Sam Asghari was warned about Britney Spears' conservatorship by a member of her team
Britney Spears' ex-husband Sam Asghari has opened up about his reaction to the singer's conservatorship, which ended in 2021.
Sam Asghari was warned about Britney Spears' conservatorship by a member of her team.
The 30-year-old actor - who met the 'Toxic' singer on the set of her 'Slumber Party' music video and married her six years later, before filing for divorce in August 2023 - has recalled the moment he was told she was under the conservatorship, which ended in 2021 but at the time gave her no control over her personal and professional affairs.
He told 'The Viall Files' podcast: "She didn't explain. Somebody called me and said, 'Oh, just so you know, this is this and make sure you're obeying by our rules and stuff like that.' "
Sam - who moved from Iran to the United States when he was 12 - was initially worried his then-partner was being "controlled" and "suppressed".
He explained: "I'm coming from a country where I dealt with this already.
"I dealt with women being suppressed and being controlled by men their whole life.
"So I was like, 'Ok, this is weird but, wait a minute, this is America. Something doesn't make sense.' "
Sam didn't immediately tell Britney that the unnamed member of her team had called him about the conservatorship.
He admitted: "Not necessarily. I really tried to understand it. I tried to understand why [the conservatorship] was ever in place to begin with."
And he insisted he didn't feel like he could change her situation as he was scared of the repercussions.
He added: "I was afraid they were gonna maybe make me not see her and things like that."
