Britney Spears and Sam Asghari.Photo: David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty

Britney Spears and Sam Asghari

Britney Spearshas her boyfriend Sam Asghari squarely in her corner.

“Sam has been Britney’s rock for years. He makes sure that she eats well and works out,” the source says about Spears' boyfriend, 27. “She leans on him for everything. He works and has his own life too, but is around as much as he can.”

“I have always wanted nothing but the best for my better half, and will continue to support her following her dreams and creating the future she wants and deserves,” he told PEOPLE exclusively then. “I am thankful for all of the love and support she is receiving from her fans all over the world, and I am looking forward to a normal, amazing future together.”

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Asghari and Spears started dating back in 2016 when heappeared in the music videofor her song “Slumber Party.”

“My girlfriend now at the time, personally she picked my picture and she wanted me to be cast in the music video,” he toldForbes, talking about Spears. “My friend called me and said, ‘I need you to be on it. Trust me, you want to show up.’ "

“I didn’t know who was shooting. It was a secret project. So I showed up because of my friend. I showed up and everything just kicked off from there,” he added.

Asghari and Spearsbegan dating after filming the music videoand now, more than four years later, he has said he’s ready to take the next step in his career and relationship.

“My priorities in life are to remain humble and understand where I came from and where I’m going,” he toldForbes. “I want to take my career to the next step when it comes to acting. I want to take my relationship to the next step, as well. I don’t mind becoming a father. I want to be a young dad.”

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“This conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good. I deserve to have a life! I’ve worked my whole life. I deserve to have a two to three-year break and do what I want to do,” said the mother of two, who shares sons Jayden, 14, and Preston, 15, withex-husband Kevin Federline, from whom she finalized a divorce in 2007.

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During the hearing, Spears' father Jamie appeared virtually, along with the singer’s mom, Lynne, and a statement was read on Jamie’s behalf after the singer spoke. “[Jamie] is sorry to see his daughter in so much pain. [He] loves his daughter and misses her very much,” his attorney Vivian Lee Thoreen said.

source: people.com