{"id":1964724,"date":"2025-08-17T01:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1964724"},"modified":"2025-08-17T01:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T01:25:14","slug":"sam-asghari-shades-kevin-federline-over-britney-spears-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sam-asghari-shades-kevin-federline-over-britney-spears-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Asghari Shades Kevin Federline Over Britney Spears Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Two of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/britney-spears\/\"><strong>Britney Spears<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 ex-husbands are seemingly at odds, as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/sam-asghari\/\"><strong>Sam Asghari<\/strong><\/a> appeared to throw shade at <strong>Kevin Federline<\/strong> over the latter\u2019s upcoming memoir.<\/p>\n<p><em>The<\/em> <em>Traitors<\/em> star, 31, was asked by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/16\/sam-asghari-shades-kevin-federline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>TMZ<\/em><\/a> on Saturday, August 16, if he had any thoughts on Federline, 47, writing about his marriage to Spears, 43, in his new book, <em>You Thought You Knew<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Kevin] was a professional father, so it would be the first book that would tell you about how to be a professional father,\u201d Asghari replied with a grin.<\/p>\n<p>Federline hinted on August 6 that his \u201cextremely intimate and transparent\u201d memoir<em> You Thought You Knew<\/em> delves into his two-year marriage to Spears in order to dispel misconceptions. (His autobiography will be released October 21.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/britney-spears-boyfriend-sam-asghari-every-time-he-supported-her\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/britney-spears-boyfriend-sam-asghari-every-time-he-supported-her\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Every Time Britney Spears\u2019 Ex Sam Asghari Had Her Back<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tBritney Spears\u00a0has been able to count on ex\u00a0Sam Asghari\u00a0when the going gets tough. Spears and Asghari\u00a0began dating in 2016\u00a0after meeting on the set of her \u201cSlumber Party\u201d music video. After going public with their relationship the following year, Asghari has shown his support for Spears time and time again. \u201cSeveral people in Britney\u2019s life were [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI achieved my biggest dreams, dealt with crushing heartbreak and endured constant ridicule, all while becoming the father my children needed as they experienced nonstop emotional turbulence,\u201d he promised. \u201cIf you\u2019ve ever had questions, you\u2019ll find answers here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Audio-first publisher Listenin promised that <em>You Thought You Knew<\/em> offers never-before-heard details of Federline\u2019s \u201cfame, fatherhood and the private cost of public life \u2014 from one of pop culture\u2019s most misunderstood figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Federline and Asghari were married to Spears at very different points of her life. The \u201cToxic\u201d singer wed Federline months after she had first marriage to childhood friend, <strong>Jason Allen Alexander<\/strong>, annulled in 2004. Federline and Spears welcomed two sons \u2014 Sean Preston, 19, and Jayden James, 18 \u2014 prior to their separation in 2006. (Federline also shares Kori Madison, 23, and Kaleb Michael Jackson, 21, with ex-fianc\u00e9e <strong>Shar Jackson<\/strong>. The DJ and rapper and his current wife, <strong>Victoria Prince<\/strong>, have two daughters \u2014 Jordan Kay, 14, and Peyton Marie, 11.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4073230\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:88.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4073230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-105892991 Sam Asghari Seemingly Shades Britney Spears Ex Husband Kevin Federline Over Memoir.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-105892991-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392608625.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Kevin Federline and Britney Spears in February 2006.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Jason Merritt\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asghari was with Spears through the final days of the financial conservatorship that dominated her life for nearly 14 years. The couple got engaged in September 2021 and ultimately exchanged vows at Spears\u2019 home in June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Spears\u2019 third marriage lasted just over a year before Asghari filed for divorce in August 2023, citing irreconcilable differences as the cause of the split.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 6 years of love and commitment to each other, my wife and I have decided to end our journey together,\u201d he announced via Instagram at the time. \u201cWe will hold onto the love and respect we have for each other and I wish her the best always. S*** happens. Asking for privacy seems ridiculous so I will just ask for everyone including media to be kind and thoughtful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4073231\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4073231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"GettyImages-1176036643 Sam Asghari Seemingly Shades Britney Spears Ex Husband Kevin Federline Over Memoir.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1176036643-Sam-Asghari-Seemingly-Shades-Britney-Spears-Ex-Husband-Kevin-Federline-Over-Memoir-e1755392802186.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Britney Spears and Sam Asghari in September 2019.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Paul Archuleta\/FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asghari subsequently claimed on the \u201cTrading Secrets\u201d podcast in June 2025 that he insisted on Spears <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/sam-asghari-reveals-why-he-wanted-britney-spears-to-have-a-prenup\/\">signing a prenup<\/a> to protect her assets before they tied the knot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI wanted her to have a prenup,\u201d Asghari recalled. \u201cI wanted to make sure she\u2019s protected, because throughout her life, everybody \u2014 I don\u2019t know one person that\u2019s ever been in her life that didn\u2019t take advantage of her. So it\u2019s very sad. I wanted to make sure that I\u2019m the person that [didn\u2019t] do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asghari has moved on to date real estate agent <strong>Brooke Irvine<\/strong>. He exclusively told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> in April that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/sam-asghari-says-relationship-with-brooke-irvine-is-about-love\/\">his new relationship<\/a> is \u201cnot about Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about love. That\u2019s what it is,\u201d he told Us. \u201cIt\u2019s not about the industry, it\u2019s not about Hollywood. It\u2019s about what really is the most important thing, and that\u2019s being present, being in the moment and supporting others that are doing this same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of Britney Spears\u2019 ex-husbands are seemingly at odds, as Sam Asghari appeared to throw shade at Kevin Federline over the latter\u2019s upcoming memoir. The Traitors star, 31, was asked by TMZ on Saturday, August 16, if he had any thoughts on Federline, 47, writing about his marriage to Spears, 43, in his new book, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1964725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[21994,24003,37741,22423],"class_list":["post-1964724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-books","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-splits","tag-divorce"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sam-Asghari-Shades-Kevin-Federline-Over-Britney-Spears-Memoir.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}