Depression, overeating and childhood in Tehran: the secret life of Sam Asgari before he met Britney Spears

Asgari was born on March 4, 1994 in Tehran, Iran. He was the youngest of four children and the only son. When he was just two years old, the family man named Mahmoud (Mike) left for Los Angeles to work as a tow truck driver in hopes of earning money and one day transporting his family to the States -United.

Sam stayed in Tehran with his sisters Maddie, Ellie and Fay and his mother Fatima. The boy spent all his free time playing football and dreamed of a career in sports or law enforcement.

“Anything that doesn’t require special education,” he laughingly recalls his early life projects.

In 2006, when Asgari was 12, his father took him home. Her mother and daughters remained in Iran. Sam’s parents’ marriage had already broken up by then. Meanwhile, Asgari’s father managed to marry another woman in the United States and get a divorce again.

This decision was an emotional shock for the teenager. On the one hand, he was inspired by the anticipation of the new, on the other hand, it was not easy to part with everything that was dear to him.

Once in Los Angeles, Sam takes up the sport. He was then enrolled in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln football program. But after Asghari dropped out before freshman year, he returned to Los Angeles to play for Moorpark College. And then the young man finally quit football and began to study criminal law at Pierce College in Los Angeles.

To fund his education, Asghari had to work three jobs at once: a clerk at Best Buy, a sales rep for Gold’s Gym, and a bouncer at a nightclub. In this scenario, there were no more than five hours a day to sleep and the money was still sorely lacking. Asgari lived in a small apartment which he shared with two other friends.

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Desperation for existence eventually led to depression. Sam saw no prospects, was disappointed in himself, dreamed of going back and changing everything, giving himself a second chance – and at the same time he understood that it was impossible. Stressed out as usual, Asghari ate.

One day, when the next salary was to pay the bills and food in a day, Asgari sat down heavily on the sofa and turned on the television. A football match was broadcast. Deep in thought, Sam watched the players and found himself. That day, he makes a decision: he must change his life.

Asghari quit two out of three jobs and focused on studying fitness and how the body works. He learned the exercises from YouTube videos. Over the next six months, he lost almost 45 kg. Her new physique allows her to make a name for herself in the modeling world. And this work, in turn, opened up acting prospects. All of this eventually led him to filming Britney Spears’ Slumber Party video in 2016, where his romance with the pop icon began.

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