Kevin Federline

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21, 1978),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> also known as K-Fed, is an American dancer, actor, and DJ.<ref name="model">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He is known for being the ex husband of singer Britney Spears and the public child custody battle that followed their divorce.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="amg">Phares, Heather. [[[:Template:AllMusic]] Kevin Federline biography]. Allmusic: 2006</ref> In 2006, Federline released a debut album, Playing with Fire, which was panned by critics as one of the worst albums ever released.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> He has since made a number of television and film appearances, and also worked as a DJ. His memoir, You Thought You Knew was published on October 21, 2025.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref>

Early life

Kevin Earl Federline was born on March 21, 1978, in Fresno, California, to parents Mike and Julie (née Story), a car mechanic and former bank teller from Oregon, respectively. Federline's parents divorced when he was eight years old; then he moved to Carson City, Nevada, with his mother, but returned to Fresno when he was 11, when he and his brother Chris moved to his father's house. In the ninth grade, Federline dropped out of high school (later earning a certificate of General Educational Development), and delivered pizzas for work.<ref name="people">Dinh, Mai; Murphy, Janet, ed. Kevin Federline biography (1986–2006). People.com</ref>

Career

1996–2004: Early career as a dancer

In 1996, Federline moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in dance and began dancing with a nonprofit organization called Dance Empowerment.<ref name="people" /> Federline lived in a one-bedroom apartment with six roommates.<ref name="people" /> For a number of years, Federline worked as a backup dancer for Aaliyah, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Destiny's Child, Pink,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and LFO.<ref name="amg" /><ref name="people" /><ref name="fire">Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. [[[:Template:AllMusic]] "Playing with Fire"]. Allmusic: 2006</ref> He appeared as a Dirt Track Dancer in two episodes of the television sitcom Nikki (2001–2002) and as a dancer on The Drew Carey Show (2001). He also had an uncredited role as an Angel Dancer for Cher on the sitcom Will & Grace (2002).<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> He appeared as a dancer in a commercial for department store chain Target.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Federline has appeared in several music videos as a dancer, including Christina Milian's "AM to PM" (2001), Pink's "Get the Party Started" (2001), Michael Jackson's "You Rock My World" and Justin Timberlake's "Like I Love You" (2002). He also appeared as a dancer in the dance drama film You Got Served (2004).<ref name=":0" /> Federline has said that dancers often don't get enough credit for their work, telling People magazine: "There's nobody that gets less credit than somebody dancing."<ref name="people" />

2005–2009: Wrestling and musical debut

Federline and his then-wife Britney Spears starred in UPN's reality television series Britney & Kevin: Chaotic (2005), which consisted of their home videos.<ref name="people" /> The series chronicles the couple's relationship from their courtship, engagement and wedding.<ref name=":1" /> He was nominated for a Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star award for his role on Britney & Kevin: Chaotic at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards. He portrayed a hunter in a commercial for Britney Spears's fragrance "Fantasy".<ref name=":0" /> Federline appeared on the cover and a 12-page shoot for L'uomo Vogue, an Italian version of Men's Vogue, shot by Steven Meisel.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He subsequently guest-starred as Cole "Pig" Tritt, an arrogant teenager who harasses investigators on a job, in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2006).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also appeared on NBC's game show 1 vs. 100 (2006), along with the cast of Las Vegas.<ref name=":0" /> In June 2006, he teamed up with Richard Branson to launch a "Pennies for a Purpose" campaign, which aimed to save the U.S. penny from annihilation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Federline in 2006.

Federline initially released a download-only song, "Y'all Ain't Ready", and a physical single, "PopoZão" in 2006, shortly after his marriage to Spears. Following poor critical reaction, neither song was included on his debut album.<ref name="amg" /> Instead, the first official single was "Lose Control", which he premiered on the Teen Choice Awards show on the Fox network in late summer 2006.<ref name="amg" /> He released his debut album, Playing with Fire, on October 31, 2006, with the album being panned by critics. Federline has been signed to model for the Five Star Vintage line by the San Francisco-based Blue Marlin clothing company. The initial series of ads ran in August 2006 and was subsequently extended for Christmas 2006. The line he modeled for the fall 2006 was the top-selling line in Macy's, Kitson, and Lord & Taylor.<ref>http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur29529.cfm Template:Webarchive Eurweb.com</ref>

Federline appeared on WWE programming to promote his album, Playing with Fire, and participate in an angle. He first appeared on the October 16, and October 23, 2006, editions of WWE Raw, in which he got into physical altercations with WWE Champion John Cena. The following week, he came to the ring to aid Johnny Nitro in his match against John Cena. After Cena got in Federline's face, Federline slapped him hard. Federline appeared again during the November 5, 2006, pay-per-view event Cyber Sunday, hitting Cena with King Booker's World Heavyweight Championship belt and helping Booker win the Champion of Champions match that was organized between Cena, Booker, and Big Show. The next night, November 6, 2006, he challenged Cena to a match at the New Year's Day edition of Raw, which Cena accepted. He went on to win this no-disqualification match thanks to interference from Johnny Nitro and Umaga. Later in the night, after John Cena's main event match, Cena went after Federline and brought him into the ring and delivered his FU finishing move twice before cameras stopped rolling. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Federline was well-received backstage. Sources say he worked so well with the company and personnel that the WWE may give him a regular role on the company's show Raw in the near future.<ref>http://wrestlingexposed.com/headlines/19197.shtml Template:Webarchive Wrestlingexposed.com</ref> Other sources and wrestlers have spoken about Federline's generally good attitude backstage as well.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Federline starred in a Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company commercial during Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007, as part of its "Life Comes at You Fast" ad series. In the commercial, Federline initially appeared in a music video, rapping about living a high-flying lifestyle. Then reality sets in as Federline is shown now working in a fast-food restaurant with his manager yelling at him, the punchline of the ad being "Life comes at you fast".<ref>Nationwide Commercial – RollinVIP Youtube.com</ref> The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Federline was paid $377,000 for the commercial, and made $15,000 for appearing at his 29th birthday party at Pure nightclub in Las Vegas.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> He also earned $50,000 for a number of Las Vegas club appearances in December 2007.<ref name=":3" /> Federline appeared on the December 2007 cover of Details magazine, and he was named 7th most-influential man under 45, a spot he shared with Larry Birkhead.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> HuffPost reported three months later, that the December 2007 issue was on track to sell more than 75,000 copies, nearly 15,000 copies more than Federline's March 2005 cover issue.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Federline guest-starred as Jason "J-Fed" Federline in three episodes of The CW's television series One Tree Hill (2008).<ref>BRITNEY SPEARS – FEDERLINE TO BECOME ONE TREE HILL REGULAR</ref> He played Lollipop Love Dancer in The Onion Movie (2008), which was filmed in 2003, and a Canadian border guard in the comedy film American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009).<ref name=":0" /> In February 2009, he announced plans to start a children's clothing line.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

2010–present: Focus on DJing and memoir

In 2010, Federline appeared on the seventh season of VH1's weight-loss reality television show Celebrity Fit Club.<ref>Kevin Federline Signs On to Celebrity Fit Club</ref> He told Access Hollywood, that the reason for his weight gain was feeling depressed about his divorce from Spears and not feeling happy with himself.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> While appearing on the show, Federline lost 30 pounds.<ref name=":1" /> In November 2011, on a weight-loss show in Australia called Excess Baggage (2012), he was hospitalized for what was called "heat stress". Filming was taking place in November which is the hottest time of the year in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On January 23, 2012, he suffered chest pains while filming the show.<ref>K-Fed heart attack ruled out, The Age, January 24, 2012.</ref>

On March 7, 2015, Federline worked as a DJ at Heat nightclub in Orange County alongside DJ Prophet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He also hosts club events regularly with his wife Victoria Prince, such as a fantasy football event in 2015, with Federline saying: "We take [fantasy football] so seriously that there are months of planning that go into the strategy of what you're going to do with the other people. This is our 6th season. It's been same people from the beginning. We have a waiting list to get into our league."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was featured as an ice sculpture in fast-food restaurant chain Jack in the Box's television commercial in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> In April 2016, Federline released a music video for his new song, "Hollywood" with rapper Crichy Crich.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Produced by Styles & Complete, the song was inspired by "the ridiculousness of Hollywood".<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> In a 2016 interview with Vegas Seven, Federline said that he has been producing music for other artists.<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, he was a DJ at Three Wisemen club in Scottsdale, Arizona.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He has also played DJ sets in Washington,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Texas<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and California.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In June 2019, Federline performed a DJ set at Harrah's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In his first televised interview in over a decade, Federline and some of his family members appeared in a one-hour special interview on the Australian show 60 Minutes in September 2022.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the interview, Federline discussed his family life, saying: "I want my sons to have the closest thing to a normal life that they can possibly have because it'll make them better people. They see me, so they know that if they really want to get away they know how to get away."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On August 6, 2025, People magazine announced that Federline is set to publish a memoir entitled You Thought You Knew and released a photo of Federline's upcoming book cover two weeks later.<ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The book was released on October 21, 2025.<ref name=":5" /> Federline told People magazine: "This book is extremely intimate and transparent. I achieved my biggest dreams, dealt with crushing heartbreak and endured constant ridicule, all while becoming the father my children needed as they experienced non stop emotional turbulence. If you've ever had questions, you'll find answers here."<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Relationship with Shar Jackson

In 2000, Federline began dating actress and singer Shar Jackson.<ref name="people" /> He was engaged to Jackson, with whom he has a daughter, Kori Madison Federline (b. July 31, 2002), and a son, Kaleb Michael Jackson Federline (b. July 20, 2004).<ref name="people" /><ref name="details interview">Template:Cite web</ref> The couple separated shortly before their son's birth, as Federline ended things with Jackson for a relationship with pop singer Britney Spears. Jackson later commented that Federline's relationship with Spears "wasn't like just breaking up a relationship. It was like breaking up a family",<ref name="people" /><ref>Britney Frolics with Dancer-Family Man People: April 28, 2004</ref> but the pair sustained an amicable relationship, with Jackson complimenting his parenting.<ref>Shar Jackson Defends Kevin's Parenting Skills People</ref>

Marriage to Britney Spears

After three months of dating, Federline and Spears announced their engagement in July 2004; they were married on September 18 in a nondenominational ceremony at a residence in Studio City, California, but became legally valid on October 6.<ref name="married">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Due to the fact that Federline got into a relationship with Spears when his ex-girlfriend Shar Jackson was pregnant with Federline's second child,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the romance between Federline and Spears received intense attention from the media,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="AllMusicBiography">Template:Cite web</ref> with Federline being seen as a "gold digger".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The controversy of his breakup with Jackson, his relationship with Spears, the accusations of him being a "gold digger", and the disparity in fame between him and Spears all made Federline both a frequent target of ridicule and an extremely disliked celebrity.<ref name="AllMusicBiography" /> Federline and Spears have two sons together.<ref name="sean">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="jayden">Template:Cite web</ref>

On November 7, 2006, Spears filed for divorce from Federline, citing irreconcilable differences and asking for both physical and legal custody of their two sons, with visitation rights for Federline.<ref name="divorce">Template:Cite web</ref> The following day, Federline filed a response to Spears' divorce petition, seeking physical and legal custody of their children.<ref name="custody">Template:Cite web</ref> According to a representative for Federline's lawyer, the divorce filing "caught Kevin totally by surprise".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On December 4, 2006, MSNBC reported that Federline set up a home for himself and his family in the Hollywood Hills.<ref>Britney Parties for Her BD, Paris Drops BFF TMZ.com</ref> The pair reached a global settlement agreement in March 2007 and their divorce was finalized on July 30, 2007.<ref name="agreement">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On October 1, 2007, a court ruling granted Kevin Federline sole physical custody of his children, with legal custody to be decided. On the late evening of January 3, 2008, police were called to Spears' home after the singer reportedly refused to relinquish custody of her children to Federline (as told in Spears' memoir, because Federline was refusing to allow Spears to see her kids for lengthy periods and she feared that she wouldn't see them again).<ref name="hospital">Britney Spears Hospitalized for 'An Evaluation'; People; January 4, 2008</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Spears was taken from her home on a stretcher and hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.<ref name="hospital" /> As a result of this, Federline was "awarded sole legal custody and sole physical custody of the minor children".<ref name="custody" />

On July 26, 2008, court papers were filed stating Federline would retain sole legal and physical custody of the children while Spears would get visitation rights that would increase over time. In addition to this, Federline would receive $20,000 per month from Spears in child support as well as additional funds to cover any custody-related legal expenses.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Marriage to Victoria Prince

Federline was first linked to former volleyball player Victoria Prince in 2008, when the two were both on the same recreational bowling team, the Party Animals.<ref>Brit's Replacement: Twice the Size, Half the Crazy TMZ.com, December 18, 2008</ref> It was reported that Prince was previously arrested for assault and disturbing the peace. She was also charged with possession of a dangerous weapon on school premises.<ref>[1], December 25, 2008</ref> Their first daughter was born in 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> They wed on August 10, 2013.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their second daughter was born in 2014.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the summer of 2023, the family moved to Hawaii, because Prince was offered a job at a Hawaii university.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Prince played volleyball and graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	You Got Served	Dancer
2008	The Onion Movie	Lollipop Love Dancer
2009	American Pie Presents: The Book of Love	Canadian Border Guard

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Drew Carey Show	Dancer #7	Episode: "Drew Gets Out of the Nuthouse"
2001–02	Nikki	Dirt Track Dancer	Episode: "Home Sweet Homeless" & "Uneasy Rider"
2002	Will & Grace	Angel Dancer for Cher	Episode: "A.I.: Artificial Insemination: Part 2"
2005	The Fabulous Life of	Himself	Episode: "Britney Spears & Kevin Federline"
	Britney & Kevin: Chaotic	Himself	Main Cast
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Cole "Pig" Tritt	Episode: "Fannysmackin'"
	1 vs. 100	Himself/Mob Member	Episode: "Episode #1.6"
2006–07	WWE Raw	Himself	Recurring Cast: Season 14-15
2008	One Tree Hill	Jason "J-Fed" Federline	Recurring Cast: Season 5
2010	Celebrity Fit Club	Himself	Main Cast: Season 7

Music Videos

Year	Title	Artist	Role	Notes
2001	"You Rock My World"	Michael Jackson	Dancer
2001	"AM to PM"	Christina Milian
2001	"Get the Party Started"	P!nk		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002	"Like I Love You"	Justin Timberlake
2004	"My Prerogative"	Britney Spears	Groom
2008	"Pork and Beans"	Weezer	Dancer

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		US <ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Playing with Fire	Released: October 31, 2006 Label: Reincarnate Format: LP, CD	151

Singles

• "PopoZão" (2006)

Other songs

• "Y'All Ain't Ready" (2005)
• "Lose Control" (2006)
• "Privilege" (2006)
• "Rollin' V.I.P" (2007)
• "Hollywood" (2016)

Music videos

• "Lose Control" (2006)

Guest appearances

• "You Should" (from the mixtape Optimus Rime by Ya Boy) (2008)
• "Expectations" (from the mixtape Alien by Ya Boy) (2016)

Published works

• Federline, Kevin. You Thought You Knew (2025). Listenin.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" />

External links

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