A $1,100 tip at an L.A. restaurant, a $2,000 tip at a Vegas strip club, and on and on and on. Kevin Federline’s spending, detailed in court documents, certainly has his critics buzzing over his apparently lavish lifestyle.
Enter Mark Vincent Kaplan.
K-Fed’s attorney and confidant says, basically, that the haters need to look at the bigger picture before passing judgment on his client.
“He’s totally getting a bad rap here,” says Kaplan, who says that the “court of public opinion” is focusing on “a few expenditures.” “It seems like an unnecessary attempt to knock him when there’s really no basis to do so.”
Kaplan claims that even the most ridiculed charge on the list of K-Fed’s business expenses - a $2,000 Scores strip club tip - has an explanation.
“That was for a group of people for a friend’s bachelor party,” he said, adding that it wasn’t even a tip at all: “That’s just how the club categorized it.”
Many of Federline’s tips are certainly far from extravagant. During a September trip to Fat Tony’s Italian Restaurant, he tipped $10 on a $41.69 bill.
The papers - used by Britney Spears’ legal team to try to prove he, not Britney, should pay his own damn legal bills, show two sides to K-Fed, however.
Last August, he spent $304.30 to fly to Las Vegas on low-cost Southwest Airlines. But once he was there, he did not hold back, dropping $3,038.69 at the Hard Rock Beach Club, $3,863.50 at the hot club Tao, and $10,220.65 at The Venetian.
Some of his spending is less rock star and more average dad. Charges at Target ($115.10), IKEA ($246.66) and Albertson’s grocery store ($405.75) fill his statements, with occasional shopping sprees … at toy stores.
Mark Vincent Kaplan disagrees with Britney Spears’ lawyers, who claim that the larger expenses suggest Federline should foot some of the massive fees she has been ordered to pay as a result of their custody battle.

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Britney Spears’ successful TV guest appearance earned her a feature in all five tabs this week, and only Star made up a scandalous story to sell more magazines. Congrats, Brit — we missed you.
You know who else is a tabloid winner this week? Brit’s ex, Kevin Federline. The father of the year shows up in practically every mag this week due to his 30th birthday disaster and a special “Look, I’m a good guy!” exclusive.
Also this week: Heidi continues her Us Weekly “exclusive” reign, Katie’ eating disorder finally catches up to her and OK! tries to be like Life & Style. Don’t ask us why.
Cover: Us Weekly tells everyone about the love story of Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal, America’s cutest — yet most boring — couple ever. Sources expect the two to get married sometime soon because Jake is the opposite of ex Ryan Phillippe. Reese says she has had her ups and downs, but we don’t have much sympathy for someone who has dated both Ryan and Jake.
• Us is back on rumor patrol, this time shooting down allegations that Drew Lachey is having an affair with his Dancing With the Stars partner Cheryl Burke. This would be a scandalous story if it were 1998.
• Heidi Montag is back with yet another exclusive for Us: Her latest
Cover: Brangelina’s upcoming wedding of the century: You think In Touch will be getting an invite? Angie reportedly decided to marry Brad with some persuasion from Maddox. That’s how every love story starts: Being pressured into marriage by a third party.
• K-Fed gives In Touch an exclusive, claiming, “I will always love the mothers of my children, and I will always be there for both of them.” That sounds sweet until you realize he has to be there for them or he would be without a meal ticket.

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(andPOP) - If we didn’t see enough of Britney Spears’ acting chops in her acting debut, “Crossroads,” we’ll get to see them again.
The troubled singer is set to guest star on CBS’ hit show, “How I Met Your Mother” on May 24, US Magazine reports.
She will play a receptionist at a doctor’s office named Abby.
“Britney’s people ended up coming to CBS and expressing interest in our show, and we were thrilled: ‘Britney Spears watches our show!’ ” HIMYM creator Craig Thomas told usweekly.com.
Spears attended a table-read with the cast earlier this week, which she arrived for early so she could talk to the director beforehand.
As for the cast’s reaction?
“Great, they seemed to click. She seemed to fit right in! She was having a good time. She was laughing. And it’s a very sweet, romantic episode, so the vibe in the room was just very fun. Everyone was having a good time, and I think she had a good time.”
It was expected Spears would film her spot this week.

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