Britney Spears and Sam Asghari's love story didn't go the distance, but maybe that's for the best.
The Grammy-winning pop star, who split from the actor in August 2023 after only a year of marriage, offered fans a glimpse into the emotional backdrop of their marital relationship with a candid Instagram post on Aug. 24.
Spears, who met Asghari in 2016 on the set of her "Slumber Party" music video, suggested that the couple's short-lived marriage may have been a coping strategy amid her estrangement from sons Sean Preston and Jayden (Spears' children moved to Hawaii in 2023 with their father, Kevin Federline).
"We're just people, so fragile and human. The hardest years of my life were my two sons gone for those three years," wrote Spears in the post's since-deleted caption, according to People magazine and Entertainment Tonight. "I was cut off from calling or texting."
Spears and Asghari married in June 2022 after four years of dating, tying the knot in a star-studded ceremony at Spears' home in Thousand Oaks, California, TMZ reported at the time. Famous guests included Paris Hilton, Madonna, Selena Gomez and Drew Barrymore, photos from the event revealed.
