Britney Spears, who we have not seen in public with her husband in months, gave Kevin Federline the news she was filing for divorce via a text message on his Blackberry.

Britney Spears told husband of two years Kevin Federline that she was divorcing him via a text message while he was recording a TV interview.

Federline left the interview he was doing and was emotionally shaken up after returning to finish it.

The wannabe rapper, 27, was filming a segment for MuchMusic in Canada at the time. He interrupted the interview and stormed off, returning 30 minutes later visibly upset.

Britney publically went off at K-Fed last week at his Halloween album release party.

Just last week the pop princess had a furious Halloween bust-up with K-Fed, and she was overheard screaming: “You’re useless - you’re nobody,” at him at the nightclub launch of his own rap album.

Federline, her former backing dancer, was later seen crouched in a corner crying. He then spent last weekend in New York plugging his debut album, before heading to Canada on Monday.

The finally straw for Britney supposedly was when he stood her up in New York this week.

The couple, who married in September 2004 after dating for three months, had arranged to meet in New York but Kevin checked into a separate hotel, leaving Britney with their two sons, Sean Preston, one, and two-month-old Jayden James.

She was later seen in tears as she exchanged angry words with her husband on her mobile phone. He is believed to have stood her up, preferring to hit the town with five friends instead.

This will be Britney’s second divorce before the age of 25.

This will be Britney’s second divorce. She wed childhood friend Jason Alexander in January 2004 in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled two days later.

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