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Spears dumps Federline by text?

Spears and Federline married in 2004
Spears and Federline married in 2004

A video of Britney Spears' soon-to-be ex-husband apparently getting a text message informing him that the singer had filed for divorce became the most viewed item on the YouTube Internet site on Thursday, with more than one million hits.

The web video shows Federline taping a reality television show and talking about Spears being his biggest fan, until he gets a text message.

Then he puts his head in his hands, rips off his microphone and disappears, returning 30 minutes later visibly upset.

Spears, 24, abruptly filed for divorce from fledgling rapper Federline this week after two years of marriage, and two children, while he was filming in Canada.

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