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Britney Spears Calls Marriage to Sam Asghari a 'Fake Distraction' as He Says It Was 'Very Real'

Her post frames the relationship as a coping response to years of estrangement from her children.

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Overview

  • In an Aug. 24 Instagram caption, Spears said she was “cut off from calling or texting” her sons for three years, calling that period “the hardest years of my life.”
  • She wrote the marriage “almost felt like a fake distraction” and said she is “healing,” describing a returning appetite and citing “abuse and trauma” tied to her former home.
  • Spears and Asghari married in June 2022; he filed for divorce in August 2023, and their split was finalized in May 2024.
  • Responding via his representative to People, Asghari said, “Our marriage was very real to me,” adding he was in love with Spears and wishes her well.
  • Coverage notes gradual reconnection with her sons, including a phone call around Mother’s Day 2024 and time with Jayden shared in June, after the brothers moved to Hawaii with Kevin Federline in 2023.