Who – August 24, 2019

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HAPPIER

THAN EVER

Britney Spears

She’s had a tough few years, but now Britney is coming out on top

• with boyfriend Sam Asghari at her side

ne look at pop star Britney

Spears’ Instagram and it’s

obvious she’s all loved up.

From sharing adorable

snaps poolside with her

boyfriend Sam Asghari to

captioning intimate snaps

stating “I love this man’’,

she’s beyond smitten with the personal trainer.

Spears, who stepped out and made a rare

public appearance with her boyfriend,

sparked engagement buzz on July 23 at the

Los Angeles premiere of Once Upon a Time

in Hollywood, but a source tells WHO she’s

not engaged. It appears the sparkly ring she

was sporting was merely a fashion choice.

The couple, who became Instagram

official on New Year’s Day 2017, are happy

O

with how their three-year relationship is

progressing and are in no rush to change

anything. “He works during the week and

often has photo shoots, but tries tospend

most weekends with Britney,” a sourcetells

WHO. “It’s great for Britney to spend

time with Sam. He takes her out for

things that she loves like shopping

and restaurants. He is a great guy. He

is always very sweet and protective

of Britney.”

Spears and Asghari met on the

set of her 2016 ‘Slumber Party’

music video. In January 2017, she

revealed the pair were “basically forced”to

get to know one another on the set.

“We were shooting and we were doing this

scene where I was doing the walk scene

through the hall to go through the door to go

to the bedroom, and we were sitting there

and we were waiting and waiting together for

20 minutesat a time,” she said at the time.

“Sowewere basically forced to talk to

each other and he has no idea

• I mean, he knows my name –but
  he doesn’t know me as a person.
  He’s like ‘What is this girl like?’
  and I have no idea who the hell he
  is,” she recalled.
  In turn, Asghari has gushed
  about his girlfriend, saying he got
  butterflies when he first met the
  singer.“Iwasexcited that I get to meet
  one of the biggest artists of all time. I had
  butterflies,” he told US Men’s Health last year.
  Despite rumours of their engagement,
  Spears has said she may not ever tie the
  knot again after her 2007 divorce from
  Kevin Federline, who’s also the father of her
  sons Sean, 13, and Jayden, 12. The ‘... Baby
  One More Time’ star also appears to be
  bruised from her first marriage – a speedy
  Las Vegas wedding to childhood friend
  Jason Alexander – which was annulled
  after just 55 hours. During a 2016 Carpool
  Karaoke segment with James Corden,
  Spears revealed: “I think I might not ever
  get married ... I mean, I may French kiss
  someone, but I’m not going to marry anyone.
  I don’t believe in marriage anymore.”
  Even so, things are still going well for
  Spears and Asghari, who is very supportive of
  her motherly duties, having recently taken to
  Instagram to pay tribute to her on Mother’s
  Day in America. “Happy Mother’s Day to all

“[Sam] is

always very

sweet and

protective”

—a source

Spears with

her two sons

Sean and Jayden.

The couple regularly

share happy snaps

alongside each other

on social media.

Spears has

faced a few

challenges

of late,

particularly

handling the

news of her

father’s ill

health.