Jamie Spears, father of Britney Spears, has undergone a leg amputation, as confirmed by Us Weekly.

Reports indicate that the surgery occurred last month after Jamie, 71, was hospitalized in October due to an infection.

This health development follows Jamie's previous health challenges in 2019, where he underwent emergency surgeries for a ruptured colon.

These recent health issues coincide with the ongoing estrangement between Jamie and Britney, 42.

The details of their strained relationship were revealed by the "Toxic" singer in her memoir, The Woman in Me, released in October.

“The conservatorship stripped me of my womanhood, made me into a child. I became more of an entity than a person onstage. I had always felt music in my bones and my blood; they stole that from me,” Britney wrote of her 13-year conservatorship, which ended in November 2021. (Jamie served as the conservator of Britney’s estate from 2008 until September 2021.)

In other revelations within the tell-all, Britney asserted that Jamie engaged in a physical altercation with her then-13-year-old son, Sean Preston, during an argument in August 2019.

“My son went to lock himself in a bedroom to end the fight, and my dad broke down the door and shook him,” wrote Britney, who shares Sean Preston, now 18, and son Jayden, 17, with ex-husband Kevin Federline. “Kevin filed a police report, and my dad was barred from seeing the kids.”

At that time, an exclusive source informed Us that Kevin Federline's request for a restraining order was granted without opposition from Jamie Spears. The insider further disclosed that Jamie was prohibited from visiting his grandsons for a period of three years.

Despite the strained relationship between Jamie and Britney, there remains a possibility of reconciliation between the pop star and her mother, Lynne Spears.