Fed Up With K-Fed (A.K.A Britney Spears Ex) with Alex Falcone And Robby Hoffman | 89

The Big Flop

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy, Business

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In 2004, backup dancer Kevin Federline hit the relationship jackpot when Britney Spears spotted him at an LA club. Two years, two babies, and one reality show later, K-Fed decided being Mr. Spears wasn't enough – he wanted to be Hip Hop royalty. But when his rap career tanked faster than his marriage, even Richard Branson and a truck covered in pennies couldn't save this wannabe rapper's career.

Alex Falcone (Portlandia) and Robby Hoffman (Hacks, Dying for Sex) join Misha to learn how K-Fed went from bustin’ a move to just plain busted

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0:36.2	Okay, let's set the scene. It's the early 2000s, and a pop icon is on the cover of a magazine professing her love for a backup dancer.
0:45.1	No, it's not Madonna. It's J-Lo. Wait, scratch that. It's Brittany, bitch.
0:51.5	Yeah, that's right. Our pop princess is making headlines for a lot of reasons,
0:56.6	but one of those reasons is her hasty marriage to Kevin Fedderline, aka K-Fed. And while he and
1:03.9	Brittany are married, he reinvents himself as a rapper. But with the styling of Ellen DeGeneres as my very credible source
1:13.6	and guest Robbie Hoffman sees it. So, Besties, let's get into how K-Fed possibly made the worst
1:20.6	rap album of all time, or at least of 2006. One of the most talk about men in the world, Kevin Federline beats out.
1:31.1	Is Kevin a Hollywood hopeful or the real deal?
1:33.9	Kevin has been a tabloid target himself these past few months,
1:37.6	called everything from a freeloader to a philanderer.
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