Rehab did a lot for Britney Spears; for one it made her realise that no, actually, she probably isn't the Antichrist, and it also helped to clear Britney's head enough for her to decide to give Kevin Federline $19 million as a divorce settlement. Possibly.
It's been reported that Britney Spears and Kevin Federline finally agreed on the divorce settlement – made of a lump sum, proceeds from the sale of a house and a portion of Britney's earnings – after Kevin's rock-solid support of Britney Spears during her stint in rehab convinced the star that he only ever had her best interests at heart when she needed it the most. Sounds like a fair deal, too – if we had to go and visit a bald lunatic who we used to be married to in rehab every few days we'd want millions of dollars for it too.
And, yes, we know this is the second Britney Spears story published in a matter of hours, but eff all else has happened today so you're going to have to lump it.
Britney Spears left rehab this week, and now there's a long list of things that she needs to put in order. These include spoiling our fun, reacquainting herself with her knicker drawer, deciding whether the slaphead look is really something she wants to stick with and making an album with Timbaland – but first on her list should be sorting out her divorce with Kevin Federline.
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline were the couple who had it all – if by 'it all' you mean 'a couple of accidental babies' and 'constant rumours of a divorce' – and so it was a shock when Britney Spears and Kevin Federline eventually split up. But you have to hand it to Kevin Federline; he played the divorce settlement game well. His initial reaction of writing some pointless graffiti quickly gave way to steely custody demands and – in the most incredible move of all – Kevin Federline somehow became less of a train wreck than Britney Spears.
True, this wasn't an especially hard thing to do considering that Britney Spears was beating up cars and proclaiming herself to be the Antichrist, but Kevin Federline kept plugging away – taking the kids to see Britney in rehab and even shaving his own head – until he looked the sensible one in the relationship. And the ruse seems to have worked, as Britney Spears has apparently caved in and offered Kevin $19 million as a divorce settlement. The Daily Dish reports:
According to Britain's The Sun, Spears' was driven to finalize the divorce during her spell in rehab to treat substance abuse. Under the deal Federline will get a $2 million lump sum plus half of Spears' earnings during their marriage and half the proceeds from the sale of their Malibu, Calif., home. A source tells the newspaper, "Everything changed when Britney went into rehab. She and Kevin started talking again and he's been a tower of strength for her. Her time in rehab has given Britney a lot of time to think, and has shown her Kevin loves his kids and is a good dad."
But don't think that Kevin Federline is the only one to do well out of this divorce settlement – as a show of trust, Kevin Federline has also agreed to pay Britney Spears some of his earnings from their marriage too. Well, we say earnings. What we really mean is one unfinished Kevin Federline biopic script and 45,000 unsold copies of Playing With Fire.
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