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Octavia Spencer might beryllium feeling validated. After informing Britney Spears to get a prenup with Sam Asghari amid their 2021 engagement, the acclaimed histrion took to an Instagram post with a remark seemingly defending the popular princess. “Extortion is illegal,” she wrote successful the comments thread of a station featuring Page Six‘s study connected Sam’s alleged attempts to coerce Britney into renegotiating their prenup. Fans volition retrieve that Octavia initially took to the comments thread of Britney’s engagement announcement with a superior informing to “make him motion a prenup,” — but aboriginal backtracked and apologized, calling it a “joke.”
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Amid instrumentality backlash, Octavia took to Instagram connected Sept 15, 2021, to apologize. “Y’all, a fewer days agone Sam and Britney announced their engagement and maine being maine I made a joke,” she wrote alongside a pic of the erstwhile couple. “My volition was to marque them laughter not origin pain. I’ve reached retired to this beauteous mates privately to apologize and present privation to reconstruct conscionable a smidge of happiness they were robbed of. Britney’s fans person seen her done a batch of symptom and she’s recovered happiness. We’re thrilled for her. So let’s amusement them love.” she completed the station with the hashtag, “#nonegativity.”
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Sam took to the comments conception of that post, writing, “You are precise benignant to clarify but one person nary hard feelings whatsoever. Jokes and misconceptions travel with the territory.” Sam himself had taken to Instagram stories with a gag of his own, penning astatine the time, “Thank you to everyone who is acrophobic astir The prenup!” helium wrote, alongside 2 laughing emojis. “Of people we’re getting robust clad prenup to support my jeep and footwear postulation successful lawsuit she dumps me 1 day.”
Reports of a split betwixt the celebrated duo aft fourteen months of matrimony emerged connected Wednesday, Aug. 16. A root told TMZ that the mates had fought implicit unverified cheating rumors, and that Sam had already moved out. Shortly after, Page Six reported that Sam was threatening to release “embarrassing” accusation astir Britney if she failed to renegotiate their prenuptial agreement. The aforesaid day, quality broke that Sam had filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences,” per TMZ .
