Asghari and Spears officially started dating in 2017, and went on to marry five years later. But their marriage was short-lived, with the pair ending up divorcing just 14 months later.
It’s thought Asghari was the only to file the papers, and he cited ‘irreconcilable differences’ as the reason for their split.
Explaining what this means, Evan Schein of New York-based family law firm Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein previously told UNILAD: “Irreconcilable differences is essentially no fault divorce and allows one spouse to file for divorce without alleging grounds or fault. This is the widely used term to file for divorce.”
Speaking back in 2023, Spears said she was ‘shocked’ by the divorce, but didn’t go into details for the reason for their split because it’s ‘nobody’s business’.
Now, Asghari has made some more comments about his relationship with the pop icon and revealed the ‘weird’ part of it.
Chatting on Kate and Oliver Hudson’s Sibling Revelry podcast, the 30-year-old said: “One day I start learning about what the conservatorship is, and that’s when I was like, ‘Wait a minute. I thought I’m in America. What do you mean someone over the age of 18 needs permission from their parents?'”
Asghari went on: “That was the most difficult and weird spiral thing that I’ve witnessed in my life.”
Sam Asghari was married to Britney Spears for just 14 months (Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty Images)
As to how he helped his then-wife, the model and actor said: “The best thing you can do is provide support in that moment.
“I provided as much as I could,” Asghari added.
The Jackpot! actor has only spoken out on his split from Spears on a handful of occasions.
When chatting to PEOPLE last year about it, Asghari said he doesn’t relate to former couples who talk badly about one another after splitting.
“I never understood when people part ways [and] they talk badly about each other,” he shared.
“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.”
Noting that he was soon turning 30 at the time, Asghari went on: “I used to think people that were 30 years old were so old when I was in high school. But every person I talk to, the older they get, the more they get to enjoy life, because with age comes wisdom and experiences.
“And I think experiences in life are beautiful, so that’s something that I’m just super excited to just be fulfilled with.”
