Yahoo Lifestyle Britney Spears' Ex Sam Asghari Reveals How Her Conservatorship Impacted Their Romance
Sam Asghari is taking time to reflect on his seven-year relationship with ex Britney Spears with the benefit of hindsight.
Appearing on Monday’s episode of “Sibling Revelry with Kate Hudson and Oliver Hudson” podcast, the Iranian actor and model described his romance with Spears as “a crash course in Hollywood,” and recalled meeting the pop icon for the first time in 2016 while on the set of her “Slumber Party” music video.
Though Asghari was early in his acting career at the time, he said he was eager to delve into more “serious” projects when he got asked to appear in the video, and was kept unaware of who the recording artist would be.
“A friend of mine was doing makeup and hair and said, ‘Oh, you know, my friend Colin Telly was the director, he is a really amazing director for music videos and feature films now,’” he recalled. “And he said, ‘My friend’s doing it, and they want to cast you. You should come because I’m working in it and, you know, we’ll make some good friends and you should just do it.’ So I said, ‘OK.’”
And while Asghari viewed the actual two-day filming experience as “just another job,” he formed a bond with Spears: “We were both single, and we figured we’ll grab some sushi.”
Though Asghari doesn’t address many specifics of the relationship in his “Silbling Revelry” chat, he does speak at length about the court-appointed conservatorship that granted Spears limited authority over her financial affairs for nearly 14 years and was spearheaded by her father, Jamie. After much highly publicized legal wrangling, the conservatorship was struck down in 2021.
“Everything was going really well until one day I started learning about what the conservatorship is and things like that,” he said. “And that’s when I was like, wait a minute. Like, I thought I’m in America ... What do you mean someone over the age of 18 needs permission from their parents and all this ridiculous thing? And that was by far ... the weirdest thing to deal with.”
Ashgari and Spears were married in August 2022 in a Los Angeles ceremony attended by Selena Gomez and Madonna, among other A-list stars. The marriage, however, was short-lived, and the pair split just 14 months later. Their divorce was finalized last year.
“I think the best thing to do is to provide support in that moment and that’s what I did,” he said. “I provided as much as I could.”
These days, Asghari’s career is on the upswing. Last year, he appeared alongside John Cena in the Amazon comedy “Jackpot!” and is currently a contestant on the reality competition series “The Traitors.” Earlier this year, he publicly confirmed a new relationship with California real estate agent Brooke Irvine.
Still, he made it clear he bears no ill will toward Spears, who is currently at work on adapting her 2023 memoir “The Woman in Me” for the big screen with “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu.
“I would never be sad that it’s over. I’m always gonna be grateful and happy that it ever even happened,” he said.
Listen to Sam Asghari’s “Sibling Revelry” interview here. His comments on Britney Spears’ conservatorship begin around the 33:19 mark.
