Apparently Details magazine is really short on available guys who are famous and also fathers. Because they picked Kevin Federline as father of the year. Doesn’t Details have at least half their interviews/photo shoots/whatever else they do – with guys? You’d think there would have to be at least half a dozen men in the bunch who are better dads than K-Fed. Or at least are less of a joke. I’m mostly kidding … but still surprised. Federline is a phenomenal, out of this world parent when compared to Britney Spears. That’s pretty much undeniable. But I don’t know if he’s the best of the best when compared to most other dads. Maybe he is, but he’s certainly got a recent reputation as also being a disinterested douche bag. But we all have pretty short memories, and since Britney went batshit crazy, we don’t really take notice of K-Fed’s wife beater-wearing, pot-smoking ways.

Kevin Federline has been named ‘Dad of the Year.’ The ex-husband of Britney Spears has been praised for stepping up his fathering skills by Details magazine. Federline’s friends insist he always was a great father.

DJ Irie, a pal of Federline’s, said, “He is an all-round great dad. For most guys in Kevin’s situation, home would be the ultimate bachelor pad. But for Kevin, he made it all about the kids. He’s got toys everywhere. You can totally tell it’s all about the kids at home.”

Another friend of the aspiring rapper is enraged that Kevin is only now being recognized as a good father. The insider said, “It makes me furious when people say, ‘Oh great – he’s taking responsibility.’ He’s always been a great father. He’s been there in every way for all of his kids.”

[From AZ Central]

K-Fed probably wouldn’t have gotten half the bad reputation he had if he didn’t walk around with that ridiculous sense of entitlement while bragging about his diamond-encrusted bling. And the rap album definitely didn’t help. There’s been a story floating around for months that Britney Spears has a whole room filled with sex costumes and light bondage paraphernalia. I’m pretty sure K-Fed has a room at least the same size that’s filled with assorted wife beaters.

I won’t necessarily agree with Federline’s friends that he’s always been a good father (though luckily I don’t know the guy, so my opinion is based entirely on press accounts) but I will agree that he’s really stepped up to the plate. And while a lot of people think he’s doing that strictly for money, it seems he must really care about his kids. You don’t see him out and about with the boys, trying to sell pictures for publicity like Britney does. Remember those “private” photos of Brit with Sean and Jayden that she had published in OK!? I have yet to see K-Fed doing anything similar. Compared to Britney, he hardly interacts with the press. And the more a person interacts, the more money they can potentially make off their publicity. So while I’m not going to send over the “World’s Greatest Dad” mug that’s been sitting in my kitchen, I might send over the “You don’t suck” mug that’s in the sink. But I’m not going to clean it first. That’s what K-Fed is for.