AceShowbiz - Jamie Spears calls his family a "mess." The 70-year-old father has pop superstar Britney Spears - who was freed from a conservatorship in 2021 he had headed up for 13 years - as well as former Nickelodeon star Jamie Lynn Spears and producer Bryan with his ex-wife Lynne, and he admitted that he "misses" his grandsons Sean, 17, and Jayden, 16, "really bad" now that the family has become estranged.

"I miss my two boys really, really bad. I do. You know, we were very, very close. But they were developing a mind of their own. God makes things happen for a reason. I don't know what that reason is but it's been a tough three years without them. The family's a mess. All we can do is keep praying," he told The Daily Mail newspaper.

However, Jamie recently admitted that the "Stronger" hitmaker - who lost custody of her sons to ex-husband Kevin Federline upon their divorce in 2008 - may "not have been alive" had the arrangement that dictated her professional and financial obligations for over a decade not been put into place following her breakdown.

He said, "Not everybody's going to agree with me. It's been one hell of a time. But I love my daughter with all my heart and soul. Where would Britney be right now without that conservatorship? And I don't know if she'd be alive. I don't. For protecting her, and also protecting the kids, conservatorship was a great tool. Without it, I don't think she would have got the kids back."

Meanwhile, Jamie has allegedly been speaking to Kevin Federline. The two are rumored to team up for a tell-all book about his estranged daughter Britney as Kevin's nondisclosure agreement is due to cease along with child support payments when the couple's children turn 18.