Newlywed Britney Spears has said her hope for her big day was to marry Sam Asghari in a “nice little time with family and friends.”
The couple got married on Thursday at their home in Los Angeles, with Spears wearing a strapless dress with a slot designed by Donatella Versace, according to Vogue, and her makeup look created by Charlotte Tilbury.
The 40-year-old singer arrived in a horse-drawn carriage before walking down the aisle to meet 28-year-old Asghari, a fitness instructor, U.S. media reported.
Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling In Love played while entering, according to a source quoted by the American entertainment publication People.
Image: Jason Alexander was charged after arriving at Spears’ home on his big day
The ceremony was not without controversy, with Spears’ first ex-husband Jason Alexander, whom she married at a Las Vegas ceremony in 2004, before the marriage was annulled just days later, was arrested and charged with four misdemeanors after arriving with the intent to “crash” the event.
Her parents and sister Jamie-Lynn were not to be present after the controversial battle for the conservation of the singer, which ended after almost 14 years in November.
But the images shared by Vogue and Tilbury’s Instagram account show Spears and Asghari smiling as they pose in their wedding dresses, with her in a veil and a choker, he dressed in a Versace tuxedo.
Speaking to Vogue, Spears said: “We wanted to make this a small and beautiful time with family and friends.
“We wanted warm, feminine colors like blush, white, cream and gold, and lots of different shades of pink, blush and red.”
Posting the photos on Instagram, Tilbury described Spears as “a vision” and said he was sending “a big congratulations and too much love to the beautiful, talented, infinitely kind and bright” star and her “wonderful husband.” .
Among the guests photographed at the ceremony were Paris Hilton and her husband Carter Reum, Ansel Elgort, Selena Gomez, Maria Menounos, Drew Barrymore and Madonna, who recreated their famous kiss with Spears from the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards at the reception. of the wedding.
Singer Bryan’s brother was also there.
Image: Spears and Madonna kissed on stage at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards
Spears and Asghari met on the set of the video for their 2016 song Slumber Party and got engaged in September 2021, as their preservation seemed to be over.
The controversial legal agreement governing his life and finances was overturned by the Los Angeles High Court.
Asghari representative Brandon Cohen said of the wedding, “I am very excited that this day has come and they are married. I know I wanted it for so long. She is so affectionate and supportive every step of the way.”
Spears has been married twice before, to Alexander and Kevin Federline, with whom she shares teenage children Sean and Jayden.
Alexander, 40, was arrested Thursday after arriving at his home.