Sam Asghari desires everybody to know he doesn’t plan to badmouth estranged spouse Britney Spears.
“I’ve always hated people leaving a certain relationship — and at some point they told each other they love each other and they sat at the same table and ate food [together] — so I never understood when people part ways [and] they talk badly about each other,” Asghari, 29, revealed to Folks in an interview on printed on Saturday, March 2. “That’s something I’m never going to do because I had nothing but an amazing experience and a great life, and that’s always going to be part of my life, a chapter of my life.”
The previous coach defined that when he appears again at his marriage with Spears, 42, he thinks of it in a constructive method.
“I always have the most positive mindset about life,” he acknowledged. “My experiences in life have shaped me into the man I am today. I will continue growing. I come from a place where we celebrate our past. I look back fondly. My past was a blessing and beautiful.”
He added, “It was a blessing to be able to share life with someone for a long time. And people grow apart and people move on.”
Asghari filed for divorce from Spears after 14 months of marriage final August. The pair first met on the set of the singer’s “Slumber Party” music video in October 2016 the place he performed her love curiosity. Shortly after, the twosome had a whirlwind romance and went public as a pair in 2017. A number of years later, as her conservatorship got here to an finish and Spears took management over her personal life, Asghari proposed in September 2021 and so they received married on June 9, 2022.
With their divorce nonetheless being processed, Asghari is reportedly asking for spousal assist. Nonetheless, a supply advised Us in July 2022 that he and Spears signed an ironclad prenuptial settlement that tightly guards Spears’ estimated $60 million fortune forward of their marriage ceremony. The insider additionally famous that the singer “found it overwhelming to discuss the finer points like how much Sam would walk away with.”
The authorized doc states that Asghari will get “$1 million per every two years” of their marriage with a cap at $10 million after 15 years, in response to the insider. Asghari additionally waived any claims to Spears’ intensive music catalog. Regardless of the main points seemingly being hammered out earlier than their break up, Asghari has allegedly been attempting to tweak their settlement.
In a January cowl story, insiders solely advised Us that Spears wasn’t thrilled that her estranged husband was nonetheless dragging out the authorized proceedings. “Sam feels he should be compensated properly for everything he went through with Britney,” one supply mentioned on the time. “The exact amount he wants is being kept confidential, but he’s not happy with what Britney and her team have proposed.”
“Britney is in no mood to be pushed around or rushed into signing over another huge check to Sam,” the insider added, emphasizing that Spears is decided to remain true to the phrases specified by the prenup. “She wants to stick to the letter of the paperwork and feels that’s all he’s entitled to, period.”
Asghari was Spears’ third husband. She beforehand married childhood buddy Jason Alexander in a January 2004 Las Vegas ceremony that was annulled 55 hours later. She was later married to Kevin Federline, with whom she shares two sons, from September 2004 to July 2007.