Earlier in the week it was reported that Kevin wanted Britney to fire her gorgeous helpful bodyguard/manny, 28 year-old naval academy graduate, Perry Taylor. Britney may have followed his advice, because she was photographed out without Perry in a NY Mall yesterday.

Kevin would tell Britney to get rid of a guy that’s ten times more helpful than he is. He wants to control her and make sure she doesn’t leave his sorry ass. It looks like Perry’s fifteen minutes of fame, and his steady job, are over. Maybe if he did it half-assed like Kevin, Britney’s husband wouldn’t feel threatened by him and wouldn’t have asked her to fire him.

Britney and Kevin were said to have vacationed together at a resort in Miami this weekend, but the reality is that they avoided each other and stayed in separate houses at their resort.

Kevin has new gigs this week as the face of Blue Marlin clothing company and campaigning for a new Virgin Mobile charity “penny” drive. It’s really a publicity stunt for Virgin’s one-cent text messaging offer. Now that he’s getting his own “work” maybe he’ll get cocky enough about it to finally set Britney free.

Here are pictures of Kevin Federline at a Miami resort on 6/18, and 6/19. There are also pictures of Kevin signing the petition to keep the penny in circulation, and Britney shopping at a NY Mall on 6/21. Britney and Kevin are shown on the balcony at their Miami resort. Pictures [via] [via] [via]

Britney’s boyguard and inexperienced manny, Perry Taylor, wanted to become a US Navy Seal, but a bad stint in the Navy caused by too much boozing and carousing squashed his dreams and forced him to take a career in security:

Perry may have been a drinker like a lot of young people, but he’s still ten times better than K-Fed, whose only brush with responsibility was working as a back up dancer and trying to start a career in a field he’s completely inadequate in.

Britney and K-Fed were photographed together for the first time in weeks. K-Fed looked tired and uncomfortable with his family, in contrast to the calm and slightly bemused look that Perry Taylor sports when he’s helping Britney with Sean Preston, which isn’t even in his job description. Perry seems like a stand up guy with a regular past that isn’t too embarassing.

Here are Perry’s family pictures, which are a bit blurry and not terribly interesting, but you might want to see them. Thanks to BritneySpears.nu for the story and pictures.

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In an interview with Matt Lauer to air in Thursday night, Britney defends driving with her baby on her lap, saying that she often sat on her dad’s lap as a child while he was behind the wheel, and that the practice is “country”:

In this case “country” is code for “stupid,” which is sure to piss off non city-dwellers everywhere.

Britney also defends her marriage with the absent Kevin, saying it’s awesome that he’s not living in the basement:

It’s not true that Kevin’s living in the basement because he’s sleeping on a friend’s couch in an apartment in Studio City, California and hasn’t seen Britney in weeks. In her book that’s awesome because Kevin is even more “country” than she is and she’s afraid he’ll endanger Sean Preston if he comes back to smoke up the house again with his pals.

It’s sad that she thinks the paparrazi is the cause of her emotional state, but she should blame Kevin for that, not the hoards of photographers that follow her everywhere.

Yes, I know I already talked about these people today, but this is big news - it means that K-Fed realizes that his cash flow is about to be seriously restricted, and is resorting to a backup plan of living beyond his means like an average mallrat wannabe rapper from the ‘burbs:

Ok, so Kevin has a somewhat smarter plan - he hopes to stick Britney with the bill during the divorce. That means the big D-Day is coming, people!

Of course Kevin is said to be jealous of gorgeous helpful Perry, who is getting a lot more positive press as Britney’s bodyguard than K-Fed ever did as her deadbeat husband. He must be reading TMZ like the rest of us, because he can’t get jealous of Perry in person since he’s never been seen with him. He aso hasn’t been photographed with Britney in over two months.

Here are some scans from Star courtesy of BreatheHeavy.com. You can read Star’s article about Perry that’s similar to news we’ve already posted. He’s a great guy and is changing Sean Preston’s diapers, helping Britney around the house, and generally pissing off absent Kevin.

Britian’s The Sun, which we do not trust, is reporting that Britney and Kevin spent the weekend together and that Britney is upset that Kevin wants to make a movie that glorifies his psuedo-gansta past, similar to “8 Mile,” except “8 Mile” was moderately accurate:

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Now, if Britney and Kevin spent the weekend together, why do they mention it as an afterthought? They haven’t been photographed together in over two months and this would be huge news. The paparazzi follow them everywhere and there’s no way this part of the story is true.

It might be true that Kevin is planning a film based on his life though. That sounds like the sort of thing the incompetent rapper would try. He claims to have been in a gang in Fresno, California, but he was vague and declined to give details because there aren’t any.

Kevin, you’ve only hustled for Britney’s money, and that’s pretty inventive of you but it doesn’t really make you capable of a film career beyond the unwatchable “Chaotic.”

In related news, a couple of days ago we reported that Britney was going to design baby clothes. It’s probably true because sleuths at Socialite’s Life discovered that Britney has trademarked her infant son’s name, Sean Preston, suggesting that she’s planning a line of clothing under his name.

Here are outtakes from Britney’s magazine spread for Glamour UK. The official pictures came out in early May of this year. [via]

TMZ has a report stating that one of Kevin Federline’s boys has denied the rumors that Kevin and Britney are headed for a divorce:

Kevin’s staying in an apartment in California and hasn’t been spotted with Britney in 74 days according to Us Weekly’s counter. His friends are quick to say he’s still with Britney but clearly he’s not. Whether she’s filed and signed divorce papers yet is another matter.

The National Ledger points out that Kevin’s friends may say he’s still with Britney but that Britney and K-Fed’s publicists aren’t saying a word. Kevin’s publicist put out a press release when he donated his hair, so you know if he’s still with Britney they would be all over that.

Here is Britney at an Orange County resort yesterday with her manny, Henry.

Everyone was confused about Britney’s new baby-loving male companion. Some claimed it was her producer, J.R. Rotem and there was even one crazy rumor that we zealously reported that Britney was having an affair with her producer and that the baby she’s carrying might be his.

Later the guy was confirmed to be Britney’s male nanny, who perhaps does double-duty as a bodyguard. People were calling him by the uncommon name “Perry.”

It turns out the guy’s real name is “Henry,” and he seems rather likeable from this brief description:

Britney has an absent and soon to be ex - husband, but she has a sweet male nanny and a brand new Porsche! She was spotted out in the hot new convertible taking driving lessons so that she can learn to drive standard.

She’s giving the bird and hopefully the boot to Kevin, and taking back her life.

Here is Britney out driving her new car with a male instructor - not the manny. [via]

Update: This guy’s name is actually Perry, and you can read more about him here.

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Britney Spears has supposedly met with divorce lawyers in an attempt to rid herself of the parasite that is Kevin Federline. Star Magazine is set to report Friday that she’s finally going to pull the plug on her marriage:

A similar story came out in the beginning of the month, claiming that Britney had already met with her lawyers and had papers drawn up to surprise Kevin with.

When is Britney going to announce her divorce already?

Here is Kevin a new photospread for Item Magazine. You can read his stupid interview if you’re interested.

Britney Spears is said to be furious with her husband K-Fed for feeding stories about the couple to his scumbag friends to sell to the tabloids:

K-Fed is also said to have spent a whopping $300,000 on a watch without asking Britney if it was ok first. It may have been his money, since he made just that amount for a Japanese tour, but all his other purchases were clearly bankrolled by Britney. He has two cars, a Ferrari with custom “Federline” detailing, and a brand new Maserati. He couldn’t afford to even lease the cars for a couple of months if it wasn’t for Britney.

There’s also a rumor that Britney is making Kevin stay in the basement of their California mansion, but another rumor has him kicked out already.

Let’s hope the divorce is announced soon and Britney can move on with her life and her career.

Here she is with a guy who is definitely the Manny, and we now know his name is “Perry.” Aww. (Thanks xiaoecho for the tip.)

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Britney has been seen out with a cute young guy toting Sean Preston around, and we breathlessly reported Thursday that she’s rumored to be dating her record producer, J.R. Rotem, and this may or may not be him. The guy was named as J.R. Rotem in earlier pictures of the two out getting coffee last week. Some people are still saying he’s the record producer, while most claim he’s the manny:

Lainey’s Gossip says that it’s Rotem and that he’s so fond of Brit he’s wearing the Baby Bjorn. They also claim Britney has a schoolgirl crush on her helpful producer, which is why she’s been wearing bright red lipstick and making an effort with her appearance.

In the only pictures we could find of Rotem, he looks similar to Britney’s help, but it doesn’t seem like the same guy. Britney was also photographed in her car with a guy said to be Rotem on 4/24 - before she canned her old nanny - and his hair is darker than this new guy.

If that is really producer J.R. Rotem, he’s hanging out with Britney a lot and is going above and beyond by wearing the Baby Bjorn. We doubt it’s the same guy.

If that’s the Manny, he’s not observant enough since Sean Preston is chewing on a piece of paper in the pictures below.

As to Britney’s crush/affair and to whom it’s with - the truth may be somewhere in between. She’s taking better care of herself, and it could be due to the influence of her new male nanny. She also has had more public appearances lately, it’s spring, and she’s recording a new album. She’s ready to dump K-Fed and her dumpy self.

Britney has reportedly kicked her husband K-Fed out of the couple’s California mansion. He hasn’t been photographed with Britney in weeks, and she’s been all over the place looking halfway decent with a new guy who bears a resemblance to her record producer. No wonder people say she’s having an affair.

Thanks Millie!

Pictures are from May 25th and May 27th. [via] Only the first two pictures are high res.

Update: This manny’s name is actually Perry, he’s got a girlfriend and is not having an affair with Britney as far as we can tell, and you can read more about him here.

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