November 19, 2025 • 8 mins
This week Hannah sits down with Kevin Federline for a surprisingly candid and honest conversation about his brand-new book, You Thought You Knew. Kevin opens up about the stories behind the headlines, the realities of life in the spotlight, fatherhood and fame. Hannah digs into the myths, the media, and the man himself, getting real answers, untold stories, and a perspective you haven’t heard before.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to That's rad with Hannah Tyler. I'm well,
Hannah Tyler. Today I'm talking to controversial figure. I don't
know if you want to call him that. I'll let
you decide. Kevin Fetterline. Now, he's Britney Spears's ex husband.
If you were a part of the pop culture world
in the two thousands, you know all of the drama
and chaos behind his relationship with Britney Spears. Let's just
(00:22):
call it chaotic. I mean, they did have that TV
show called Chaotic. He has a new book out and
it's called You Thought You Knew, and it's basically looking
at his relationship with Brittany and where Brittany is today.
Even though they haven't had communication in years, they do
have two children together. So take a listen. This is
Kevin Federline. Good morning, Kevin, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
How you doing I'm not bad.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'm doing good? Doing good.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I imagine you're still waking up this morning because you're
in Hawaii, right, yeah, yeah, Well we'll make it easy.
We'll make it fast for you. I got Kevin Fetterline
on with me today. He has a brand new memoir
out called You Thought You kN Kevin, there's a lot
to this book, a lot of talk about the book already,
and I think the big question is why now. The
(01:07):
timing of this seems a little bit suspicious given the
factor boys are a little bit older now. So walk
me through your moment to be like, this is the
time to tell my story.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Well, I mean, look, you know, I know a lot
of people think like why now, But it's really like
I stayed quiet and everybody else is telling people who
I am this whole time, you know I And it's
because my boys.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Are older that it's now right.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I wanted to make sure that my kids were okay
with it, you know, and that was it. I really
wanted to wait until they were old enough to understand
why I wanted to tell this story, why I wanted
to tell people who I am, and I wanted them
to be behind it.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
So I waited for the okay, and here we are.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
And I am curious because you have been paid in
the media as a villain. That seems like a strong word,
but there's a lot of maybe misconceptions about you. So
do you feel like this is kind of your time
to be like, hey, I'm not this bad guy that
you might perceive me to be.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You know it's funny too because, like you know, I've
gone through some of the reviews, you know, verified reviews
of my book, and it's it is changing people's you know,
perception about me. So it is doing exactly what I
was hoping that it would do. You know, maybe not
on a mass scale, but I mean it's getting there.
And I think over time, if you read the book,
(02:35):
you really get to understand like what I've been about
this whole time, and.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Now I am curious. Let's go back to your boys
for a second. As a father, you're navigating solo parenting,
but they also have a mother who's very much in
the public eye and there's a lot of focus on her.
Call it good, call it bad, call it ugly. How
do you navigate that relationship with your boys and helping
them grow up to be the people they are?
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Well, I mean that you know has been the difficult
you know position to be in, and for them, it's
like really not until their teenage years where it really
you know, comes full circle.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Where you got to be hands on with it.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
And start explaining like, look, this is your life right
because they were born into this they didn't ask for this.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
You know. I have.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
One of my sons, really he doesn't like the spotlight
at all, you know, even though both of them are
making music right now, but one of them is very
much wanting to be behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
He doesn't like to be photographed. He doesn't like any
of these scenes. He doesn't really like to be on
social media. And that's just who he is.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So I mean, you have to navigate like all these
different things with them as far as that as fame goes,
right because no matter what, like if they're out and
somebody sees them upon m ROSSI or something, they're going
to try and take pictures of them for sure, because
of their.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Mother, you know.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
And I mean they've really learned, you know, in this situation.
They've had a lot of lessons on their own, you know,
through their teenage years from social media or being out
with their mom or me or you know, they kind
of really understand what the whole concept of it is
(04:23):
as far as being in the public eye, you know.
But I mean there's a lot of things behind the
scenes that normal families.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Have to navigate as well that we've had to do, you.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Know, with them, and just just kind of hold their
hand as much as we can until they're old enough
to venture out on their own.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And I want to get into you talk about parts
of the book about there's a situation where Brittany was
in their room with a nice and we see all
these social media things of her. Who's the real Brittany
to you? Is what we see on socials? Really who
you feel she is right now? Or is it kind
of this want to.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Get you out? No?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
No, and that that's you know, that's where we dive into,
you know, the conspiracy theories and all that. No, no, no,
I can one hundred percent tell you that what you're
seeing is is.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Definitely real and it's definitely concerning. At one point in
the book you make reference to we're being close to
the eleventh hour. Do you hope this memoir will somehow
get to someone or create an attention to get Brittany
the help she needs?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
You know, I mean I hope that I hope that
it gets her to a point to where she realizes
that she needs it, because I think that that is
the biggest issue, right I even talk about that in
my book, is that you know, this has gone on
for so long and The reason why this has been
this twenty year saga of up and downs is because
she's never been held accountable for one and for two
(05:56):
admitted that she needs help or trying to get help
on her own. And I think that that's that's that's
what needs to happen, right And so, you know, it's
harsh as the things that I'm telling, I'm hoping that
that will, you know, shed some light on her to
(06:16):
where she realizes that, you know, there is a path
back and and our sons deserve that she needs to
fight like fight like hell to get back to them,
because that's what that's at the end of the day,
that's what matters.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
And that's what you want is just for your boys
to have the mother that they deserve, to have that relationship.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
One hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
And I want to I want her to be around,
right like, I'm terrified that, you know, something bad is
going to happen. I keep saying this, you know, and
it's it's it really is, you know, it's it's very very,
very very crucial right now with the things that are
going on and even the things that people don't see.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Throughout this book, we get to know a lot about
you how do you want to be remembered at the
end of the day outside of being Britney Spears's ex husband,
because that's very much how you are in the cultural zeitgeist.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, I mean, look in the public eye, it is
what it is like. Everybody has their own opinions. Everybody
has their own you know how, whatever they want to
think of me, I totally I get it. But for me,
what matters is the people that are close to me
and my family, and I know how they feel. I
know that everybody that's close to me, between my family
(07:29):
and friends, they know exactly who I am, so you know,
and I'm okay with that. And if it comes out
then I'm going to be the bad guy and all
of this. I'm fine with being the bad guy as
long as you know it works.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
I'm hoping that it works.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
And one last thing, Kevin before you leave, y two
K fashion is coming back? Do we see a Kevin
fetterline for Dora line coming anytime soon?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Oh? Man, I don't know. I highly doubt that.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
My wife was probably shoot me in the foot if
she saw me walking around wearing those agains.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
We all if you don't have a picture, you look
back at and go oh, why was I wearing that?
Are you really an adult?
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Exactly, Well, Kevin, thank you so much for your time today.
The new book is out. Thank you. I really appreciate
you being here today.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Thank you, thank you so much,
Welcome back to That's rad with Hannah Tyler. I'm well,
Hannah Tyler. Today I'm talking to controversial figure. I don't
know if you want to call him that. I'll let
you decide. Kevin Fetterline. Now, he's Britney Spears's ex husband.
If you were a part of the pop culture world
in the two thousands, you know all of the drama
and chaos behind his relationship with Britney Spears. Let's just
(00:22):
call it chaotic. I mean, they did have that TV
show called Chaotic. He has a new book out and
it's called You Thought You Knew, and it's basically looking
at his relationship with Brittany and where Brittany is today.
Even though they haven't had communication in years, they do
have two children together. So take a listen. This is
Kevin Federline. Good morning, Kevin, good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
How you doing I'm not bad.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
How are you?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
I'm doing good? Doing good.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I imagine you're still waking up this morning because you're
in Hawaii, right, yeah, yeah, Well we'll make it easy.
We'll make it fast for you. I got Kevin Fetterline
on with me today. He has a brand new memoir
out called You Thought You kN Kevin, there's a lot
to this book, a lot of talk about the book already,
and I think the big question is why now. The
(01:07):
timing of this seems a little bit suspicious given the
factor boys are a little bit older now. So walk
me through your moment to be like, this is the
time to tell my story.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Well, I mean, look, you know, I know a lot
of people think like why now, But it's really like
I stayed quiet and everybody else is telling people who
I am this whole time, you know I And it's
because my boys.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Are older that it's now right.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
I wanted to make sure that my kids were okay
with it, you know, and that was it. I really
wanted to wait until they were old enough to understand
why I wanted to tell this story, why I wanted
to tell people who I am, and I wanted them
to be behind it.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
So I waited for the okay, and here we are.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
And I am curious because you have been paid in
the media as a villain. That seems like a strong word,
but there's a lot of maybe misconceptions about you. So
do you feel like this is kind of your time
to be like, hey, I'm not this bad guy that
you might perceive me to be.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
Yeah. Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
You know it's funny too because, like you know, I've
gone through some of the reviews, you know, verified reviews
of my book, and it's it is changing people's you know,
perception about me. So it is doing exactly what I
was hoping that it would do. You know, maybe not
on a mass scale, but I mean it's getting there.
And I think over time, if you read the book,
(02:35):
you really get to understand like what I've been about
this whole time, and.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
Now I am curious. Let's go back to your boys
for a second. As a father, you're navigating solo parenting,
but they also have a mother who's very much in
the public eye and there's a lot of focus on her.
Call it good, call it bad, call it ugly. How
do you navigate that relationship with your boys and helping
them grow up to be the people they are?
Speaker 3 (03:00):
Well, I mean that you know has been the difficult
you know position to be in, and for them, it's
like really not until their teenage years where it really
you know, comes full circle.
Speaker 2 (03:12):
Where you got to be hands on with it.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
And start explaining like, look, this is your life right
because they were born into this they didn't ask for this.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
You know. I have.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
One of my sons, really he doesn't like the spotlight
at all, you know, even though both of them are
making music right now, but one of them is very
much wanting to be behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
He doesn't like to be photographed. He doesn't like any
of these scenes. He doesn't really like to be on
social media. And that's just who he is.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
So I mean, you have to navigate like all these
different things with them as far as that as fame goes,
right because no matter what, like if they're out and
somebody sees them upon m ROSSI or something, they're going
to try and take pictures of them for sure, because
of their.
Speaker 2 (04:01):
Mother, you know.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
And I mean they've really learned, you know, in this situation.
They've had a lot of lessons on their own, you know,
through their teenage years from social media or being out
with their mom or me or you know, they kind
of really understand what the whole concept of it is
(04:23):
as far as being in the public eye, you know.
But I mean there's a lot of things behind the
scenes that normal families.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Have to navigate as well that we've had to do, you.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Know, with them, and just just kind of hold their
hand as much as we can until they're old enough
to venture out on their own.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
And I want to get into you talk about parts
of the book about there's a situation where Brittany was
in their room with a nice and we see all
these social media things of her. Who's the real Brittany
to you? Is what we see on socials? Really who
you feel she is right now? Or is it kind
of this want to.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Get you out? No?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
No, and that that's you know, that's where we dive into,
you know, the conspiracy theories and all that. No, no, no,
I can one hundred percent tell you that what you're
seeing is is.
Speaker 1 (05:16):
Definitely real and it's definitely concerning. At one point in
the book you make reference to we're being close to
the eleventh hour. Do you hope this memoir will somehow
get to someone or create an attention to get Brittany
the help she needs?
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (05:31):
You know, I mean I hope that I hope that
it gets her to a point to where she realizes
that she needs it, because I think that that is
the biggest issue, right I even talk about that in
my book, is that you know, this has gone on
for so long and The reason why this has been
this twenty year saga of up and downs is because
she's never been held accountable for one and for two
(05:56):
admitted that she needs help or trying to get help
on her own. And I think that that's that's that's
what needs to happen, right And so, you know, it's
harsh as the things that I'm telling, I'm hoping that
that will, you know, shed some light on her to
(06:16):
where she realizes that, you know, there is a path
back and and our sons deserve that she needs to
fight like fight like hell to get back to them,
because that's what that's at the end of the day,
that's what matters.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
And that's what you want is just for your boys
to have the mother that they deserve, to have that relationship.
Speaker 2 (06:34):
One hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
And I want to I want her to be around,
right like, I'm terrified that, you know, something bad is
going to happen. I keep saying this, you know, and
it's it's it really is, you know, it's it's very very,
very very crucial right now with the things that are
going on and even the things that people don't see.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Throughout this book, we get to know a lot about
you how do you want to be remembered at the
end of the day outside of being Britney Spears's ex husband,
because that's very much how you are in the cultural zeitgeist.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
Yeah, I mean, look in the public eye, it is
what it is like. Everybody has their own opinions. Everybody
has their own you know how, whatever they want to
think of me, I totally I get it. But for me,
what matters is the people that are close to me
and my family, and I know how they feel. I
know that everybody that's close to me, between my family
(07:29):
and friends, they know exactly who I am, so you know,
and I'm okay with that. And if it comes out
then I'm going to be the bad guy and all
of this. I'm fine with being the bad guy as
long as you know it works.
Speaker 2 (07:45):
I'm hoping that it works.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
And one last thing, Kevin before you leave, y two
K fashion is coming back? Do we see a Kevin
fetterline for Dora line coming anytime soon?
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Oh? Man, I don't know. I highly doubt that.
Speaker 3 (07:58):
My wife was probably shoot me in the foot if
she saw me walking around wearing those agains.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
We all if you don't have a picture, you look
back at and go oh, why was I wearing that?
Are you really an adult?
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (08:12):
Exactly, Well, Kevin, thank you so much for your time today.
The new book is out. Thank you. I really appreciate
you being here today.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Thank you, thank you so much,
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