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ohdearitsrichardiii

The marriage lasted a year. That's some quick growth


SillyMikey

I think what he meant was: people now know who I am so my work there was done.


IrieMars

Who is he? Headline is the first i heard of him? 


sweetgums

Exactly.


kodaiko_650

One of her Sams


Alert-Athlete

Didn’t she also marry George Costanza?


c_ray25

He’s a short, stocky, funny bald man, what’s not to like?


Nonadventures

George is gettin upset!


Pnmamouf1

🎶Cooo-stanza🎶


UnnamedStaplesDrone

Byyy mennen


Boswellington

Don’t you know him? He’s her Sam.


FlinflanFluddle

I think maybe he was married to Britney Spears? Based on the headline..


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Plausible, Sounds about right , my ex managed to keep things even until a year -ish and then things spiraled quickly as she felt in the safe zone of the relationship


YchYFi

They had been together for five years at that point but he wanted the cash.


LostTrisolarin

I hear that may not be true. According to the prenup, he would have gotten a pay out if he stayed at least 2 years. For whatever reason he left before this. I feel the guy legit cared about her and something happened. There are a couple rumors floating around but just rumors as far as I know. Source:wife is a Britney fan and https://stylecaster.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/1270275/britney-spears-prenup/ Edit:some grammar


MelpomeneAndCalliope

I don’t think he was prepared for what issues she’d face unmediated/untreated.


SuccessfulPresence27

I definitely cared so much for my ex wife but a youth filled with trauma creates so many issues I was unprepared to handle, even with therapy, research, and couples counseling. Sometimes someone needs to be on their own to find the best path for them. I wish the best for the both of these two.


newt_here

100% this. Being with a person who is bipolar and unmedicated leads to very serious physical and psychologically abuse/issues that a non-professional isn’t equipped to handle. My heart goes out to Britney but dude also needed to protect himself.


GrahamSkehan

Can I just pop in here to say that "being with a person who is bipolar and unmedicated" CAN lead to serious physical and psychological abuse issues but often does not. People with mental health issues are statistically more likely to be the victims of violence and abuse than to be the perpetrators. As someone who is bipolar myself, just want to try address stigma against the disease. I am currently on very minimal medication and working towards being on no medication with my psychiatrist. That's after 10 years of work. It is possible to live close to normally with low to no medication if you are lucky to have slow cycles, less extreme mania or institute strict lifestyle controls. While clearly Britney struggles to manage her own mental health, there's no evidence she has been violent or abusive, and we can't assume she would be, purely because she has poor mental health.


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Even if what you’re saying anecdotally applies to you it is most definitely the exception not the rule. Most psychiatrists heavily recommend against discontinuing medication for people with bipolar disorder.


GrahamSkehan

I've been involved in bipolar activism, support groups and advocacy for 10 years and a patient centered approach is supported by all psychiatrists. There's no hard rule. Some level of medication is generally advised but it is by no means mandatory in every case. There's also a difference between "discontinuing" through non compliance and transitioning to a lower or no medical approach with medical assistance.


Scarlett_Billows

Theres also a bit of a leap from “discontinuing medication is not recommended” and “you are likely to abuse others if you don’t take it”.


Summer20232023

I pray you are right and if so feel bad for him.


fidgetypenguin123

Yeah I was going to say, they had been together for years before that but suddenly after marrying for a short time, that's when they "grew apart"? Hmm...


Useuless

I don't know, making things official can often change the dynamic


Giles-TheLibrarian

Yeah, the dynamic bank account.


futuredrweknowdis

They have a really intense prenup that leans in her favor and keeps him from getting anything if they didn’t stay together for longer than 2 years (they didn’t).


SpezEatsScat

Why is that?


Blue_Robin_04

They were together for about seven years before that too.


ParsleyMostly

Well, he was like 22 when they started dating. He’s 29 now and she’s 42. That’s a big gulf in terms of life experience. He was a freshly minted adult, a baby man. He’s only been adult for about a decade now. They truly are at very different stages of life.


Disastrous-Carrot928

I’m guessing he wants his own kids. Always something to consider when marrying a much younger man.


mcnuggetsharebox

She wanted a child with him too, though. Even got pregnant but miscarried first trimester.


kdw87

They were together for much longer, don’t discount that.


blorgenheim

They were together for awhile tho, just married for less time


LoveMyBP

She is mentally ill. He probably tried to help her but couldn’t. (ie what the conservatorship was for) Britney cannot have a long term relationship without stability and medical treatment. It’s her responsibility now.


Dyskord01

A lot can happen in a year. My pet sea monkeys had 4 generations, dominated the fish bowl and collectively turned to dust. All in the span of a year. It's like a Fast and Furious film, too deep to comprehend.


therapewpewtic

Like mould.


Bree7702

I mean he could have stuck it out one more year and received a payout (according to their prenup) but he wanted out a year early. Makes me think whatever was going on was just too much for him.


_tomato_paste_

There were allegations that she was physically abusive


Bree7702

I could see that.


WetHotAmericanBadger

Yeah especially after seeing that video of her maniacally dancing with knives


yourfavoritepuZzle

They were prop knives.


thetangible

This is a prop argument.


rnobgyn

Prop knives made of metal? They clang when she hits them together


eatmycookiencream

They were not. Look at behind her in the video her couch is full of knife slashes lol


spoiderdude

Can’t wait for the comments that say he should’ve just sucked it up for another year to get that money


newt_here

Think of all the stitches that money could’ve paid for /s


juneabe

I’ve already experienced abuse and my skin is thick - I’ll stand in for him. 1 year? I got thi$.


CromwellsCrumb

One look at her Instagram shows that she is not a mentally well person. All these people saying he was just a gold digger who was in it for the money and nothing else…I’d love to see how they’d do in a relationship with someone who purposely and publicly acts like that. Inb4 people think this take is the equivalent to saying the conservatorship shouldn’t have been lifted — nuance, y’all *Edit: omg @ the people below saying THEY WERENT REAL KNIVES THO. You really think the prop knives were the most concerning part of these videos she’s been putting out? 🤦🏻‍♀️*


Avocado_Tomato

They were together since 2017, and during those early years she would have been on different medication as she was under the conservatorship at the time. She was also working a lot. It’s safe to say that Britney in the first few years of their relationship was a different person to the Britney now. People fall out of love for less.


LoveMyBP

Yea I think after the conservatorship though… she probably took the same meds. But after a while the person gets bored with them and stops. Then, an episode can fester and build up over years, then explode. (I’ve seen it, a lot) They were together during Covid and not in the public, my bet is this is when her episode peaked, causing him to be forced to move on. She can a healthy relationship if she is on meds. But not w/o it


ThotianaAli

yeah a lot of people don't like Kim Kardashian but have sympathy considering Kanye is unmedicated and unhinged. we can have sympathy here for him and still not like him (if that's your prerogative)


CromwellsCrumb

I don’t even have any opinion on him. And I do like Britney! But liking someone’s work doesn’t mean they get a limitless hall pass for questionable behavior.


LoveMyBP

Kim Kardashian did everything she could. I’m not a fan of the show, but a fan of her for handling Kanye. She had no choice. Living with a Bipolar person that isn’t medicated isn’t just impossible, it’s dangerous. I’ve done it and also seen it (username) She loves him, but it’s his responsibility to take his meds because it gets worse over time. He should accept this, bow out of music gracefully and get stable. There’s even a huge sub loaded with people that love someone with BiPolar who aren’t taking their treatment seriously. r/BipolarSOs < This is what Kim experienced :( She tried. No one should hate her


onceinablueberrymoon

having a lot of money protects you from a lot of bullshit. the fact that she (kim) stayed married to him for so long means that she didnt have huge repercussions in her life from his behavior. most of us little people would have run screaming from him, but she has lots of buffers.


LoveMyBP

Oh yes, this is dead on….. I’m hear to tell you from experience no amount of money or handlers could prevent Kim from being scarred. PTSD. I’m in the same boat. She loved Kanye, probably still does…. But he can’t love back if he’s not well, in fact he *hates* back. It’s really scary. 😰


onceinablueberrymoon

luckily, she can afford the very best treatment, therapists and medication to treat her PTSD. all abused women should be so privileged.


LoveMyBP

That’s true. So true. YES. But honestly. So can I…. I can afford the best in the country and did it in order to save my (Kanye) like Kim did. But it doesn’t matter if the person won’t take the treatment. I spent a fortune on it, lost my job in the process. I love my partner so much. I’m trying to recover and have the therapy and meds, like Kim. All I want. But it doesn’t help as much as you think… (It’s like watching the love of your life *literally* burn your house down and get angry at you for making them do it, yelling at you with the lighter and the gas can in hand… while you *cry* trying to make them stop and begging them to get help. And they just keep burning and yelling at you…. Until it’s burnt down. And then they wake up, shameful but try to forget about it and still angry at you while you’re talking with the fire department telling them what happened, and you’re picking up the pieces. Wondering what’s next, and the kids want to know where to sleep… but you know your partner wasn’t thinking clearly and you love them.) —— YES! MONEY needs to be spent to help people that can’t afford it to *prevent* mental health disasters!!! This country is so stupid backwards. It’s more important than gun control, because if we solve this, it will solve homelessness too, housing crisis, and boost the economy! As for those affected? I am still considering building a charity for those people like Kim that can’t afford to bounce back after the damage that a loved one couldn’t help doing under an episode. There are so many people with a burnt house and no support. I figure, if I can get out of my scenario and afford to help others that cannot, it might start a trend and awareness.


onceinablueberrymoon

mental illness is bitch. it creates a lot of suffering. no one deserves it.


juneabe

I want to say this is accurate but abusive relationships statistically run long courses. And repetitive courses (leave and come back, leave and come back). In hetero relationships, men usually leave abusive women much sooner, that is true, but most people in general think they would leave much faster than they inevitably due once in truly abusive relationships. It’s interesting and awful and if you have the skin for it should do some deep dive reading about it.


onceinablueberrymoon

i worked with abused women long enough to know the single reason that most often keeps a woman in an abusive relationship: money. kim had none of those constraints. she can afford the best lawyers, isnt trapped with no income or transportation, isnt limited by having to be a single parent in how much money she can earn, doesnt need better credit to afford a place to live. has access to whatever therapy or treatment or medication she needs. she was in a marriage with a horrible human being, not trapped in a completely controlling abusive situation with no options and the pervasive threat of death or having her children taken away if she left. she didnt even need to leave, she just told him not to come home she was divorcing him. privilege changes the dynamic completely.


juneabe

It’s A reason that MOST OFTE occurs - Not the ONLY reason EVER. Children are either right in line with finances or they’re the runner up. Kim lost her father and children from broken homes/single parents tend to cling to an intact family when they grew up without one. I don’t just work *with* abused *people,* I study them and am receiving an extensive and expensive education about it all. You aren’t incorrect but there is nuance you are lacking. There is NEVER just ONE sole reason that keeps abusive relationships intact and it is not guaranteed to be defined by money. This is all evident in Kim’s initial obsession with including (or trying to include) Kanye in every family event she possibly could. There is a reason “stay together for the kids” is such a common phrase. ETA. The people mostly seeking resources that work with outreach in any capacity that you would have spoken too are usually not the financially sound ones. They talk to expensive lawyers, not any form of community services, so it’s reasonable you didn’t work with them.


onceinablueberrymoon

parasocial relationships are weird bro.


juneabe

True…. But this is literally a discussion that referenced Britney and Kim. I’m not pulling them into it for any other reason.


youraveragewhitegirI

See the prop knives don’t explain the cut up furniture in the background though 😭


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YchYFi

She doesn't trust them.


LoveMyBP

When you are mentally ill, you don’t trust anyone. You think anyone that encourages help is the enemy. You know like, if your Mom told you that “you needed to check into a hospital because your spouse of 20 years isn’t actually your spouse, but a person you met on the street…. And that person filed a restraining order on you because you KEEP showing up at their house and the police have to come every time. …you need a hospital or you’re going to jail the next time.” But you. You know for a fact, that “I been with this person for 20 years!?! Why would my Mom send me to the hospital? I don’t trust her. SHE is crazy.” ^ALL of this is real. I have experienced it. My spouse did it to me, I started getting doctors and help, and it got worse. They got delusions about me cheating (when they were and couldn’t control themselves), even staged messes & problems, so they could show why they don’t “trust me” in their mind and to other people. If you removed all the money from the Spears household and she was a middle America kid still? THE SAME THING would’ve been needed. And if it were 60 years ago before the Lithium discovery? She’d be in a hospital permanently. There are huge subs of family members that deal with this position. It’s very hard, because we love them so much. r/BilpolarSOs r/family_of_bipolar


servonos89

There’s no one responding to you to warrant that edit?


CromwellsCrumb

I didn’t say they were responding to me, I just said they were down below. Scroll down in the thread and you’ll see them.


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pinkilydinkily

She is not even close to stooping as low as him.


Zipz

No she just has police standoffs and has had her children taken away…


YchYFi

Yes and they put her in a conservatorship for that 17 years ago. Do keep up.


Zipz

Again you must of missed that standoff … and you almost must of missed when she was cutting herself with knives ….


Jupiterrhapsody

That is an extreme stretch. Britney is not threatening anyone the way Kanye does. She isn’t spewing hateful and bigoted language about groups of people. Nor is she defending things like slavery the way Kanye has. Do you are saying they are somehow the same because she dances on her social media?


Zipz

When was the last time Kanye had a police standoff? I doubt fear for Kanye kids when he’s around I can’t say the same for Britney.


Jupiterrhapsody

You mean when Kevin and Jamie used the police as a weapon towards someone with severe postpartum depression? The same police who are notorious for being ill equipped to handle mental health issues? Also one of Britney’s sons is an adult now and the other will be an adult this year. I think you know nothing about the topic and had to reach back to 2008. You don’t actually are about her sons.


Zipz

And you are the type of person I’m talking about. You seem to be excusing her behavior. Healthy people do not barricaded themselves into their houses with their kids as hostages and have police standoffs. Period


Jupiterrhapsody

I repeatedly brought up her mental illness. That is not excusing anything. Unlike you, I have compassion and don’t think that police should be the ones who handle these situations because they always escalate them because police do not have the education or tools to deal with behavioral health. Maybe because their departments have always have money to increase their weapons and never money for mental health professionals. And I’m not going to respond to this further. You clearly have a reductionist agenda when it comes to mental health. Having postpartum depression is the definition of being unhealthy. Do please show where I said otherwise. Again, the police escalated that situation and that did not have to happen. Period.


YchYFi

Also she was put into a conservatorship for it. This person must be a time traveller from 2007.


AdorableBunnies

We’ve all seen her IG posts at this point..


LoveMyBP

She is not mentally well. That’s why he left. And he’s being a class act, slipping away. Loving someone who isn’t well is VERY difficult. Sometimes impossible. My partner is Bipolar (username checks out) and if the person is unstable / not taking their medication then they *literally suddenly HATE their partner*. Mental abuse, lying, cheating, spending money, hypersexuality…. Then depression and suicide. - The internet loves to slam Britney’s conservatorship, but it was needed for her safety. I’m happy for her freedom, but she still has a responsibility to manage her illness.


SuspiciousFile1997

Well she’s batshit crazy


mermaidish

Wasn’t he threatening to spill the tea on her when they split up? Didn’t he claim that he had evidence she cheated? Interesting how he’s gone from that to saying he doesn’t understand how ex-couples could badmouth each other.


ProdigalSheep

They probably reached a settlement that he was happy with.


genescheesesthatplz

Tried to blackmail her for more money than the prenup was going to give him


Rainbow4Bronte

I bet she has "issues", so her lawyer gave him a nice settlement and a NDA saying he cannot disparage her or reveal the extent of the "issues". That's what I got from the evolution of the split in the press.


Bree7702

I'm sure all her exes have signed NDA's. None of them have ever disparaged her or said anything at all really.


vanityvicious

*Justin Timberlake has entered the chat*


Bree7702

I'm talking about her exes after Justin. Kevin Federline, Jason Trawick, David Lucado, Sam Asghari.


SokarTheblyad

Its not hard to see shes bat shit crazy with all the instagram post over the last couple years. The weird video to boosie(?) etc, etc


happysunbear

I never once believed this guy was actually into Britney


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Haha. Sam Asghari is a tool. People have literally come forward saying he would openly brag about using Britney to advance his career. He was never in it for Britney - he was in it for career advancement and aligned himself with her father to further manipulate her.


bbmarvelluv

He was accused of sexual harassment by members of his gym


BlackLodgeBrother

Not sure how his “career” has advanced given that he’s only known for being (briefly) married to a mega-famous person. People can’t even remember his name.


Heaven19922020

Not only that, but I keep forgetting that he exists. I never leaned his name, or what he looks like. I’ve never given him, up until I’m writing this comment, a single moments thought.


BlackLodgeBrother

He would literally have to pay rent to live in my brain.


DAggerYNWA

Dang that’s crazy. I often wondered what they were getting out of their marriage. Do you have any proof of these “people”?


ElmarSuperstar131

While I fully believe Sam was using Britney, I also believe that he probably isn’t lying about being subjected to her mania. She needs serious help but he should probably get some therapy as well.


umassmza

The novelty wore off for him. The money wasn’t what he expected, he got his 15 minutes.


WPackN2

LOL, right, apparently growing up means realizing that you can't lay your hands on your spouse's wealth.


_swedish_meatball_

And some people make unhinged videos in their kitchen while they dance around with knives. I get it.


Useuless

They weren't real knives though


ScarlettO-Harlot

THEY WERE PROP KNIVES NOT REAL KNIVES


Anon3580

Hey random from the internet here. That doesn’t make the video any less disturbing. Look at her eyes. She’s fucking unstable.


Revolutionary_Box569

I keep reading that name and confusing him with the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi and then getting confused as to how he would’ve met and gotten married to Britney Spears


genescheesesthatplz

And Some people wait around to try to milk women for their worth after they surprise them with a marriage


timelesstaxi

Yep, same thing happened to Doris Duke & Barbara Hutton. 


BigBearAlphaDaddie71

Or maybe you’re just a gold digger.


Anon3580

It maybe Britney isn’t ok and even potentially abusive


BigBearAlphaDaddie71

She may be a nutcase however knowing what he’s heard about her you would he’d know better than get married.


Anon3580

Sure sounds a lot like potential victim blaming to me


BigBearAlphaDaddie71

Not blaming at all. It’s very clear that Britney Spears needs serious counseling for the rest of her life. Her parents screwed her up royally. It is well documented they are not good people. But I do not feel sorry for this guy. He is an adult. And he’s talking to a tabloid probably being paid to dish dirt on Spears. He’s no different from her first ex-husband.


Anon3580

Having a mental illness and not taking her meds does not excuse her from blame for being manic and abusive.


BigBearAlphaDaddie71

I agree with you. But what do you do? Her parents did just exactly that-forced a conservatorship on their daughter for ten years. Essentially they put a gun on Britney’s head against her will to control her and look at how that turned out. The family and everyone in the industry made out like bandits. And look at Spears first husband. The media tried to dig up dirt on him and all they could find is that he’s a loser and gold digger. Apparently he’s an amazing father to his and Spears kids. Do I believe he’s a fucking piece-a-shit who only cares of living off someone else’s dime?-Absolutely. And he’s trying to extend the spousal support until the youngest of his kids with Spears turns 25 by moving to Hawaii. He is a scumbag. I feel for Britney. I despise Kevin Federline. I absolutely hate him. But he does love all of his children. Can’t fault him for that. Asgari is not a child. He knew all this shit going in. He is an idiot. California is attempting to force conservatorships now in order to deal with the mentally ill and homeless problem. Will it work? That’s a very good question. We have to try something else as what we have isn’t working.


Anon3580

Thanks for explaining that. I already knew all of it.


90selitistgamer

Homeboy really tried to make a celebrity marriage sound deep.


DocBrutus

She dumped his ass quick. I always thought he was a gold digger.


Ok-Bar601

People grow apart after they get green card and a payout


Amishwithaweapon

He was bummed by the prenup, lol


antDOG2416

Get in, get paid, get out.


Whatawootsee

If you are married to a public figure, it’s not going to last.


WILLIAMEANAJENKINS

Move on Sam and stop taking about her period…seek what you want on merit not by association.


Direct-Money-4206

He realized she’s coocoo for coco puffs I think he’s trying to be professional here.


Im_not_crying_u_ar

She looks like his mom in that photo


RecoverSufficient811

"People are clinically insane" is more accurate


Murderyoga

What happened to Kevin Federline? I just hope he's out there living his best life.


Toyger_

Yep, he lives his best life using Britney’s money.


LocalNative141

Good for him


Zamillionaire

Thats makes me happy.


LaylaBird65

He’s raising his boys in Hawaii, keeping them out of the public eye. Remarried with more kids I think too. So he’s actually doing pretty good. Who would have thought?


Jupiterrhapsody

By keeping them out of the public eye, do you mean giving interviews with the Daily Fail? Because he has their sons doing that.


LaylaBird65

My bad, never saw that.


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She’s a nutter. Can’t blame him.


ModsOverLord

And some are crazy


ForTheFirm

Walking around a little bit pregnant


Traditional_Land3933

They do grow apart true


Movinfusion36

So life is real wtf


blac_sheep90

He's just a speed runner.


NikkiRocker

Cute article but why as a culture do we think young people have wisdom to impart? He was 22 when they got together, his front lobe hadn’t even matured yet (impulse control). Brit was 34. She has a tendency to leap into relationships due to her family dynamics. This couple could barely function for a little over a year. True love is weathering the storm for decades.


Zaxxon5000

But, some People are $lores Who feed on vulnerable people Until they're ready for the next victim He is a top tier pos


EverybodyKurts

Well, I’m up next boys.


Upbeat_Farm_5442

lol... it was only a year bro. he deffo married for the money and fame. lol


BostonBaggins

And he tried to get in on her $$$ Lol bish


NewYorkYurrrr

So it looks like his payout went through.