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CNN.com is reporting that pop star Britney Spears filed for divorce from husband Kevin Federline today. Federline appeared just last night on Monday Night Raw issuing a challenge for a one on one match against WWE champion John Cena on the 1/1/07 Raw in Miami, Florida.
As mentioned yesterday during our PWInsider.com Elite Hot News Hotline, a number of Hollywood gossip websites reported Spears left Federline several days ago, taking their children to a local Los Angeles hotel. The reason? Federline allegedly flew into a rage, screaming and destroying property after Spears laughed at a tape of his WWE appearances.
Federline made several recent WWE appearances. At the last Los Angeles Raw taping, he was linked to Johnny Nitro and Melina in a segment which ended with Cena hitting the F-U on Federline. WWE heavily promoted Federline's debut CD (which was released on 10/31) in subsequent appearances. The appearances built to K-Fed's surprise interference at the Cyber Sunday PPV, causing Cena's loss to WWE World champion King Booker in the "Champions of Champions" main event. That led to Federline's pre-tape challenge for the January match.
CNN reported that Spears cited "irreconcilable differences" in the divorce filing and also asked for legal and physical custody of their two children. The pair married in 2004 after meeting while Federline performed as a backup dancer for Spears on tour the previous year. Their relationship was featured in a UPN reality series.
The divorce filing was the latest in a string of negative Federline news over the last week, including poor reviews for his debut CD, canceled concerts, and a near empty performance at New York City's Webster Hall which saw Federline come on stage several hours late, only to perform for 30 minutes.
Expect the story to get a ton of media attention in the coming days as just about every major media source issued breaking news bulletins about the divorce filing in the last hour. CNN's Showbiz Tonight will be covering the divorce on tonight's edition of that series.
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