The music icon Britney Spears, who has been in the public eye for more than 20 years, has had a difficult relationship with her family and the media, but throughout it all, her now husband, Sam Asghari, was the one who gave her unwavering support. Unfortunately, according to TMZ, Sam Asghari, and Britney Spears are getting a divorce, but neither of them nor their reps have confirmed this.

According to sources, Asghari and Spears got into a fight over the idea that the singer had cheated on the aspiring actor, 29, adding that the singer never confirmed the claim but her husband did. Britney Spears, who is married to Sam Asghari, married twice and was engaged three times. Let’s take a look at pop icons’ romantic history.

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are heading for a divorce
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are heading for a divorce

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Who did Britney Spears date before Sam Asghari?

1. Justin Timberlake

One of the most high-profile relationships that Britney Spears had was with Justin Timberlake. The duo dated from early 1999 to 2002 when the singer was at the peak of her career and Timberlake was with his boy band NSYNC. The former couple’s relationship was in the media a lot and they managed to stay together for three years before calling it quits abruptly.

Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake

Spears and Timberlake were the IT couple at the time and after their split, Timberlake went on to release his first solo song Cry Me A River, which was about his split from Spears. Back in 2020, the duo complimented each other on social media after not being in touch for a long time.

2. Wade Robson

After her split from singer Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears went ahead to date choreographer Wade Robson for almost a year. However, it was reported that the singer and the choreographer were hooking up before she ended things with Timberlake.

Britney Spears and Wade Robson
Britney Spears and Wade Robson

The choreographer is widely known for being one of the people who accused Michael Jackson of sexual abuse and his claims were the subject of the 2019 documentary. This relationship marked her as a not-so innocent-period of rebellion.

3. Colin Farrell

Britney Spears and the Irish actor Colin Farrell were linked back in 2003 when they got tongues wagging at the premiere of his movie The Recruit and were later spotted making out on the balcony of his room.

Britney Spears and Colin Farrell
Britney Spears and Colin Farrell

However, the actor denied the relationship, stating that he was a 26-year-old guy who was single and was having a good time. He insisted that they were just having fun, whereas Spears never commented on the rumors of them dating.

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4. Columbus Short

Shortly after hooking up with Colin Farrell, the pop icon moved on to Columbus Short, who was one of the backup dancers in her team the same year. The backup dancer later confessed during an interview with Star Magazine about his little rendezvous with the singer which eventually led to the demise of his marriage along with his employment with Britney Spears.

Britney Spears and Columbus Short
Britney Spears and Columbus Short

Short’s wife was pregnant with their first child at the time he was hooking up with Spears and decided to go to a magazine and talk about it.

5. Jason Alexander

The singer shocked everyone when she got married to her childhood friend Jason Alexander in 2004 at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. But just 55 hours after getting married, the duo annulled their marriage and Spears filed a petition in court stating that she lacked understanding of her actions at the time.

Britney Spears and Jason Alexander
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander

Years later, in 2022, when Spears was getting married to Sam Asghari, Jason Alexander tried to gatecrash her wedding as he filmed himself trying to sneak into her house in Thousand Oaks. He was arrested by the police right away.

6. Kevin Federline

One of the most complicated relationships of Britney Spears and the one, which has remained under the spotlight for years, is her ex-husband Kevin Federline, whom she met in 2004. Three months after their meeting. They were engaged and tied the knot in September 2004. However, their marriage was not legalized until a few weeks later.

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline

Spears and Federline welcomed two boys, Sean Preston, and Jayden James, in 2005 and 2006 respectively. At the same time, the singer struggled with her mental health and her relationship with Federline was simply the cause of collateral damage and they called it quits in 2006. Their divorce was finalized in 2007 and looking at the recent updates, it can be said that the former couple did not end things on a good note as some bitter feelings can be felt.

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7. Adnan Ghalib

The pop icon surprised everyone when she got together with the paparazzo towards the end of 2007 as she dated photographer Adnan Ghalib even though she was one of the most clicked celebrities at the time and she was being hounded by the paparazzi for months.

Britney Spears and Adnan Ghalib
Britney Spears and Adnan Ghalib

Their relationship was, however, short-lived but the photographer and the singer met again in 2012 when he testified in Sam Lutfi’s case against her, which was about the singer not paying Lutfi’s fees, who also accused her father of punching him.

8. Jason Trawick

One of the long-term relationships that Spears had was at the beginning of 2009 when she started dating her manager, Jason Trawick. Their relationship was confirmed in 2010 and in 2011 the pair got engaged.

Britney Spears and Jason Trawick
Britney Spears and Jason Trawick

Jason Trawick became a co-conservator so that he could obtain legal control of the singer, but unfortunately, their romance couldn’t make it through and they called it quits in 2013 and the manager was removed as her conservator.

9. Charlie Ebersol

Britney Spears started seeing Saturday Night Live’s co-creator Dick Ebersol’s son Charlie Ebersol, and the two of them made a few appearances on the red carpet in 2014 but their relationship fell through and they called it quits in 2015.

Britney Spears and Charlie Ebersol
Britney Spears and Charlie Ebersol

In June 2015, a source revealed that Charlie was in a relationship for the wrong reasons.

10. Sam Asghari

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari met on the sets of her music video Slumber Party in 2016 and, even though they have a 10-year-age gap between them, the two reportedly hit off instantly and after the music video wrapped up, they started seeing each other. The couple went Instagram official in 2017 and Asghari has been nothing but like a rock in Spears’ life as he stood by her throughout her mental health challenges as well as her conservatorship.

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari

The couple married in 2022 in front of her close friends, but now it is known that their fairytale romance is coming to an end, as Asghari has filed for a divorce just 14 months after being married to the pop icon. The aspiring actor and the singer are yet to confirm the news.

 

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