Sam Asghari appears to have a whole lot of empathy for his ex-wife, Britney Spears.
On Wednesday, the Iranian-born mannequin appeared on “The Viall Files” podcast and was requested concerning the “Toxic” singer’s infamous knife-dancing video she posted to Instagram in September 2023.
Spears shared the infamous video to social media after Asghari had filed for divorce from Spears the month prior.
Within the video, Spears dances to Enigma’s 1990 hit, “Sadeness,” whereas flinging round two butcher knives in her underwear and a crop high as her canine watch her.
Throughout Asghari’s interview, host Nick Viall couldn’t assist however ask the mannequin for his response to the video — and Asghari’s response was fairly refreshing.
“I’m not someone that’s, ‘Let me take your phone from you and not allow you to do anything and restrict you from posting your own content,’“ Asghari said.
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“And, especially if you’re an artist, I think, you know, we’re talking about — she’s a genius artist. What’s in her head is gold, and it’s what made her who she is.”
“So when you take away the ability to, you know, make art [to] express yourself, I’m not going to be the one that’s going to stop anybody from posting whatever they want. Especially if dance is the way you express yourself,” he continued.
Asghari started relationship Spears in 2016 amid her extremely restrictive and exploitative 2008 conservatorship, wherein her father, Jamie Spears, a girl named Jodi Montgomery, and the group Bessemer Belief principally managed each facet of her life.
In June 2021, Spears testified to a decide overseeing her conservatorship that she felt silenced to discuss her true emotions relating to the authorized association. She additionally accused her conservators of being “abusive” and stated they compelled her to carry out and be on contraception regardless of her want to have a child.
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Later that 12 months in November, the 13-year conservatorship was terminated.
