Strange Things Britney Spears Has Done After Divorcing Sam Asghari _ HIGHLIGHTS
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00:00 Knives out?
00:01 Not so fast!
00:02 Britney Spears is setting the record straight about a new Instagram video that left some
00:07 fans alarmed.
00:09 Ok this might creep you out.
00:11 Britney Spears posted another video dancing and it's straight up creepy guys.
00:16 Check it out.
00:17 Do you think it's creepy?
00:18 Yeah I know right?
00:19 Those were knives in her hands.
00:21 Like they couldn't be real.
00:23 No no.
00:24 They couldn't be real.
00:25 Right?
00:26 They're real.
00:31 But then fans noticed something a little strange in a follow up video that she posted.
00:36 Britney Spears seemed to have gotten some cuts on her body while dancing with these
00:41 knives.
00:42 Allegedly.
00:43 In the newer video of her dancing that she posted to Instagram, Britney had a white bandage
00:49 around her arm.
00:56 As well as she also showed what looked like a cut on her upper thigh as she danced in
01:02 a polka dot top with a white bikini bottom.
01:06 And on that video, this is what she captioned it on Instagram.
01:10 My pretty woman top kinda cool after my briefing on polka dots.
01:15 Swipe to see both.
01:16 Ok so she's getting some attention here but her fans started getting really concerned
01:23 and just bombarding her with comments.
01:26 Because the visible injuries appeared the day after, Britney caused a lot of concern
01:30 among her fans when she shared that video where she was dancing with those two knives.
01:35 And in the video, Britney, she seems smiling and she's dancing like she normally does in
01:42 her Instagram videos.
01:43 And she's wearing the same outfit from the video before so it made people think like
01:48 hey, is she actually hurting herself here?
01:52 What's going on?
01:53 And one thing that caused people to get even more concerned is that at first the caption
01:57 of that video said I started playing in the kitchen with knives today.
02:03 Yeah, I'm literally getting horror movie vibes here.
02:07 However, she later updated that caption to reassure everybody and this is what she said.
02:12 Don't worry, they are not real knives.
02:15 Halloween is soon.
02:17 I don't know about that one, Britney.
02:20 You know, you're saying that the knives aren't real but the only thing that doesn't seem
02:23 real is the caption.
02:25 The fact that she had to update it after everybody got so concerned.
02:29 But guys, what do you think?
02:31 Real or fake when it comes to the knives?
02:39 Strangely enough though, this isn't the first time that Britney Spears has been associated
02:42 with knives.
02:44 This is not a new thing at all and the story gets a little more creepy.
02:48 So we go back to May of 2023 where TMZ reported in the documentary Britney Spears, The Price
02:54 of Freedom
03:01 that Britney Spears had a long-standing fascination with knives and she would keep them under
03:06 her bed.
03:07 According to the documentary, Britney Spears lives in constant fear that somebody might
03:12 break into her home at night and restrain her and take her to a psychiatric ward.
03:18 So this got so concerning that towards the end of her 13-year conservatorship, access
03:29 to knives was restricted for Britney.
03:32 When her husband, Sam Asghari, was warned that he should "be afraid to sleep without
03:41 one eye open if she gets pissed."
03:44 Why?
03:46 Because she's more than capable of hurting him.
03:50 Also Britney Spears' younger sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, claimed in her 2022 memoir, Things
03:56 I Should Have Said, that her older sister, Britney, locked them in a room one time and
04:01 she threatened her with the knife.
04:04 Britney of course has denied these allegations and to address those allegations, Britney
04:10 wrote in a now-deleted tweet back in January of 2022 saying this, "I've never been around
04:16 you ever with a knife or would I ever think to do such.
04:21 The only knife I ever saw you with at home was cutting the biggest pieces of squash I
04:26 ever saw in my life and it was way too big for me to cut."
04:31 Britney Spears also posted another follow up video of her dancing with no knives this
04:36 time and also no apparent marks on her body.
04:40 And in the caption, this is what she told everybody, "Lighten up about the knives.
04:43 I'm copying Shakira."
04:45 This by the way was a reference to Shakira's performance at the 2023 MTV VMAs where she
04:52 performed with knives.
04:54 After confirming her divorce to Sam Asghari on social media, Britney Spears waited no
04:58 time to let the world know she's ready to party again.
05:01 Britney Spears has already moved on from Sam Asghari but fans are worried that she's just
05:06 spiraling and looking for a rebound relationship or relationships.
05:11 "I invited my fav boys over and played all night."
05:15 Now Britney Spears first posted a video on her Instagram where she is seen playfully
05:21 rolling around in bed without a top on.
05:24 And this comes after her husband Sam Asghari filed for divorce.
05:35 In the video, Britney is wearing pink underwear and black knee high boots lying on a white
05:41 comforter.
05:42 And I Put a Spell on You by Annie Lennox plays in the background of the clip.
05:52 But then, this is where things get a little more strange.
05:55 She also shared another video on a night out with a group of men.
06:01 In one scene, one of the men is actually seen licking her leg.
06:06 It seems like she might be referring to her late night out when she visited Dave's Hot
06:11 Chicken in Oxnard, California where she was captured looking very tired by paparazzi with
06:17 that lemonade drink in her hand.
06:19 And on this post of this video where she's with a group of guys and the guy is licking
06:23 her leg, this is what the caption said.
06:32 I knew the pops were tipped off because the car I was in was never used before.
06:36 So how was I followed?
06:38 Malibu Canyon Road is the most horrible road ever to drive on.
06:43 So what does a bitch like me do?
06:46 I put my green dress on and show up at my friends place.
06:48 I invited my fav boys over and played all night.
07:06 And I also know that she said before that her dance videos are something that help her
07:11 heal so that's why she keeps posting them.
07:13 But at the same time, she's also said that things aren't 100% okay with her despite what
07:18 people might see on her social media.
07:21 And normally when people are going through a divorce, they take some time away from social
07:25 media.
07:26 You know, they surround themselves with close friends and family and just process things
07:31 and not necessarily posting with a bunch of people.
07:41 Maybe these are close friends to Britney, but she's already getting uncomfortably close
07:45 to other men, even if they're really close friends.
07:49 And not to mention that Britney has also been accused of cheating on Sam.
07:53 But maybe people are just looking into the situation too much.
07:57 Maybe they're digging a little too deep and just making up some rumors here.
08:02 Maybe they're reading into the situation a little too deep.
08:05 Because Britney Spears or her representatives haven't flat out denied these cheating claims
08:10 yet.
08:11 But maybe Britney could just be having some fun trying to get her mind off of the stressful
08:15 divorce that she's going through.
08:16 But I wanna know what you guys think about this.
08:19 Are people reading into this a little too much or do you think Britney Spears is just
08:22 having a little fun?
08:24 In any case, one source told the US Sun publication the following
08:29 Her behavior has become concerning and everyone is worried about her.
08:33 She has been acting increasingly erratic and is in a vulnerable state.
08:38 Sam was bearing the brunt and it proved too much.
08:41 It's also plunged to a new low and it's sad to see.
08:45 Also according to TMZ, there were suspicions from Sam Asghari that Britney Spears might
08:51 have been unfaithful to him.
08:53 Yeah.
08:54 TMZ says that Sam caught her cheating with a male house staff member, adding Britney
08:58 had asked at least one staffer to shoot naked video of her.
09:00 And to get into this a little bit more, he specifically believed that he cheated on him
09:04 with a staff member at their home in Southern California.
09:09 And also he said that footage from the property seemed to suggest that Britney was involved
09:15 in this whole cheating situation.
09:18 Sam was also concerned that Britney, who was described as being in a vulnerable and hyper
09:23 sexualized state, had also asked a staff member to record her without clothes on.
09:30 Personal life is gonna be really really beautiful.
09:32 We got married.
09:33 We moved.
09:34 Yeah.
09:35 Sources also mention that Britney Spears' behavior was seen as risky for her own well-being,
09:39 and her alleged infidelity played a role in Sam's decision to file for divorce.
09:45 Despite the divorce though, Britney seems to have moved on quickly and was seen, yeah,
09:50 spending time with male friends in the video that she shared on her Instagram.
09:56 So it looks like various different sources think that this video really supports Sam's
10:02 claim that Britney actually cheated on him.
10:05 Paul, can you clarify, are you and Britney dating?
10:07 Are you a couple?
10:08 Are you together?
10:09 What's this situation?
10:10 I'm not at liberty to discuss anything.
10:11 Oh boy.
10:12 Britney Spears has been spending time with her former housekeeper, Paul Richard Solis,
10:17 and this guy has a criminal history.
10:20 Some people say that she's dating him while she's going through her divorce now with Sam
10:25 Asghari.
10:26 And finally, Britney Spears' husband, Sam Asghari, has filed for divorce after 14 months
10:31 of marriage.
10:32 But there's conflicting information from different sources.
10:35 One source said that, well, Britney didn't cheat, but they're together.
10:39 Another source said that they aren't dating anymore.
10:42 She came back from Mexico, where she was, and they decided to call it off.
10:47 But the initial source insists that they actually are still a couple.
10:51 And if that's the case, guys, I want to know, how do you feel about this?
10:54 Is this another horrible decision that Britney's making for herself?
10:58 According to some reports from the Daily Mail, Britney Spears and Paul Solis had a short romantic
11:05 relationship, but they have already ended it and are not communicating with each other
11:15 anymore.
11:16 But honestly, in my opinion, I think that they actually are seeing each other, even
11:20 though some sources are saying that they've called it off, they're not dating anymore.
11:25 Because if you're Britney and Paul, the last thing you want to do is have the media hounding
11:29 you, asking you questions about your love life, and just going through all that.
11:32 You don't want to deal with that.
11:34 So why not just tell some of your sources to be like, tell the media that we're not
11:38 dating no more.
11:39 Like, tell them to chill.
11:43 Britney Spears and Paul Solis, they were seen together on various outings in late August
11:47 of 2023, including a visit to Starbucks when they grabbed a coffee.
11:52 And one of the sources suggests that the reason why they haven't been seen together more
11:57 recently could be for the fact that Britney went to Mexico and he wouldn't be able to
12:02 leave because of his legal issues.
12:05 Paul Solis was fired by the Spears household, by the way, and they say that this is likely
12:10 because his criminal history came to light and he's faced multiple misdemeanor charges
12:15 and even a felony in the past.
12:17 His record includes a disturbing the peace conviction and a dismissed child endangerment
12:22 charge in 2014, as well as driving without a license conviction in 2016 and a felony
12:28 possession of a firearm conviction in 2022.
12:33 People close to Britney Spears, they were reportedly very concerned about her relationship
12:38 with Paul Solis, believing that he just wasn't good for her at all.
12:43 They're saying, "Stay away, Britney.
12:44 Stay away."
12:46 Despite their lack of support as a couple, Britney continued to see him, albeit very
12:50 briefly though, because she felt he acted as her protector and provided her with a sense
12:56 of comfort.
13:00 Paul Solis had previously worked as a housekeeper for Britney and what he would do was clean
13:05 bathrooms as well as perform other tasks around the house.
13:09 More specifically, with his criminal history, Paul Solis was convicted back in 2004 of possession
13:15 of methamphetamine with the intent to sell and received a four-year sentence in state
13:21 prison.
13:22 Then, fast forward in 2019, he was arrested for disturbing the peace through offensive
13:28 words and spent two days in LA County Jail and he was placed on probation and mandatory
13:34 supervision for 36 months.
13:37 And more recently, in December of 2020, Paul Solis was arrested for possession of a firearm
13:43 as a prohibited person.
13:45 In early 2023, he served the three-month jail sentence for that offense and he had a probation
13:52 violation hearing in September of 2023 and expressed his desire to improve his public
13:58 image as he left the courtroom.
14:00 So is this just another guy that is going to get tangled up with Britney, milk her for
14:07 her millions of dollars?
14:08 Because this just seems to be the trajectory that Britney Spears always finds herself on.
14:21 Or do you think that Paul Solis is just a guy that has had some rough run-ins in the
14:27 past with the law and he's trying to clean himself up and that's going to take some time?
14:32 I don't know guys, what are your thoughts about this?
14:35 Again, I personally think that they are still seeing each other and they're just saying
14:39 that they're not and trying to make it seem like they're not, but I could be wrong.
14:44 Again, we're getting multiple different reports from different sources about this, so there's
14:49 really no 100% definitive statement about whether or not they actually are still together,
14:56 but most reports are leaning towards them not actually dating anymore.
14:59 She posted a video dancing with two butcher's knives.
15:03 She's spinning them.
15:04 But when you hear them clang together...
15:07 So do you remember that Britney Spears dancing with the knives video?
15:11 So after that video, things then escalated quickly after people started to freak out,
15:16 especially after Britney posted a follow-up video.
15:26 And it showed what appeared to be some cuts and bruises on her skin.
15:31 And it turns out that it wasn't just her fans who got a little bit worried and creeped out
15:35 after seeing these videos, but somebody close to Britney actually called the cops on her.
15:41 The police took the call from somebody who's close to Britney Spears and they decided to
15:45 check in on her.
15:46 And Britney did post in an Instagram caption that the knives were fake, but still, you
15:51 know, the cops just wanted to make sure that everything was cool.
15:55 Captain Dean Worthy of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, he confirmed to various
16:00 media outlets that one of their sergeants, who has dealt with many incidences involving
16:06 Britney over the years, went to her place.
16:09 And here's what the officer had to say about this.
16:12 Somebody close to Britney had seen the video posted on social media where she's dancing
16:16 and twirling with knives in her hands, and they were really concerned for her mental
16:21 well-being.
16:22 And Captain Dean Worthy, he stated that the police verified that the person who requested
16:28 the wellness check had a connection with Britney Spears and wasn't just simply some fan or
16:34 just some random person that was calling in, "Hey, we're concerned about Britney.
16:37 She posted this.
16:38 Can you check in on her?"
16:39 No.
16:40 He went on to say this.
16:41 "We would normally not respond to fans calling in about a celebrity unless we actually believe
16:46 that there is a credible threat.
16:48 However, we vetted this individual through LAPD and we determined this is someone who
16:53 knows Britney on a personal basis."
16:56 But then what happens next left a lot of her fans really confused and still a little bit
17:01 unsettled.
17:02 So get this.
17:04 When the police arrived at Britney Spears' residence in Thousand Oaks, California, they
17:08 communicated with the security staff through an intercom.
17:12 And the security staff informed them that Britney was fine and that there was absolutely
17:18 no issues.
17:19 However, they were reluctant to allow the officer to physically see Britney.
17:25 And they also said that Britney didn't want to talk to the police about this at the time.
17:30 So after talking to Britney Spears' attorney and her security, the police officer and the
17:36 rest of his team, they were satisfied that she was not in any harm or any danger or anything,
17:42 but they didn't actually see Britney for themselves.
17:46 And as you could imagine, you know, this divided her fan base because on one hand, this was
17:51 still a little bit concerning for many people because, of course, you know, Britney's team
17:56 is going to say that she is fine and the cops never actually visually verified that she
18:02 was okay for themselves.
18:04 But then again, this is a cop that is relatively familiar with Britney.
18:09 And there's a lot of fans that are saying that, well, people should just leave Britney
18:13 alone.
18:14 Like if there actually was an issue with her, her team would say so.
18:18 You know, there's no conspiracy here.
18:19 No cover up.
18:20 Britney is fine and just trying to live her life and have some fun.
18:29 Either way, the cops determined that there was no criminal activity involved and they
18:34 didn't want to force their way into the home when there was no evidence of a crime.
18:39 So they left.
18:40 And a source close to Britney revealed that her actions, including dancing with knives,
18:45 was intentional and it was meant to pay homage to Shakira's 2023 VMA performance where she
18:52 also danced with knives.
18:54 And the source went on to explain that it was not a sign of distress or anything.
18:59 Like she's not mentally ill, but rather it was just a deliberate artistic expression
19:04 that was inspired by Shakira's performance.