The Bert Show: Vault – Kevin Federline Joins The Show

Date: December 1, 2025
Podcast: The Bert Show by Pionaire Podcasting
Guests: Kevin Federline
Hosted by: Bert, Sarah Gibson Tuttle, Phil, and others

Episode Overview

This special vault episode features Kevin Federline (“K-Fed”), discussing his life in and out of the spotlight—from music ambitions and navigating relentless media scrutiny, to family life with Britney Spears and the realities of fame. The conversation is lively and authentic, with hosts probing rumors, exploring the truth behind headlines, and inviting Kevin to bare his perspective, personality, and advice.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. K-Fed’s Public Persona vs. Private Life

• Stage Name & Media Attention
  The hosts joke about what to call Federline (K-Fed, Pancake Man, etc.), to which he responds:

  “All the love, man. It’s all right. It doesn’t matter to me… Kevin is fine.” (01:32)

• What Does “Pancake Man” Mean?
  Federline explains:

  “Pancake man is like, I’m serving up these hotcakes, man. With butter and syrup on top. Right out of your local Waffle House. I’m looking at my CDs like hotcakes right now and they’re burning up.” (01:53)

• Media Pressure
  Kevin candidly says being “K-Fed” in the media often “sucks”—but focuses on the positive side:

  “I’m married to a wonderful person, and… I go through all the BS so I could be with her.” (02:45)

2. Tabloid Rumors & Public Perception

• Dealing with False Narratives
  Kevin distances himself from magazine headlines:

  “I don’t even pick it up. I couldn’t tell you what’s in your local magazine or anything like that. I don’t read it anymore.” (03:14)

• He estimates:

  “85 to 90% of everything they talk about is BS.” (06:35)

• His Relationship Timeline
  Responding to controversy about leaving a former partner (Shar Jackson) for Britney:

  “That relationship before was over way, way before that… Me and Char have been split up for a long time… But that’s not how the media portrayed it.” (04:58)

• Living With Rumors

  “You don’t even have to ask. It’s all false. …All of it? …Yep. Everything is all fiction.” (08:22–08:27)

3. Music Journey and Upcoming Projects

• Album Details
  Kevin confirms the title change of his album to "Playing with Fire," with a release likely being pushed back to mid-summer:

  “Playing with Fire is the name of it.” (03:51)
  “We’re pushing that back a few months… probably drop a video on a single around April 25th.” (09:07)

• Approach to Music
  On whether his music career is contingent on his marriage:

  “I would have been doing music regardless of my relationship and my marriage.” (04:02)

• Working With Producers

  “I’m about to meet everybody… I hear a lot of good things about everybody out here. It’s all love out here.” (09:17)
  On producers he’s working with: “People that are unheard of, that have a lot of fire on their hands, man. Kids that are like 20, 21 years old, the fresh ones from the West Coast.” (10:35)

4. Fame, Paparazzi, and Everyday Life

• Paparazzi and Parenting
  Kevin recalls being particularly unnerved by paparazzi after his baby was born:

  “Everything is fine and dandy when you’re messing with me and my wife, but whenever you start playing around with my kid, I don’t like it.” (11:18)

• Ordinary Life in the Spotlight
  The hosts ask if he and Britney can do regular things:

  “We do it just like a normal person would. But, I mean, just a lot goes with it, you know, it depends if… there’s 20, 30 paparazzi on you.” (16:29)

• Desire for Normalcy

  “You think about it every day… that’s the price that we pay for doing what we’re doing right now.” (17:40–17:50)

• Attempts at Disguise

  “I don’t think there’s no way of me putting a disguise on, but she [Britney] could. She gets away with it.” (18:01)

5. The Artistry: Dancing, Past Work, and Influences

• Early Days in Entertainment

  “I started dancing when I was young, like, 13, in the streets, you know, break hip hop stuff… Moved to LA when I was 21.” (13:16)

• Touring Credits

  “I’ve danced for everybody from Destiny’s Child, Michael Jackson, Usher…” (13:56)

• Favorite vs. Toughest Tours

  “Tour with Pink… that was the best time… all of us were family.” (15:08)
  “[On touring with LFO] Those dudes are crazy, man. They’re crazy. A lot of wild things happened with those guys.” (15:52)

6. Humor and Audience Interaction

• "Mr. Britney Spears" Label

  “It doesn’t matter to me. It’s hard to get to me, you know, like, they try every week and it doesn’t work.” (07:40–07:46)

• Advice for Men (Phil’s Segment) Phil, a producer, asks for advice on attracting women:

  “If you give one sentence of advice. Lay it on me.” (21:11)
  Kevin: “Just snap. That’s it, man. You just snap. You just walk in and snap.” (21:21)

7. Romantic Life

• Most Romantic Gesture for Britney

  “I got this hotel room and I had these people go there and set it all up… every little petal was off of these roses… they created this huge heart in the middle of the bed… She loved it. She… was crying and all that good stuff…” (23:00–23:40)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On media scrutiny:

  “85 to 90% of everything they talk about is BS.” — Kevin Federline (06:35)

• On balancing fame and privacy:

  “That’s the price that we pay for doing what we’re doing right now.” — Kevin Federline (17:50)

• Advice for confidence:

  “Just snap. That’s it, man. You just snap. You just walk in and snap.” — Kevin Federline (21:21)

• On music career and rumors:

  “From here on out, it’s hits and that’s it. I’m only… dropping hits. I’ll make sure every song on the album is a hit.” — Kevin Federline (08:44)

• Romantic moment for Britney:

  “They created this huge heart in the middle of the bed that was about 2ft high… She loved it. She was crying and all that good stuff.” — Kevin Federline (23:00–23:40)

Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:27 — Start of Kevin Federline interview / Name banter
• 01:53 — “Pancake Man” explained
• 02:45 — What it’s like being K-Fed in the media
• 03:14 — Ignoring tabloids
• 04:58 — Relationship with Shar Jackson clarification
• 06:35 — “85 to 90% … is BS” about tabloid stories
• 09:07 — Update on album release
• 10:35 — Working with young, unknown producers
• 11:07 — Paparazzi after his child’s birth
• 13:16 — From Fresno to LA: starting his dance career
• 15:08 — Favorite tour: Pink
• 16:29 — Trying to live a normal life
• 17:40 — Fame’s impact on daily routine
• 18:01 — Attempting disguises
• 21:11 — Advice for Phil (confidence with women)
• 23:00 — Most romantic thing done for Britney

Tone & Style

The conversation is relaxed, good-natured, and frequently playful—balancing candid insight with light sarcasm and warmth. Kevin is open, unbothered by the tabloid circus, and reveals a down-to-earth persona behind his pop culture caricature.

This episode offers listeners a rare, unfiltered view of Kevin Federline—beyond the tabloid headlines—showing his humor, ambition, and the way he navigates fame and family.