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The exclusive interview will air on Thursday, June 15 on “Today” 7 a.m. and “Dateline” (9 p.m.)</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>In the interview at her home, Lauer asks Spears why she is speaking out now and she explains that the tabloids have gone too far by intruding on her private moments and taking photographs of her on private property. “They’ve crossed the line a little bit,” says Spears, “...they like to have the person they pick on, I feel like I’m a target.”</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Despite the tabloids reports of trouble on the home front, Spears shares with Lauer that her marriage with Kevin Federline is “awesome,” and that the reports of Kevin living in the basement are false. She talks about why she loves him, and reveals to Lauer, “He helps me. He has to. I’m (an) emotional wreck right now.” When asked if she feels people are rooting against her marriage, Spears says she doesn’t know, “If they are that’s sad. I think everybody should be ‘pro love.’”</p><div class="aC"><div class="textSmallGrey w320"><a href="#storyContinued">Story continues below ↓</a><hr noshade size="1"> advertisement <div style="padding:0 10 10 10;"><script>ad_dap(250,300,'&PG=NBCMSN&AP=1089');</script></div><hr noshade size="1"></div></div><a name="storyContinued"></a><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span>Spears also shares with Lauer that motherhood is amazing, and opens up about the incident on Pacific Coast Highway where she was photographed with her son, Sean, on her lap in the car. She discusses the events that led to the situation and ultimately says, “I can’t go anywhere without someone judging me...I did it with my dad. I’d sit on his lap and I drive. We’re country.” When asked if she was upset by the headlines that ensued questioning her parental judgment, Spears defends herself, saying, “I know I’m a good mom.”</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><div class="box_brl" style="width:100%;;"><script></script><table width="100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxH_brl"><tr><td width="*" nowrap="true" class="boxHC_brl"><div class="textSmallBold"> Click for related content</div></td></tr></table><table width="100%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="boxB_brl"><tr valign="top"><td class="boxBI_brl"><div class="bigRedLink"><ul><li><a href="/web/20060615211433/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3040238/" target="_parent">More Newsmakers on Dateline</a></li><li><a href="/web/20060615211433/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12956016/">Moms say give Britney a break</a> </li><li><a href="/web/20060615211433/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12467126/">Celebrity parenting as spectator sport</a> </li></ul></div></td></tr></table></div></p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="1%" align="left" style="padding:5 15 0 0;"><tr><td><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20060615211433im_/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060611/060611_spearslauer_vmed_10p.standard.jpg" style="border:1px solid #000000;" align="Left" vspace="0" hspace="0"></td></tr><tr><td><div class="credit" style="text-align:right;margin-bottom:5px;">Dateline</div><div class="credit">Lauer interviewed Spears, who is pregnant with her second child, at her home</div><hr noshade="true" size="1" color="#C0C0C0"></td></tr></table>Towards the end of the interview, Spears gets very emotional when she talks about wanting the paparazzi to leave her alone. 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We’ll get to these individually but basically this is the tone. That this marriage is over. There are problems in paradise and it’s not gonna last.<br><b><strong>Spears:</strong></b> You know what? I need to create my own magazine. These people...I mean they want stories to sell and they’re very good...I need to come up with my own magazine and say the real deal.</p><p class="textBodyBlack"><span id="byLine"></span><b><strong>On why she loves Kevin</strong></b><br><b><strong>Lauer: </strong></b>What do you see in him? What is it about Kevin that makes you love him?<br><b><strong>Spears: </strong></b>It’s very simple. Women complicate everything. He’s so simple. His simplicity and just he’s like a boy. He just, you know, and he cares. He cares so much and his heart is awesome. He has a really big heart and I love that.<br><b><strong>Lauer: </strong></b>As a husband how is he?<br><b><strong>Spears: </strong></b>Amazing. 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