Britney Spears says her ill-fated marriage to Sam Asghari was a "fake distraction" from being "cut off" from her sons

Britney - who tied the knot with Sam in June 2022 before they split in July 2023 - wrote on Instagram: "We're just people so fragile and human the hardest years of my life were my two sons gone for those 3 years ... I was cut off from calling or texting and I remember in shock my secret to survival was denial and a lot of tears its weird me and Sam were married but it almost felt like a fake distraction to help me deal with it ..."

However, with her relationship with her sons on the mend, Britney believes that she is now healing.

She wrote: "well I know im healing bc im hungry again like a child or baby... im so hungry it hurts and when I eat its like its my first time ever eating in my life ... I believe although I loved my home there is waaay too much abuse and trauma in there.... Today I thank jesus for food it feel like telling others NO... Owning my body... and letting them REALLY know where im from... My soul has never experienced food like this a day in my life... so silly and embarrassing im going to eat cookies and cream ice cream now...god bless u all."

In November 2024, it was reported that Jayden had visited his mother in Los Angeles and that December, both boys spent Christmas with Britney.

She wrote on Instagram at the time: "Best Christmas of my life !!!"