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Amid Britney Spears And Sam Asghari's Split News, Octavia Spencer's Old Comment Is Going Viral

"Everyone say 'Thank you, Octavia!'"

By now, you've likely heard that Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are divorcing after a year of marriage.

Closeup of Britney Spears and Sam Asghari smiling for the cameras at an event

Yesterday, TMZ first reported that Sam was filing for divorce from the singer. Speculation emerged that Sam will be contesting the prenup, including a report from Page Six that went as far as to claim that Sam would release "extraordinarily embarrassing" information on Britney if it was not renegotiated.

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari sitting at a table during an event with salads in front of them

Amid the rumors, some cast their minds back to a certain comment that Octavia Spencer left way back when:

everyone say “thank you, octavia!” https://t.co/Jw27RASEYs pic.twitter.com/btTTTNyTUq

— Frank Costa (@feistyfrank) August 16, 2023
Twitter: @feistyfrank

For context, back in September 2021, Sam and Britney first announced that they were engaged.

Which led Oscar-winning actor Octavia Spencer to comment, "Make him sign a prenup" on Britney's engagement post.

"Make him sign a prenup"

It even got to the point where Sam seemingly responded by saying, "Of course we're getting [an] iron-clad prenup to protect my Jeep and shoe collection [in case] she dumps me one day."

Screenshot of Sam's Instagram story

Octavia ended up apologizing for her comment, writing in a followup post, "Y’all, a few days ago Sam and Britney announced their engagement, and me being me I made a joke. My intention was to make them laugh not cause pain. I’ve reached out to this lovely couple privately to apologize and now want to restore just a smidge of happiness they were robbed of."

However, after Page Six published its report claiming that Sam was attempting to use information to change the prenup earlier today, Octavia hopped back into the chat by replying, "Extortion is illegal."

"Extortion is illegal"

BuzzFeed has reached out to representatives for Sam and Britney for comment.

UPDATE A rep for Sam told Entertainment Tonight, "There are many claims that Sam is challenging the prenup and threatening to exploit his ex-wife with videos. However, all these claims are false."