Britney Spears separates from husband Sam Asghari after 1 year of marriage, according to multiple reports

• Britney Spears and Sam Asghari have separated after just over a year of marriage, according to TMZ and People.
• TMZ first reported the news, and multiple sources subsequently confirmed the news to People.
• The pop star and Asghari first met in 2016, and tied the knot in 2022. 

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari have reportedly separated after 14 months of marriage, according to People. 

The couple first met in 2016 on the set of Spears' music video for "Slumber Party." They later tied the knot in 2022, at a small but star-studded ceremony, including Madonna, Paris Hilton and Selena Gomez.

TMZ first broke the news, and multiple sources later confirmed the separation to People. 

Representatives for Spears and Asghari didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. 

Us Weekly reports the couple were having "ups and downs" earlier this summer.

Asghari, a 29-year-old model, actor, and personal trainer, immigrated with his family from Iran to the US as a child, founding a personal training program, Asghari Fitness, in 2020.

The model played Spears' love interest in the "Slumber Party" music video.

"I was excited that I get to meet one of the biggest artists of all time. I had butterflies," Asghari told Men's Health of the encounter, adding that the two exchanged phone numbers at the time.

People reported that Spears reached out first, finding Asghari's number in her purse months later.

"I was like, 'He was really cute, this guy was really cute,' so I called him," Spears said in a 2017 interview on AMP 103.7's "Fast in the Morning with Nathan Fast and Sybil Summers." "He's just a really fun, funny person."

Spears made their relationship public in January 2017 after sharing a photo of the pair on Instagram.

The singer often posted about Asghari on social media, writing in 2018 that he made her "feel like the luckiest girl in the world."

In April 2022, the singer announced she was pregnant at age 40. A month later, Spears revealed having a miscarriage ahead of her wedding.

"It is with our deepest sadness we have to announce that we have lost our miracle baby early in the pregnancy," Spears wrote in an Instagram post. 

"Perhaps we should have waited to announce until we were further along however we were overly excited to share the good news," Spears added. "Our love for each other is our strength. We will continue trying to expand our beautiful family." 

Spears claimed she was forced to be on birth control while under a court-ordered conservatorship overseen by estranged father, Jamie Spears, and wasn't allowed to have children or marry.

Spears has two teen sons, Sean Preston and Jayden, with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

This is a developing story.