It’s no surprise that 1990s pop icon , 44, had some tea to spill about , 41, as the two ruled music throughout the early aughts. During a Jun. 4 episode of his podcast, , the alum revealed that the “Hold Me Closer” hitmaker’s “team” once stopped her from meeting his twins, , 1. “She has reached out through her people, wanting to meet the kids and all that,” he told his guest and music manager Johnny Wright.

His husband, , 36, explained that Britney’s “people don’t follow through,” and “refused” to put him in contact with her. Lance then explained the “strange” way he had to communicate with Britney. “You have to talk through people,” he added. “It’s very strange.” Later, the proud joked about how he and the songstress are actually sixth cousins through a very distant relative. “She is a Bass, which makes sense because we were born about 45 minutes from each other… everyone’s related down in Mississippi,” Lance said with a laugh.

Amid Britney saying she’s “quit” the entertainment business (), Lance then explained why he doesn’t think the 41-year-old is done touring. “I don’t know what to believe because I don’t know how she is,” he said. “I mean, maybe she is completely over performing, but I just know how much she loves it, and I know she’s a competitive person also, so I can’t imagine her again.” The took to Instagram the day prior in a since-deleted post and wrote, “I guess it was all those rules you know !!! Guess all those rules and not having a voice for 13 years in what I wanted gave a lot of people a thrill ride !!! Oh well !!! Psss no wonder I quit the business JUST SAYING !!!”

As many know, Brit was released from her in Nov. 2021. Since then the blonde beauty has been posting many revealing dancing videos on social media and venting about the difficulties she faced amid the . Most recently, she took to Instagram to share a to clap back at people saying she on May 24. “I’m a woman who has the right to drive whenever I want to go shopping … whenever I want and I do a damn good job at acknowledging my practice in just being a good person !!!” Britney wrote at the time. “With that said I’m disgusted with the attempts of people saying I’m not well … people are hateful and I have dogs and I’m quite happy with my easy way of living. I take care of myself !!!”

Meanwhile, her husband , 29, recently took to Instagram in a since-deleted story to clap back at his wife’s . “I respect her privacy. That’s why I don’t talk as much,” the actor, who Brit in Jun. 2022, said. “I found it absolutely disgusting for the people who were in her life at the time, when she didn’t have a voice, they went and told her story like it was theirs. It was absolutely disgusting.” He continued to defend Britney and noted that the online hate should stop. “And don’t believe what you read online,” he added. “99 percent of the time those are all clickbaits for you to click and them to make money. That time is over. I’m not gonna allow that. That should stop. Absolutely. The gaslighting and all that s$p63e8daf5d1bc8, gotta stop.”