BRITNEY Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline has revealed that his divorce from the star caused his ballooning weight, as he sought comfort in candy.
The former dancer, who was married to Spears for two years until their divorce in 2006, explained that the combination of separating from Spears, giving up dancing, looking after his children... and sitting on the couch all day meant that he got bigger and bigger.
Federline confessed that, one point, his daily diet consisted of pizza, macaroni cheese and up to 24 cans of fizzy drink.
"That was all I drank. That was my coffee, that was my candy - that was everything," he told US chat show host Bonnie Hunt.
Federline, now on a strict dietary regime as part of Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp on American television, explained he was moved to change his eating habits after paparazzi shots of him by a Miami poolside prompted a phone call from his mother telling him he was unhealthy.
The father of two also revealed how his love for Britney Spears stopped him getting paranoid about reports he was just living off her fame while the pair were married.
"I fell head over heels.
"I think that's the reason why everything was said about me, I could just put it on the backburner because I knew how I felt inside about her."
