how in the world would we know? why does it matter?

I honestly don't follow these people, but I'm certain I read somewhere that these clubs and such front him that money as part of their deal with him to be in their establishment. It's like an expense account accept he's returning the money to that establishment while he's there. Anybody know if I read right or wrong?

I don't understand your dates. You have between MayI'm sorry, but your dates are saying "between May and January of 2007", so I'm assuming that May 2006 - January 2007. He was actually married to Britney Spears for most of that block of time...and, I'm not understand how something that happened over a YEAR ago is relevant to now?

I would love to see him blow all his money. Spend on K-Fed (dumba--).

I honestly don't care what he does with his money. If his personal spending is exceeding what he needs to provide to his children then that's when they should raise concern. He can do whatever he wants and considering that Britney had to pay his legal bills? If she wasn't up to all the shenanigans and circus acts she's brought on to herself then things would've been handled differently.

whatever is Brotney is blowing through money then i guess K-fed can too

what bothers me is he has been using his "business" cards to pay for things like strip clubs, Victorias Secret, and liquor stores. These are actual court documents coming from Brit's lawyers. So, these expenses are being billed out as business expenses when they sound very personal to me. And $2000 tips of $350 bills??? That is way out of whack! I think he is doing a good job with the boys, sure, but I also think he is taking advantage of Britney. She is the one who pays those bills! Plus giving him support for the kids. I think its wrong of him if its true.

Seriously...Britney Spears spent more money then that in a day when she bought that Mercedes coupe that she later had voluntarily impounded!!!

The legal bills are higher because of all the stupid stuff Britney did, and numerous scheduled depositions and court dates she skipped out on.

As for hotels, I'm inclined to think that Britney spent at least that much on hotels in 2007-2008, with her 3 hour stays and multiple hotel check in the same day, all at 5 star hotels. And hers were all within 5 miles of her house. At least Kevin was out of town, when one actually needs a hotel room. Most of his work I'm aware of has required him to be out of town.

Well said Faery. At first I thought his demands were out of whack, then I thought that since it WAS her shenanigans that brought the lawyers in in the FIRST place, okay, she should pay those bills. The amount of Child support he's receiving is a sore spot with me, because I don't know why it should cost that amount per month to take care of two little boys, but okay fine, AS LONG AS IT'S GOING TO THE BOYS. It's obviously NOT going to them.

I agree he's doing a good thing BY the boys, but NOT that he's doing a good job WITH them. I'm still not convinced that he himself is actually spending any time with them. We NEVER see him with them, only the Nannies, or when he has a photo op (Birthday parties etc). I think this is outrageous and really needs to be investigated BY THE COURTS. If they deem that it's reasonable, fine, but until then I'm reserving judgement.

If he spent over $50K over an eight month period it can't in no way be compared to the over $100K that Britney was spending a month!!

Bravo, Ginger!!!

Who cares?

It's very possible that strip clubs, liquor stores, restaurants, and some of the other receipts are legit business expenses, if he was entertaining clients or prospective business partners. A few people ordering drinks, dinner, etc. would easily run hundreds of dollars or more. Some of the store receipts could have been gifts for clients or people he does business with, all allowable.

I don't know how he keeps his books; just saying it's possibly not all personal expenses.

And as much as it seems she pays in child support, it's less than 3% of her reported monthly income. He could ask for a lot more and hasn't.

Oh brother. And we know this how? Anyone can spin things against Kevin Federline but, I've thought he deserves everything he gets and more for managing to be a stable influence in his children's lives, and for putting up with all the garbage he's had to go through with Britney's illness.

I agree with Faery. He is spending what she actually earned on Victoria's Secret and Ann Taylor and saying it is Business Expenses. What the hell kind of business expenses are those? And 2,000 dollar tips on a 350 dollar bill. seriously. If Brit wants to blow her money all she wants, she can, because she earned it, but her checking account doesn't have Kevin Federline's name on it.

by the way Ginger, even though my comment was right after yours - it wasn't aimed at you - it was aimed at Pop Just wanted you to know!

The only thing is Brittany worked and earned her money,so she has a right to blow it. As for k fed, does he even have a job besides hanging in strip clubs and drinking? oh wait I forgot he did that fast food commercial and a spot on a show or two. He should not use the money being paid to him by Brittany to support the kids.... He is healthy and young go get a job and pay for your own out of control habits.

I completely agree with Benna ... the difference between Britney and Kevin is that Britney has earned the money she blows. Kevin was a struggling back-up dancer when they met so there's no way that the $50,000 he spent came from his own earnings. I don't care how much he spends, or what he spends it on, that's his business -- but let's be fair, love her or hate her, Britney earned the money she has. Kevin? Not so much. He lucked out.

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No. As long as its his money and Not Britney's.

I think Brit was overspending because of her mental issues. Yes, she still shops, but not like before. She is taaking whatever meds she is supposed to and her dad is helping her get back on track. She is making good career decisions and actually working. And I don't mean hosting a party in Vegas to earn money. Oh, and kevin has clients??? For what? I mean, I know he has some sort of business, but exactly what kind of business would need to entertain clients at a strip club? I am not knocking him as a parent. He seems to be doing right by the boys, but true...we NEVER see him with them. It is always nannies. But at least we do see brit outside with the boys when she visits with them. We never see Kevin doing anything with them. Even other celeb parents like Marcia Cross and jen Garner find time to take their kids to the park. I just have suspicions about Kevin's motives and have all along. Even when the two were together and supposedly happy.

This is such a ludicrous post!...Why has this been brought up NOW. This isn't even relevant news...

nomerz he lucked out and lucky him that Britney was such a moron. she dated him knowing he had a pregnant girlfriend and another kid at home, this is what we mere mortals like to call karma. if she didn't realise what a deadbeat he was oh her bad.

Actually the REAL difference between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline is that some people are obvious fans of the former and have preconceived notions against Kevin Federline. It's a shame Kevin Federline was neither born into money or didn't have EXTREME fan and fortune, because then perhaps the tabloid media (and Britney Spears fans) probably wouldn't detest him so.

Wow, my take just gets stepped over like it's not there lol. Gee, I thought at least someone would tell me that it was all in my imagination. Nevertheless, I think there is at least a trickle of truth that the clubs foot his expensenses, and the moola spent isn't from him or Brit and thats my last post on the subject.

Not sure if that was directed at me, but I would hardly consider myself a fan of hers ... I'm not some blinded idiot when it comes to Britney. But let's get real, the money he's spending is CLEARLY not his.

...and I don't detest him. Hardly. I can respect someone who's made an effort to be a better person/parent.

tiabia, personally...I tried to like Kevin when they first got together. Really I did. And my like for Brit has definitely diminished! I do think Kevin saw dollar signs when he met britney. I do think she loved him much more than he loved her. And I do think he is trying to get everything he can out of her financially. I do not know why it takes that much money to take care of 2 little boys. And I do not understand a $2000 tip on a $350 bill. I would think that of ANYONE who did it...not just Kevin. Kevin seems insincere and completely out for himself. And, I do believe there are circumstances nobody has heard about between Kevin and Britney that pushed her over the edge a bit. Not saying its all his fault or anything. But I do think he contributed to bringing it all out (along with a family history of mental illness and postpartum depression).

Bottom line...we aren't Kevin or Britney. We don't live inside their homes or heads.

oh Nyaradzom, I'm definitely not denying that Britney's a moron. She knew full and well (or should have) what she was getting into, but Britney DID earn her money. Did Kevin earn the money he's spending? I highly doubt it.

...you know what, who cares? I dunno why I just made three posts on this.

I think methinks2 is on the right track.

Oh and if you're getting stepped over I think its b/c people like to ignore any voice of reason

Kevin has millions of dollars and doesn't have to work a day in his life. He got half the selling price of the Malibu house in the settlement. What was the final selling price.. around $12 million?

Kevin earned over half a million dollars last year, because Nationwide insurance paid him $500,000 for the superbowl commercial. He also did club appearances, a reoccurring role on a cable tv show, and who knows what else. He got paid $175,00 for showing up to party for his birthday last month.

I don't know about the rest of you, but Kevin earned more last year than me. He's made at least $175k in the first quarter of this year, which is probably more than anyone reading this. So no, he doesn't spend Britney's money for his clubbing--he gets paid or uses his own money.

Britney spends more on cars, hotels, and almost everything else than she does on her kids. As was shown awhile back in her court submitted docs, she doesn't have any investments or education funds set up for her children, and hardly any investments for herself, as she spends it as fast as it came in. Thanks to her dad, that may now change.

Here, here Ginger!

I've never been a fan of Kevin's but I was more than willing to eat some humble pie, when it turned out he was the responsible parent. If we don't see him much with his kids, I believe its because he's concerned about pictures being taken of them. The bottom line is, he has the kids and for good reason and Britney does not. Say all you want, but the facts speak for themselves.

yes - he's DEFINITELY spending too much money. if he's going around talking a bout how brit has to pay his lawyer fees, and give him monthly money for alimony then he shouldn't be spending that kind of money frivolously. this is grounds in my eyes for her lawyers to contest that she has to pay his fees....it's insane. looks who's the responsible parent now.

btw...if he's in vegas w/ strippers - where are the kids?

ginger, if he is making that kind of money why is he crying poor mouth in every court document????

Trash trash trash.

Hey Le E! I didn't take your earlier post as directed towards moi.

ilanac, Kevin doesn't get any alimony. Not a penny. He had gotten some spousal support for a limited time after Britney filed for divorce, but it ended last year. He is entirely on his own economically, and spends more on his kids than the $15k in child support she provides monthly. Having real security people for the boys is costly.

As for photos, except for one set of leaked camera phone photos someone took at a birthday party, and some paparazzi helicopter shots of his back yard--both of which showed Kevin with the kids, I don't see JJ and SP at home at all. Or Kevin's other kids. He does a terrific job of keeping their lives private.

I've seen a handful of shots of either Britney's parents or the nanny walking them out front in their push cars--less than half a dozen occasions in the past year. If you look at the backyard photos, there doesn't seem to be a long strip of cerement where they could to that in the yard. I've seen paparazzi photos of the nanny and security taking the kids to the kids gym classes, appts, etc. or going to Britney's for visitation. But once they get home to Kevin's house, sightings are rare. Kevin sightings are even more rare. Sometimes you don't see new photos of him for weeks at a time.

Don't agree Ginger!

I think the point is Britney spent HER hard earned money, even if it was frivalously it was still her money. Kevin has no job, no prospects, and is livng off his ex. Don't say you can't afford court costs when you spent all that alimony and child support $ in Vegas!!

Bottom line- Kevin's a LOSER who needs to get a job.

faerymagick15, do the math. If his total income for 2007 was between $500k and a million, (I don't know the exact figure,) from which he needs to pay housing, food, school for his kids with Shar, cars, insurance, extras for JJ & SP beyond what child support covers, gifts, clothes, the phone bill, taxes, etc., he shouldn't be expected to pay all of his income to legal bills for the child custody battle that Britney initiated, and has dragged on with her behavior. He already had to pay 1/4 of his legal bill (I think that was about $125,000) last year.

Look at the laws of California family court. There are provisions for when one parent makes significantly more money than the other, the judge can rule that the wealthier parent pays all or some of the legal bills, because parents are entitled to equal representation. Otherwise, the less wealthy parent could not afford to fight, and the well being of children shouldn't be swayed by which parent can afford the best lawyers.

There are also statutes in California family law for child support to be sufficient so that the children have nearly equal living standards. Most child-support paying parents pay a much larger percentage of their income than the approx. less than 3% Ms Spears pays.

Hwy are people compairing Britney's spending to Kevin's - Britney actually had a career where she made money. Kevin's "music career" lost money. I wouldn't think that their spending habits would be the same.

Not saying that Britney doens't spend more than she needs to.

lolalu, it looks like you didn't read my post 32, where I outlined that Kevin has a lump sum settlement in the area so $6 million and made over half a million dollars last year. He gets no alimony from Britney.

I would not be inclined to tell a man who makes over half a million dollars a year that he needs to get a job. Especially since he's the only custodial parent of two toddlers and shares custody of two other young children.

*Tia*, I'll admit that when they first split, I WAS on the "Hate Kevin Love Britney" Bandwagon and hated him ONLY because I liked Brit. Was that right? No it wasn't. Then, I changed for a LONG time because it really looked like Kevin was the one that had his sh** together and I was really down on Britney. Then, as time wore on I started to open my eyes a bit, and realize that while Britney wasn't perfect and CERTAINLY screwed up some major things in her life, she wasn't fully in control of her own mind. She has a mental illness. Kevin on the other hand started losing points in my book because while everyone was touting him as "The responsible, loving parent" I was seeing that he was never actually WITH the kids. When they were in "his" care he was in strip clubs. Okay, now I'm not saying a parent should ALWAYS stay home with their kids, but when you have partial visitation, don't you think you would schedule stuff for yourself on the days you DON'T have the kids? I know in our house my ex husband has our son every Wednesday and every other weekend, and he does NOT schedule events that don't include our son on those days. He's turned down jobs, invitations etc. so that he is there since he sees his son so infrequently. THAT is a good parent that is raising his child, not having a Nanny do it.

Kevin's spending is suspect because, despite what you say *Ginger*, I don't know where he would have earned all the money you are claiming. From a brief stint on CSI? The other guest role he had? Yeah, he got some from the birthday party he hosted, or it was reported that he did anyway. However ALSO reported was that he blew it all.

The fact is *Ginger*, unless you personally saw his bank statements, you don't know ANY of the things you are stating as fact, just as I don't know any of the things I am stating, MY OPINIONS.

The fact of the matter is NEITHER ONE of them is perfect. Both have flaws. Britneys flaws are related to Mental illness. Kevin's flaws? Well? What are they related to? The fact that he's a douche? Maybe. But as I said before, I'm really holding off full judgment on him for a while. I can't decide about him really.

One HUGE point against him, and it's really the same problem I have with Brad and Angelina (And with Brit for that matter) is that when he hooked up with Brit, he already had a fiance. He had a CHILD and another on the way! THAT IS NOT A RESPONSIBLE PARENT any way you look at it! Brit is as much to blame for that as Kevin is and that is where the root of my dislike for him lies.

Mykie7, you're always so quick to defend Britney... that she might be getting help, etc, because we don't see her 24/7 and there are a couple of reports that doctors visited her house.

Yet we see their kids for less than 20 minutes a week, in transit somewhere, and sometimes don't see Kevin for weeks at a time, and from this you conclude that he must not be spending time with them? It's a very curious method of logic.

Some of the numbers regarding earnings and spending are from documents filed in the courts, so they are facts, not my opinion. I really don't have an "opinion" about his earnings.

The amounts Kevin was paid for some of those gigs has been widely reported, although I see that now MSNBC says he only got $377,000 for the Nationwide commercial--so they might be reporting the net income after taxes. They also say his Vegas bills were $43,000, whereas Pop reports over $50,000. He also spends 2,500 a month on a manager, $6k a month on a nanny, and $18,228 per month in child support, rent and private school tuition for his two children with Shar Jackson, reports MSNBC.

Kevin appeared in three episodes of One Tree Hill this year, filmed late last year. The CSI appearance is credited to 2006.

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whatever is Brotney is blowing through money then i guess K-fed can too

The difference is Britney actually works for her money, ya know, that means IT IS HER MONEY, she isn't asking for someone else to pay her bills like Kevin is.

BIG DIFFERENCE there

I agree with you Mykie, Kevin is no where near the perfect parent many on here try to paint him.

No parent is perfect, but what proof do you people have that he is awful?...because he went to Vegas when he had shared custody with his ex-wife?...oh I know, because we don't have pictures of him and his children plastered all over he internet?...oh wait, he's awful because to make Britney Spears look even slightly better than him (which is only financially so) we have yet another story of Kevin Federline SUPPOSEDLY leeching off that slore...UGH!!!

Yes Ginger, I AM quick to defend her, because she has mental problems. Maybe she DOES like paparazzi attention. That's not a crime is it? The way she was handling it pre-conservator was bad, that's true, but that was as much Sam Lutfi and her own Mental Illness as anything. I guess my issue is that everyone keeps saying "If it weren't for Jamie Spears she'd be just as bad as before." That COULD be the case, but it also might NOT be the case, but her naysayers aren't willing to admit that. Is it POSSIBLE that Brit is staying in because she WANTS to? You can't say she's out and about anywhere NEAR as much as she used to be. I think it has more to do with the fact that now she's getting medical help (I mean, come on, that's obvious from her about face isn't it?)

The fact is anyone that likes a celebrity will be able to see the positive and find reasons for the negative, just as anyone that DISlikes a celebrity will be able to spin the negative into something bigger than it really is.

People are making a big deal of the fact that she's out shopping. Really, WHO CARES. Let her shop! She busted her A&& for YEARS as a pop star. Regardless of whether you thought she could sing or not, she worked hard. Now she's not working so hard, she can enjoy her life a bit more.

I do not think she ever had the opportunity just to be a typical teenager. What do typical teenagers do? They hang out with their friends, they go to the mall, they drive around aimlessly. I really think Brit is experiencing the things she didn't have the opportunity to experience when she was younger. Does that make it right? Absolutely not, but it does explain alot. I mean, who doesn't rebel when the strings are finally cut loose? Some more than others, some on a bigger scale than others.

Fact of the matter is, not a one of us, supporters OR naysayers truly KNOW anything about the two of them. All we know is what we read in the tabloids. Even court documents aren't always accurate, people lie on those, it's called Perjury. I'm not saying that happened, but we really can't take ANY of what we see at face value. All ANY of us are doing is speculating, and speculating wildly at that.

I just know I like her, there isn't anything that will change my mind until I decide to change my mind. Just like I haven't made UP my mind about Kevin. The Jury is still out on him.

People tell him to get a job because in 2006 he claims he only netted $7,436.00 FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

As of 2007, K-Fed had $126,054 in assets. His total income -- from acting roles, music and other appearances -- brought him $533,074.

So, with that in mind, considering the way he tips, his lifestyle he will not skimp on, the tuition he pays for his other kids, his bling, and every thing else his heart desires...$533,074 AINT NOTHING!

My brother makes a little more than that and he's just a regular guy, no where near the spender that Kevin is. Kevin doesn't have retirement. He's living for the now, and I think he's very irresponsible throwing money away like he does just for the sake of keeping up his reputation. It's rather stupid if you ask me.

That exorbitant spending could be going in an account for the kids when they get older, instead of going into some pretty waitress' pockets.

Ginger, who do you think was paying his child support to Shar all this time?? Until recently?? seriously, it was britney. Kevin worked on an album and rap career while they were together. he made no real money. And, I seriously doubt other than the sale of the house and the commercial and his couple of guest spots on TV that he has made any real money. Therefore, he does rely on britney a lot more than people think he does. he has brilliant PR, a brilliant lawyer (that brit is paying for), and a strategy. $6000 a month for nannies? Give me a break that is ridiculous. And security??? You know Britney has to be shelling out money for at least part of that....they are her kids too. So, honestly...what does he actually pay for? with his own money? I don't doubt he pays for some things. But the majority of the kids expenses are still primarily paid for by Britney I am sure. And up until recently I am sure she was paying for a lot more than she is probably required to due to her condition and her not realizing or knowing any better. And, to say she initiated the whole custody problem with her antics is irresponsible. She did not ask to have a mental disorder and cannot control the fact that it exists. I believe Kevin and his lawyer took advantage of it and now that she is getting better we are finally starting to see what has really been going on all along. I am not pro Brit or anti Kevin. I just smell a rat and so do lots of others.

I truly think Britney Spears ruined Kevin Federline's viability as a background dancer. The guy had a nice little gig doing something that he was GREAT at and loved to do. Probably the one thing it is truly good at....

...but who is going to hire him now?...That marriage unfortunately made him into a punchline.