Sam Asghari is well aware of the impact Britney Spears has had on his career.
The topic of the “Toxic” singer came up during the actor’s recent guest appearance on Nikki and Brie as he and the SiriusXM show’s hosts Nikki and Brie Bella — alongside Asghari’s The Traitors season 3 co-stars Wells Adams and Chrishell Stause — played a game inspired by the murder mystery reality show. When asked whether he would “banish” a person (as they do every week on The Traitors) for claiming that he only found career success “because of someone [he] dated,” Asghari was honest about the reality of having previously been married to one of the world’s most famous women.
“I wouldn’t banish,” he said. “That’s what happened to me. … We met on an acting set, my last partner, who I was married to. I couldn’t help that she was the biggest superstar in the world and that kind of gave me a kick start.”
Asghari added, “Everybody’s famous by association, whether you work with something or … it’s just how it is.”
Spears and Asghari met in 2016 when the latter played the former’s love interest in her “Slumber Party” music video. After about five years of dating — and only after the Grammy winner’s conservatorship had been terminated — the pair got engaged in 2021. They were married in June 2022; a little over a year later, Asghari filed for divorce in August 2023.
But even though they aren’t together anymore, Asghari has said that he has nothing but love for his former partner. While guesting on The Viall Files in February, the model said, “I always say, even though it’s over now, I’m never sad it’s over — I’m grateful it even happened.”
“She’s a genius artist,” he added at the time. “What’s in her head is gold, and it’s what made her who she is.”
Watch Asghari talk about how Spears has impacted his career on Nikki and Brie below.
