We all know by now that Britney Spears and her husband Sam Asghari have split after one year of marriage with Sam officially filing for divorce this week.
While TMZ reported that Sam’s lawyer Neal Hersh had plans to contest the prenup, another rep for Sam, Brandon Cohen, told The Hollywood Reporter that he has no plans of that nature.
“There are many claims that Sam is challenging the prenup and threatening to exploit his ex-wife with videos,” Cohen told the publication.
“However, all these claims are false, as no negative intention has ever been directed towards her and never will be. Sam has always and will always support her.”
Despite this statement, there has been one surprising person who has had Brit’s best interest at heart all along: Octavia Spencer.
Turns out, the queen actually kinda warned us ~and~ Brit back when she first announced her engagement and now she’s speaking out in support of Britney, based on the initial reporting from TMZ and Page Six.
In the Instagram comments on a repost of a tweet and article link by Page Six which read, “Sam Asghari threatening to release ‘extraordinarily embarrassing’ Britney Spears info if prenup is not renegotiated,” Octavia left a very simple yet telling comment.
“Extortion is illegal,” she wrote.
You tell em’ queen!
According to TMZ, the couple had been on the rocks since Sam heard rumours that Britney had cheated on him. The publication claimed that it turned into a huge argument between the pair and Sam preceded to move out of their shared home in Los Angeles.
“It’s only a matter of time before Sam files for divorce,” a direct source told the publication shortly before the divorce papers conveniently leaked to TMZ.
Although TMZ is saying their split was based on cheating rumours, Instagram gossip guru Deuxmoi received a tip from someone who believed the cheating rumours were “total bullshit.”
“In case it wasn’t already abundantly clear, the spin on TMZ about the Brit split is total bullshit,” the source wrote.
“No one cheated and this is all about re-allocating assets to prepare for her lifelong care – keeping Sam on the payroll doesn’t make sense given that Britney no longer can stand him because he’s largely stopped pretending to give two shits about her.”
When they tied the knot last year, reports came out which claimed that Sam had signed a prenuptial agreement.
“Britney and Sam signed a prenup in her favour,” a source told Page Six last year.
“Any money she made before the wedding is protected.”
However, another insider speaking to TMZ claimed that the marriage will most likely be settled financially with Britney writing a big ol’ cheque to Sam.
Britney Spears has remained pretty silent on the matter.
In fact, she just dropped an Instagram photo revealing she plans to buy a horse:
Talk about an upgrade!
Britney and Sam started dating in 2016 after he was hired to perform as a dancer in her “Slumber Party” music video. They got engaged in September 2021 and got married in a star-studded yet low-key wedding in June 2022.
Throughout their relationship, Sam was an advocate for the #FreeBritney movement which saw fans get behind Britney to end the conservatorship overseen by her father Jamie Spears. On November 21, 2021, the conservatorship ended with Sam posting the word “freedom” on Instagram.
According to Britney’s website, she’ll be releasing a memoir named The Woman In Me in October which we will hopefully give us more insight into her marriage with Sam and her conservatorship.
