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Britney Spears' son Jayden says their relationship can be fixed if she gets 'better mentally'

Sep 3, 2022, 01:15 IST
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Spears with her sons at the "Smurfs 2" premiere in 2013.Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
  • Britney Spears' son Jayden Federline gave an interview to ITV about his relationship with his mom.
  • He said he hopes they can talk one day when she gets "better mentally."
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Britney Spears' son Jayden Federline told ITV that his relationship with his mother can be fixed if she gets "better mentally."

According to a Daily Mail article excerpting the ITV interview published Thursday, the 15-year-old also explained why he and his brother Sean Preston Federline didn't go to Spears' June wedding to her husband Sam Asghari.

"At the time it just wasn't a good time to go. I'm not saying that I'm not happy for her," Jayden said, according to the Daily Mail. "I'm really happy for them, but she didn't invite the whole family and then if it was just going to be me and Preston, I just don't see how that situation would have ended on good terms."

Jayden's comments come after his dad Kevin Federline, 44, gave an interview to ITV and the Daily Mail in August saying that their sons "have decided they are not seeing" Spears at the moment.

Jayden and Britney in 2017 with her niece.Gerardo Mora/Getty Images for Planet Hollywood Observatory

The teenager told ITV's Daphne Barak in the new interview that his relationship with his mom "100 percent" could be "fixed."

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"It's just going to take a lot of time and effort. I just want her to get better mentally," he continued. "When she gets better I really want to see her again."

In his August interview, Kevin said that his sons have a difficult time dealing with their mother's Instagram activity, including her nude posts.

Jayden echoed this sentiment. "It's almost like she has to post something on Instagram to get some attention. This has gone on for years and years and years and there's a high chance that this will never stop but I'm hoping for me that she will stop," he said.

Spears' roughly 13-year conservatorship finally ended in November. Both after and during her legal battle, the pop star has made public accusations that her father abused her through the conservatorship.

Sean Federline, Jayden James Federline, Britney Spears and Sam Asghari attend a basketball game in 2017.Allen Berezovsky / Getty Images

Though the Federlines have had their own public disputes with Spears' father Jamie Spears — and at one point Jayden and his older brother Sean Preston, 16, had a domestic violence restraining order out against their grandfather, according to court documents — Jayden told ITV he believes that Jamie "doesn't deserve all the hatred he is getting in the media."

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"At first he was just trying to be like any father letting her pursue her daughter's dream of becoming a superstar but I did think maybe the conservatorship went on too long," Jayden said.

He also suggested that part of his hesitation to have a relationship with his mother now has to do with the way she's treated Sean Preston.

"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 said. "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."

Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 6, 2001.George De Sota/Getty Images

Despite all of their public struggles, Jayden said he loves his mom and would like a relationship with her in the future. "I love you a lot, I hope for the best for you. Maybe one day we can sit down like this and talk again," he said speaking directly to his mom.

Spears posted a response to Jayden's interview in an Instagram post on Thursday. "I say to my son Jayden that I send all my love in the world to you every day for the rest of my life !!!! My love for my children has no boundaries," her statement reads, in part.

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