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Britney & Kevin: It's Over

After two years of marriage – and in the wake of one final chaotic weekend – Britney Spears catches her husband off guard by filing for divorce

Originally posted Tuesday November 07, 2006 12:00 PM EST

FEB. 8: "He still loves her," says a Federline friend. But someone close to Spears (with Federline at a post-Grammy party) says "he was not a good reflection on her." Photo by: DANNY MOLOSHOK / AP

For a few minutes on Nov. 7 – the day his marriage went from chaotic to kaput – the guy in a Toronto store wasn't K-Fed, he was K-Dad. "He was looking at baby clothing and holding up these little baby outfits," says a photo agency rep who was with aspiring rapper Kevin Federline, in Toronto to promote his debut album while his wife, Britney Spears, was in New York City. "I showed him pictures of my kids and he went, 'Yeah, man, this is the worst thing because I'm gonna be on the road for like three weeks, and I wish [Britney and the kids] would come and surprise me.'"

Just hours later came a different surprise: news that Spears had filed for divorce. Only eight weeks after the pop princess, 24, and her husband, 28, celebrated the birth of their second son, Jayden James (their first boy, Sean Preston, turned 1 on Sept. 14), Spears cited "irreconcilable differences" in dissolving a union that has always seemed a little shaky (one Web site started a divorce countdown the day after their September 2004 wedding). In fact, in the last few hectic days, it appeared to rip at the seams. "It's about time," says someone close to Spears. "During the whole pregnancy they had problems. She tried to support him as much as she could, but at the end of the day she realized it wasn't best for her and her children [to stay]. She's standing up for herself and making positive changes in her life."