Spears and Asghari, who got engaged in September 2021, have been open about their desire to have a child together. Photos: Pop icon Britney Spears Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsBritney Spears arrives for a movie premiere in Hollywood in July 2019.Hide Caption 1 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears, seen here with her parents in an old photo she posted to Instagram, was born December 2, 1981, in McComb, Mississippi.Hide Caption 2 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears, third from right, was part of “The Mickey Mouse Club” from 1993-1994. The Disney show had several cast members who have since become global superstars, including Ryan Gosling, seated next to Spears; and singers Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake, seen at right.Hide Caption 3 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears’ first concert tour kicked off in November 1998, a couple of months before her first studio album was released. She signed a contract with Jive Records in 1997. She was 15 at the time.Hide Caption 4 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears performs at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. Her first album “…Baby One More Time,” had become a smash hit.Hide Caption 5 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears poses with the boy band NSYNC, who she once toured with, in 1999. NSYNC included her former “Mickey Mouse Club” castmate Justin Timberlake, seen at bottom left.Hide Caption 6 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears holds a doll of herself in 1999.Hide Caption 7 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000.Hide Caption 8 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears and Timberlake attend the American Music Awards together in 2001. The two dated for a few years.Hide Caption 9 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears performs with Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler as part of the Super Bowl halftime show in 2001.Hide Caption 10 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears holds a snake while performing at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards.Hide Caption 11 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears and her sister, Jamie Lynn, attend the Teen Choice Awards in 2002.Hide Caption 12 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears stars in the 2002 movie “Crossroads” with Taryn Manning and Zoe Saldana. That year, Forbes magazine named her Hollywood’s Most Powerful Celebrity.Hide Caption 13 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsIn 2003, Spears and Madonna set tongues wagging as they kissed during the opening performance of the MTV Video Music Awards.Hide Caption 14 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears joins Beyonce and Pink for the filming of a Pepsi commercial in Rome in 2003.Hide Caption 15 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.Hide Caption 16 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears married dancer Kevin Federline in 2004. They had two sons together before divorcing in 2007.Hide Caption 17 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears shaved her head in 2007. Headlines at the time focused on whether the star was in the midst of a breakdown.Hide Caption 18 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears attacks a paparazzo’s car with an umbrella outside Federline’s home in Tarzana, California, in 2007.Hide Caption 19 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2007.Hide Caption 20 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears leaves a Los Angeles courthouse after a child custody hearing in 2007. A few months later, she was hospitalized over issues involving the custody of her children. Federline was awarded sole custody. In February 2008, a Los Angeles court granted temporary conservatorship to Spears’ father, Jamie, after Britney was taken to a hospital and deemed unable to take care of herself.Hide Caption 21 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears performs on the opening night of her tour in 2009.Hide Caption 22 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsIn 2012, Spears became a judge on the TV show “The X Factor.”Hide Caption 23 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears poses with her sons — Jayden, left, and Sean — at a Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game in 2013.Hide Caption 24 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears unveils a line of intimate apparel in 2014.Hide Caption 25 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsClark County, Nevada, proclaimed November 5, 2014, as “Britney Day” on the Las Vegas Strip. In 2013, Spears started a two-year residency at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.Hide Caption 26 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears performs at her Las Vegas show “Britney: Piece of Me” in 2015.Hide Caption 27 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears speaks during the Teen Choice Awards in 2015.Hide Caption 28 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears joins late-night talk show host James Corden for some “carpool karaoke” in 2016.Hide Caption 29 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears performs at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2016.Hide Caption 30 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears gets a birthday cake at the Jingle Ball event in Los Angeles in 2016.Hide Caption 31 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears accepts the Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards in 2018. The award goes to a performer who has made a difference in promoting and supporting equality.Hide Caption 32 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears appears with Jimmy Fallon in a “Tonight Show” sketch in 2018.Hide Caption 33 of 34 Photos: Pop icon Britney SpearsSpears and her boyfriend Sam Asghari attend a Hollywood premiere in 2019. A couple of months earlier, she had checked out of a mental-health treatment facility after undertaking an “all-encompassing wellness treatment.”Hide Caption 34 of 34 During court testimonies last year as Spears sought to end the conservatorship that had controlled her life for more than a decade, she testified that she wanted to have a baby but that her court-ordered conservators prohibited her from getting off of birth control. In December, she teased followers with news of a “new addition to the family” before introducing the world to her Australian Shepherd puppy named Sawyer. The singer posted on Monday that she “won’t be going out as much” to prevent paparazzi from getting photos of her pregnant, which they sell to make money. She is the mother of two teen sons, Sean and Jayden, with ex husband Kevin Federline.
