Normally I would be pretty hesitant about a claim that a celebrity would kidnap their kids – I mean they’re famous, it’s not like they can hide out like the rest of us. But Britney Spears threw logic to the wind a long time ago, and at this point I would put absolutely nothing past her. MSNBC seems to think there’s some credibility to the story that Britney Spears has threatened to disappear with her kids – they’ve quoted the Star story in their article about the crazed singer.

“Just when it looked like the custody battle for Jayden James and Sean Preston couldn’t get much uglier, Star reports that Britney Spears might take her kids on the run. ‘Britney told Kevin to look out because one day, when she has them she just may disappear forever!’ a Federline family insider told the magazine. ‘Kevin is freaked out and wants to get a restraining order on her. He has one of the kids’ nannies reporting back on whatever happens!’

“The exes currently share equal custody, but Britney isn’t beyond taking the kids without their father’s permission, Star points out. She even didn’t mention her recent Las Vegas family field trip to Federline, even though neither is supposed to take the kids out of Los Angeles County without written permission from the other parent. ‘Kevin is afraid that Britney could take off at any moment with the kids,’ says another Star insider. ‘That’s why he wants to hurry and finalize their custody agreement!’

“Just how far would Britney go to keep the kids away from K-Fed? ‘She told Kevin she’d split to another country, probably France,’ says the magazine’s source. ‘Kevin feels she could pull it off with enough money and the right connections!’”

[From MSNBC.com]

Alright well that proves just how stupid they both are. Britney thinks she might kidnap her kids, and K-Fed thinks she could get away with it. He has about 2000 free private investigators stationed throughout the world – it’s called the paparazzi. Someone could escape the law, they could escape the government, but no way can you hide from the paps. Especially when you’re Britney Spears, there’s just too high a price on her head. And if she’s dumb enough to tell Federline what country she’s planning on going to, I doubt her threat will pan out. It is funny that she picked a nice, comfortable country with good shopping. If she’d named a country that is a little less of a tourist destination – say the unknown parts of wintry Russia, then I’d think she was at least willing to make a sacrifice. It looks like Britney’s mixing up the words “kidnapping” with “moving.” And I’m pretty sure you can’t take the nannies, drivers, housekeepers, and drug mules when you kidnap your kids.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s K-Fed partying at Tao on Monday night. Apparently his VIP section was filled with ladies, according to Splash. Header image of Britney making one of her classy faces while trying to find parking a few days ago. Thanks to Splash for the photos.