UPDATE: 8/25/25 at 11:57 p.m. ET — Sam Asghari has responded to Britney Spears calling their marriage a “fake distraction” after being “cut off” from her sons.

“Our marriage was very real to me,” Asghari told People in a statement on Monday, August 25. “It may have been short, but we were together for seven years. I was in love with her, will always have love for her, and wish her the best always.”

Original story:

Britney Spears suggested she only walked down the aisle with Sam Asghari in hopes that it would raise her spirits.

In a candid new Instagram post, the Princess of Pop, 43, recalled marrying the actor, 31, in June 2022 while estranged from her sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James, who notably did not attend the wedding.

“We’re just people so fragile and human,” Spears wrote on

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