Friday, August 18 41-year-old popstar, Britney Spears took to Instagram to break the silence over her 29-year-old husband Sam Asghari filing for divorce. Asghari filed for divorce in Los Angeles earlier this month and the court files discussed that the pair have been separated since July 28, 2023. Reports started to come to the surface Wednesday, August 16th from TMZ which reported that they may have split after an argument on infidelity allegedly on Spears’ side. The pair had originally tied the knot in June of 2022, after dating for 5 years. Spears, 41, and Asghari, 29, met during the “Slumber Party” music video was being filmed. It wasn’t long after they officially started dating”. Britney Spear got engaged in September 2021, after the end of her conservatorship battle against her father, Jamie Spears. Asghari had stood by Spears and publicly defended her against Jamie Spears. In June 2022, the couple were married at Spears’ Thousand Oaks home in California with a guest list including celebrities like Madonna, Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore, and Paris Hilton.
Early in the marriage, Spears enjoyed her new freedom after nearly 13 years under the conservatorship. Although Spears was free from her father’s conservatorship, the newlyweds stayed secretive and close to the tabloid. This ended up fueling rumors and unsubstantiated reports Within recent months, the pair had supported each other in Spears’ reconciliation with various relatives and friends after years of separation, including her mother, Lyanne Spears. Spears also recently connected with her sister, Jamie Lynn Spear, following their public fallout.
As the news regarding their divorce spread, Spears broke her silence by posting on social media. In one post she said, “As everyone knows, Hesam and I are no longer together … 6 years is a long time to be with someone so, I’m a little shocked but … I’m not here to explain why because it’s honestly nobody’s business !!!” Spears said this while dancing in a video to Janet Jackson’s 1993 hit “If.” Asghari also took to social media and posted a statement on his Instagram story saying, “After six years of love and commitment to each other, my wife and I have decided to end our journey together,” he wrote. “We will hold onto the love and respect we have for each other and I wish her the best always.” Spears’ marriage to Asghari was her third after she was married to Jason Alexander for only 55 hours in 2004, and to Kevin Federline from 2004 to 2007, in which she had two children with Sean Preston, 17, and Jayden James, 16.
