Britney Spears and Sam Asghari: How the newly engaged couple met

Asghari has shared his support for Spears – whom he lovingly calls his “lioness” – throughout her conservatorship battle.

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are engaged after being together for more than four years (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Sam Asghari wooed Britney Spears on the set of a 2016 music video but their romance had an inauspicious start.

The Iranian actor and fitness instructor, 27, landed a role on the video for Slumber Party but admitted his first attempt at breaking the ice did not go as planned.