up one morning and find their mother has taken an overdose.'

Having cut off her family after her conservatorship ended, accusing Jamie â€Â" the arrangement's instigator â€Â" of being 'abusive', 'bullying her' and even forcing her to take birth control, she has left them powerless to intervene.

Fresh faced: Britney Spears at the 1999 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles

Worry: Kevin Federline, Britney's ex-husband said, 'I fear she's on meth â€Â" I've been praying someone wo uld make it public and that she wakes up' (pictured together in 2004)

Various family members say they would like to reach out to her but they claim she no longer depends on their care and is instead now reliant on an entourage of powerful advisers â€Â" with those once closest to her unable to get through.

Last month, Britney revealed there had been a step towards reconciliation with her mother, Lynne, whom she said had 'showed up at my doorstep after three years', adding on Instagram: 'I love you so much!!!'

For the rest of her family, there has been no such rapprochement. None were present at her wedding last year to the 26-year-old American-Iranian model Sam Ashgari.

Britney's sister, Jamie Lynn, is also estranged following her memoir Things I Should've Said, in which she described struggling with a lack of self-esteem due to Britney's fame.

The book also detailed an occasion in which she claims Britney locked the pair in a bathroom while holding a knife â€Â" allegations described by the singer as 'crazy lies'.

Britney would struggle to refute her history of substance abuse in the same way.

Distance: Britney's sister, Jamie Lynn, is also estranged following her memoir Things I Should've Said (pictured together in 2003)

During a custody hearing in 2007, a California judge described her as 'a habitual, frequent and continuous' user of alcohol and prescription drugs.

Kevin explained that at one point, when the boys were still babies, he instructed his lawyers to warn Britney not to breastfeed them while on drugs.

In August, The Mail on Sunday confirmed the boys had decided not to see their mother until she finds help. They ha ve kept their word.

In one frightening stay at Britney's home, they say they found her standing near the door of Jayden's bedroom in the middle of the night â€Â" with a kitchen blade in her hand. 'She was standing there with a knife,' Jayden told his dad.

Bright, attractive and well-mannered, Jayden and Preston have told me they are not angry, just concerned for her wellbeing and desperate for her to get the help they believe she needs. The response to our MoS article was dramatic. 

Britney took to social media and attacked her sons like a wounded animal. Jayden received heated phone calls from her while he was at school and stopped answering her calls and texts.

Contact has not completely stopped. Preston called her on December 2 to wish her a happy birthday. He claims they've had good conversations on the phone â€Â" but when she asked him to visit he said he was not ready for it and that he was focusing on school and his future.

Division: In August, The Mail on Sunday disclosed that the boys had decided not to see their mother until she finds help. Britney is pictured with her sons Sean and Jayden in 2013

In a flash of parental instinct, Britney broke my heart when she said: 'I deserve respect, I am their mother.'

Indeed, she funds the boys' education, and then some. Kevin Federline collects around $40,000 (£32,000) in child support from Britney every month.

There are considerable expenses involved in looking after the boys, it is true, but he receives more than the US President does â€Â" and it's tax free.

When Britney says she has spent years funding the lifestyles of those around her, she is right.

Kevin's plan is to move the boys to Hawaii, far from her home in Los Angeles, which will only compound her suspicion.

As it happens, there is a legal quirk in Hawaii. There, parents must support their children through college, until they're 23. Mandatory support ends at 18 in every other state.

Britney also suggests that Kevin does little work aside from caring for the teenage boys, and she appears to be correct. She claims that he is a regular user of marijuana, too â€Â" which (if true) is legal in California.

Today, they live in Calabasas, a celebrity enclave in the Santa Monica Mountains with the likes of Kourtney Kardashian as neighbours â€Â" although A-listers like her live in a gated section. The rent for the house, which has a basketball court and a pool, is paid by Britney, of course.

Those close to Britney were pinning their ho pes on staging an 'intervention' â€Â" to effectively kidnap her with medical supervision and take her to a place of safety â€Â" on Tuesday, February 7.

Special day: But none of Britney's family were present at her wedding last year to the 26-year-old American-Iranian model Sam Ashgari

There were reports that Britney had stopped taking her mood-stabilising medication and that substances she was taking instead 'hyped her up' and caused her to 'fly off the handle'.

One of her friends told the online gossip publication TMZ: 'I'm afraid she's going to die.'

The plan had been drawn up by Jodi Montgomery, one of Britney's former conservators appointed by the court to replace her father in controlling her affairs.

She had stayed on the board at Britney's request.

She told Kevin that S am Ashgari and Cade Hudson, her manager, were in on the operation, in which Britney would receive at least two months of treatment. Friends and family rented a safe house for the singer in Los Angeles and hired 'interventionist' Matt Brown â€Â" a medical professional who specialises in treating addictions.

When rumours of it emerged online, Britney went on Instagram and denied the story â€Â" claiming there had been no such plan. 

Tragic: Her family are scared, with Britney's father, Jamie, admitting he worries she will meet the same fate as English singer Amy Winehouse (pictured at the BRIT awards in 2007)

Perhaps it is no surprise that the intervention failed because of the previous trauma Britney, a loving mother, experienced.

When Britney went off the rails in 2008 â€Â" which led to the conservatorship â€Â" her babi es were taken away from her and she was placed involuntarily into psychiatric care.

That is when Britney says her own mother told her to 'give the boys to their father' and asked Kevin to take them away.

In 2019, Britney told a court she had been forced to stay at another mental health facility and given medication without her consent.

About Daphne Barak

Daphne Barak is a renowned interviewer and documentary film maker, whose subjects have included Nelson Mandela, Donald Trump, Hilary Clinton, Johnny Depp and Michael Jackson among many others. 

Daphne's best-selling book Saving Amy, based on her months' filming with Amy Winehouse and her family, is being adapted into a scripted eight part TV series by Halcyon Studios. 

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Today, reports suggest Britney's marriage to Asghari is in trouble, with fans noticing that on a recent holiday to Puerto Rico in April, she was not wearing her wedding ring.

There have also been reports of a 'manic episode' which took place in a restaurant.

One friend told a US publication: 'She is often up all night, sleeps during [the] day and has a lot of anger.'

It doesn't help that a lack of work has meant she cannot channel her energy.

It is barely believable given her vast commercial success, but Britney's father and other family members are concerned about her current financial situation.

Britney has had no steady income since 2019, when she stopped her Vegas residency. What are her intentions once the child support payments to Kevin cease?

Some fami ly members say they had long assumed that the monthly payments for child support would include money to be put aside for trust funds for Preston and Jayden.

They have calculated that, by now, Jayden and Preston should have six-figure sums at their disposal. Family members say they've seen no evidence these trust funds exist.

But the boys are doing their best to focus on their future. It is clear that they feel powerless to intervene in their mother's life.

Their only power is to stay away, hoping that one day she will understand their reasons and they can repair their relationship.

Jamie likens his daughter's fate to that of Amy Winehouse. In a conversation about the Back To Black singer with my producer Erbil, he interjected, 'Yes, yes, exactly... Britney may die like Amy.'

Although Jamie has been condemned by Britney a nd many of her fans for his controlling role during the conservatorship, he believes strongly he is a loving father who did what he needed to protect his famous daughter.

He says: 'Compare her wellness then and how she is doing now.'

Preston adds: 'All we want is for her to listen to us.'

Daphne Barak's latest book, Struggling for One America, written with Erbil Gunasti, is published by Skyhorse Publishing and is available to buy here.

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