Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald - Sam Asghari on Britney Spears, Iran and Hollywood

Episode Date: June 26, 2025

Sam Asghari is here! But first I update you on Diddy, Blake, Meghan, plastic surgery, And Just Like That. Then my interview with Sam is not what I expected. He shares about coming to America at 11 years old from Iran and how that has shaped is outlook on life. We get into his relationship with Britney Spears including her parents, the wedding day and the divorce. He dishes on Hollywood and what he is pursuing now. So juicy. Enjoy -For a limited time get 40% off your first box PLUS get a free item in every box for life. Go to ⁠https://Hungryroot.com/juicyscoop⁠  and use code juicyscoop.  -Find exactly what you’re booking for. Booking.com, Booking.YEAH! Book today on the site or in the app. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Booking.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -Download Cash App Today: ⁠https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/9l268n36⁠ #CashAppPod *Referral Reward Disclaimer: As a Cash App partner, I may earn a commission when you sign up for a Cash App account -Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to ⁠https://www.honeylove.com/JUICY⁠  #honeylovepod -Click this link ⁠https://bit.ly/3HDwJKc⁠ to start your free trial with Wix  Stand Up Tickets and info: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://heathermcdonald.net Subscribe to Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald and get extra juice on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/JuicyScoopPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/juicyscoop ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Shop Juicy Scoop Merch: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://juicyscoopshop.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Me on Social Media: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www/instagram.com/heathermcdonald ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermcdonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heather McDonald has got the Juicy Scoop. When you're on the road, when you're on the go, Juicy Scoop is the show to know. She talks Hollywood tales, her real life Mr. Safe and Serial Data, and Serial Sister. You'll be addicted and addicted fast to the number one tabloid real life podcast. Listen in, listen up. Woo, woo. Heather McDonald. Hello and welcome to Juicy Scoop. You guys, I'm recording this on June 25th.

You're listening to it on the 26th, 2025. And actually today, June 25th, was when my first episode of Juicy Scoop ever dropped in 2015. That day, it happened to be a Thursday. So thank you for sticking with me all these years. I'm wearing one of our special limited edition Juicy Scoop anniversary shirts. And very excited.

I'm also very excited to tell you guys, you've been asking and wondering, Heather, are you going to be at BravoCon weekend in Las Vegas and please tell me you're having a show. Well, your prayers have been answered. The tickets are available right now if you're Patreon. There's a special code that you can only find on Patreon. For everyone else, you can buy the tickets starting tomorrow.

That's June 27th and Friday. You'll be able to buy the tickets. It's a show on Friday, November 14th. It's a live Juicy Scoop, which will be very Bravo-centric, classic Bravo, funny, special guests. It'll be at MGM and that's at 10 p.m. on November 14th, which is perfect. So you can add it to your plans. If you're going to just do one day of BravoCon or a few special events, this is perfect.

You can get a beautiful dinner before and laugh your ass off Friday night, November 14th. So get on that. Go to heathermcdowelland.net. This is where you can also buy the merch. Also this shirt, which I thought was a little much to be wearing myself, but it's been selling very well and very nice soft quality. There you go. A Couple updates before we get to our very juicy interview that we did record last week with Sam Asghari, who is Britney Spears ex-husband and also a rising actor and such an interesting conversation.

I was really surprised how much he shared. So very juicy, very exciting for you guys. Listen to that. First, let's get into some hot topics. All right. This just happened today in the Diddy trial. No, this is nothing gross. I'm just giving you some updates.

Prosecutors have dropped kidnapping arson and certain sex trafficking charges. So they're getting ready to close their arguments and then the jury will go. And so the prosecution has said, don't focus on these things. We're not even going for those So People are speculating could he in fact walk Now in order to get the racketeering and all that he would still have to they still have to Convict him of that it that's why this case is confusing and that's why I'm not gonna try to explain it perfectly but

you know with you because I think some of the Victims and like Cassie and the other Jane Doe, I think that it is going to be hard for a jury to say, well, I know they were willing at this time, but this time they weren't. And what is there is the sex trafficking of bringing male sex workers across state lines to have these fun hotel nights in which everyone was an adult. Is that really a crime? So they have to basically, they very specific instructions on what crimes he in fact has broken, which would be part of the racketeering. So it's, it is very confusing and, but I mean, I don't know.

I don't know that he'll get 20 years or something. I would guess probably not. I am going to predict that he's gonna get like 36 months and do 21 of them. That's just my prediction. This episode of Juicy Scoop is brought to you by booking.com, booking.yeah. Whether you're booking for yourself, your partner, your picky teens, or your sleep light mother-in-law, you can find exactly what you're booking for on booking.com.

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Okay. Also, now when I said a couple of weeks ago, I think it was for my YouTube thumbnail, as you will, you have to do a short title, I said, Blake Lively wins. Justin Belladoni, the judge had thrown out his defamation lawsuit against her and New York Times and Ryan Reynolds. Then people said, she didn't win. He's still going to refile more. He can still refile certain aspects of the lawsuit or something.

Well, according to TMZ, Justin Baldoni's lawyer says he won't refile claims against Blake Lively after all. So there's a lot of speculation about why, if in fact this is a real win for Blake, if what other tactic they might take, if they might just do some settlement, if they might retract it all. I don't know, but Blake Lively and Taylor still not hanging out, okay? And just like that, we had another episode. And you guys are gonna be shocked by what I'm going to tell you.

There are certain things about and just like that that I do think they are doing right, Okay. And one actually is, I've now changed my mind based on the last episode, is Carrie dating Aiden. Because it's exploring the fact that he's divorced with kids. And where does she fit into that? And that is juicy. Because that and that is juicy because when you're in your 50s and the kids are almost out of the house, maybe a few years, I have friends in that position and the smart ones are waiting to move in actually with their soon to be fiance, they will get married, but they are actually waiting for the youngest one to go off to college because financially they don't have to live together, so they're not going to fuck up those teenage years that might already be fragile from a divorce.

I thought they captured this really, really well. Now we all, myself included, was like, who the fuck would wait five years when Aiden's like, just wait five years? That whole thing was weird, but then she gets there and we see the dynamic that he's really struggling with this youngest child and they play apples to apples. And let me tell you, if you've played apples to apples with your kids, I, this was a very triggering episode for me. I'm going to get into it at Patreon

why I think this, they actually got this moment. And I do think now she'll be able to date other people. And I would like to just see the storyline go away. But I, because you know, in, I think one of the things, the problem is that people are like this isn't this these characters are different and this isn't you know Sex and the City and yeah because when you're in your 30s during Sex and the City which they were they would go on these dates and if you'd find this cute guy and oh he lives with his parents and now I have to deal with the weird you know parents or like weird mother-in-law. Like when Charlotte got married in towards the end of the season, she had a mean mother-in-law.

Well now, when you date in your 50s, it's not the parents that are barely hanging on to life if they are that you have to deal with, the in-laws or your boyfriend's parents. It is their kids. And at that point, you're not looking to be a stepmom. You can't parent them. And you're like, maybe I don't wanna fuck

with these weird kids right now at this stage of my life. It's not like you're dating someone and the kid is three. It's a totally different story. So that is very juicy. Miranda, we miss Chase so much. I miss Rosie O'Donnell. This chick that she's starting a relationship with is not funny. It's not clever. She's not particularly sexy. She's

pretty boring. She's a boring English, you know, gold star lesbian. And it's just boring. So that I didn't love. And there was one funny line. There was one funny line during the dinner with Charlotte. Harry's old father comes and they announced that, by the way, we're way too into the kid's sex life. I agree with that. But her daughter is dating a hot ballerina, a male ballerina. And the old man goes, well, on my day, male ballerinas had boyfriends. And then the guy goes, oh, I have a boyfriend too. And they're like, and Charlotte with her eyes, what? And then her daughter goes, yeah, whatever his name is, Marco is polyamorous. He's poly. And then the old grandpa goes, poly wants a brisket?

And like, poly wants a cracker? And I gotta say, that pun made me chuckle. Old Jew humor is can be funny. It can be funny. And to me, it made me laugh. So the rest of the people who cares don't matter. All right. The biggest wedding of the century. Bigger than, well maybe not bigger than Meghan Markle, but since Meghan Markle's wedding, this wedding in which Lauren Sanchez is getting married for either her third or second or third time, not that it matters, to Jeff Bezos, I think it's his second. They're doing it in Venice.

There's a lot of, oh, like, you know, people in Venice saying they're not happy about it and they put these big signs up, go away, all of this. Well, they did an invite that some people thought was a tacky invite, but I actually thought it was a pretty smart way to ingratiate yourself to the people of Venice. And it was kind of the art around it is weird, which we'll show it. But it said, we're excited for you to join us. The reports are that each guest is costing about 50 grand from

beginning to end. I mean, I can't imagine them picking up their flights. They all have private planes. But for whatever this wedding is, they're estimating each guest is costing them 50 grand. They're asking for no gifts. Do you imagine she's like registered at Macy's and you're like, oh, I got you the butter house or whatever. Um, but they are saying, um, but instead we're making contributions in your honor with gratitude to you for making the journey to celebrate with us in Venice. Donations on your behalf are being made. Oh, they're not even asking for donations. They're saying they are making all the donations to two different charities in Venice for the Lagoon habitat to protect Venice's future. This magic place has gifted us an unforgettable

memory. Our hope is that through these efforts and by you joining us, Venice will continue to inspire generations to come. I want to say you guys, pretty classy, pretty nice. All right. Meanwhile, Megan 2.0 had a premiere party and I saw this video and I'm like, why is Margaret Josephs dancing like that? I'm pretty impressed. Margaret Joseph's a real housewife in New Jersey. And oh my God, between the hair and the glasses, and there were like several of these Megan girls like dressed like this, dancing in these robot outfits. And the first comment was, I thought it was Margaret Joseph's. It is, tell me that does not look like her. Megan Markle is releasing her first rosé as ever to go with the raspberry jam. I'm sure this will sell out as well. So who knows

how many cases she made, but get on it. And it's, it's things like this, this is keeping her from continuing her podcast, which has gone on pause. She's been doing it for so long, almost as long as I have. She started April 6th of 2025 and just, woo, she is kaput. Okay. Kim Kardashian, we knew this was coming, is going to produce the Bratz movie. Of course, Barbie was a huge hit and Lego was a huge hit and now it's going to be Bratz. I

Think this is brilliant. I think you know, we grew up with Barbies. We wanted to look like Barbies We wanted Barbies legs. We liked Barbies looks my generation Gen X Millennials grew up with Bratz dolls. Hence why I think they like the fuller lip, the eye, the makeup, the eyelashes, all of that became the look of the Millennials for the last 15 years, 20s, whatever. And I mean, I remember McKinsey had one of these Bratz dolls and I'm like, does it come with underwear or does she go without to get into the club for free? These are the things we used to play. Anyway, that's going to be a show and I believe it's going to be live action.

So there'll be girls and there was a funny part in Barbie where they thought it was supposed to be like Bratz dolls doing something, but this is separate, obviously, because it's not a part in Barbie where they thought it was supposed to be like Bratz dolls doing something, but this is separate, obviously, because it's not a Mattel thing. And there was a bidding war and Kim's going to play a role, which she absolutely should. She started that look. But interestingly, plastic surgery and the way girls, younger girls are doing their makeup and stuff is moving away from the filler face, the big lips. That type of look in the plastic surgery is also not working and same with boobs. So Sammy Sheen, who is Denise Richard and Charlie Sheen's daughter, has a successful

OnlyFans page and she did a big thing where I'm not going to show my boobs until I get them done and she got her boobs done. She has since removed them. I don't know if it was because she thought it wasn't making her feel well like health wise. Some people, their body just doesn't accept a foreign object like an implant. But plastic surgeons are saying the new thing is people taking their own fat to just make their own breasts a little fuller and not putting any kind of implant in it, which is

kind of an interesting movement. I've said tiny tits have been in forever. Embrace those tiny tits. All right, you guys, get ready for an amazing Patreon, extra episodes this weekend. I'm going to talk about what I really thought about my episode with Sherri Papini on Patreon and a special look on that on the Juicy Crimes level. So make sure that you're part of Patreon. And also if you're on Patreon, go over right now if you missed the post about how you can pre-order those over right now. If you missed the post about how you can pre-order

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So that's where you want to be. Talk to your friends, get those tickets now before it sells out. Everything's at HeatherMcDahl.net. Okay. Now for a very juicy, surprising interview that I did with Sam and I hope I say his name right and Scarri. Hello and welcome to Juicy Scoop. Well, I'm very excited for my

guests today. We have a lot to discuss. I hope I say your name right. Sam and Scari. No, Askari. Yes that's pretty good. Askari. Yes, Askari. Yes, as Gary. You know him as one as not two as yes, you know him as model actor, also ex-husband to Britney Spears. But before we start, I just want to tell people that we recorded this. We recorded this on June 18 2025. You are originally from Iran. It's a very tumultuous time right now. We don't know when you guys are listening to this where we'll be in the world right now. But we want to be really sensitive to what's happening. So can you fill us in a little bit right now of what you're going through? Personally, you know, I'm a citizen of the US and I've been here for quite a bit. Well how old were you when you came over? I was 11 and a half, almost 12 years old in 2006 when I first moved here and my family always knew that we were gonna come to

America and America was this, you know, land of opportunity, this out of out of touch reality that we always knew we were going to come. But it's a bittersweet moment to see where the country is and what people understand. Iranians and Persians are in Los Angeles. There's a lot of Persians. And if you know them, you know that they are not the same as their government. I mean, the government is called the Islamic Republic revolution that took over in 1979. And they sort of have had, you know, this control over the people. And there's a false narrative of Persians in Iran

hate America and Israel and everything in the Western world. But the truth reality is back in history throughout the Iranian history, we've always loved America and we always loved Israel and everybody. Matter of fact, that country is one of the most peaceful countries in the world and it's the oldest country in the world. And the history just, you know, you go back to Cyrus the Great. So many inspirations came from that anywhere between culture, history, everything. We used day-to-day things

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Book today on the site or in the app. But so how old are you now? I'm 31 now. So so what year did you say you came here? In 2006. you came here? In 2006. So I grew up here too and so I was I remember being young and you know knowing about the influx of Iranian citizens coming to in particular very much LA, Valley, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills and my parents were in real estate and a lot of the real estate was being bought

by Iranians, a lot of realtors were Iranians and in my home it was very positive. So I hope that you felt it was positive for you because it was not ever a negative thing, it was the exact same thing that they left a regime that was not treating people well to come here and they were successful and my favorite thing about my Persian friends is the Cultural thing of that if you compliment them on something they give it to you. Yeah, like I always tell the story I had a friend my husband's friend I always tell the story. I had a friend, my husband's friend, came over, kind of like your age, very American, was in the army and they were doing medical sales together.

And so then our boys are the same age. And I went to their house, like in Sherman Oaks, and her little boy was like, just a couple months older than mine. And he had this like swinging bassinet thing. And I go, Oh, I want to get that for Drake. And she took her son out and she's like, No, you take it. Like, what are you talking about? She's like, he's fine. We have something else. You take that. I want you to have it. And I was like, Oh my God, everyone needs to compliment a Persian friend. Yeah, they will give it to you. They're generous and it's almost

rude if you don't take it. Yeah, I took it. Yeah. So it's a weird thing because, you know, I was born in Iran, but when I moved here in 2006, my number one objective was to fit into the culture because we loved America. I mean, like I was just in love with the flag. It was just like this happy moment of coming here. And, you know, even I part ways from my family. I moved here alone. My sisters were still stuck back there because of the immigration system.

And were your sisters older? They were the youngest. I have three sisters. The youngest one was is eight years older than me. And they're like my little sisters, to be honest with you. Your younger. Sweet. Your oldest sister is eight years older? The youngest older sister that I have is eight.

Oh, so the little girls are all... Yes. Okay, so the big break between you and the girls. Got it. So I got an eight year gap difference between the youngest sister and then I have a nine year with the middle daughter of my dad and And then the oldest is 10 years. And they're three sisters. They're all here.

Long story short, my dad was a player grown up and he wanted a son and God sort of punished him by giving him three daughters. And he told me, he said, listen, I am a daddy's girl and I love being a daddy's girl and I would never change that. He wanted a son because in that culture, the son is to carry the family name. So you came over here then with who?

I came here, I moved with my dad and my father was kind of in a situation where he had to go back and get my sister's situation right. And because of the relationships with the U.S US and Iranian government there is not a American embassy in Iran you have to go through Turkey or different you know countries to sort of get the visa and it took around 10 to 15 years for my sisters to get their visa they were over the age of 18 and they had to be FBI check for, it was a little bit easier because I was under the age and I didn't have to go through all that process.

So my visa was they give it to me right there when we took the when we went for an interview. I remember I went to Turkey, Istanbul to go to the American embassy. And I was talking to a lady, and she was Korean, but she worked for the immigration, and she was sort of asking me questions and things like that. And right away, she sort of gave me a visa,

and then that's when I had to say bye to my mom, and my sisters were back in Iran. So who'd you live with at 11? So I said bye to my mom, I moved here, my dad was here. I met with my dad and I was with my dad for a few years and my uncle sort of took care of me at that moment and my dad went back to situate my sister's situations and then they moved here six years after me slowly. So when you came over here at 11, did you speak English? I did not, no. And where in LA were you living? I was in Westlake Village, California. Oh, that's where I live now.

Well, actually, at the time it was Camarillo. And then I moved to Westlake for pretty much all my life. I went to school there. How did you learn and go to school at 11? For me, it was, like I say, it was just such a cool moment to be here. And I think at that age, I spoke Farsi. I went to school in Iran.

I knew how to read and write. And I was just so enthusiastic about just being in this country that it wasn't even an issue speaking English. It was sort of a fast thing to learn and pick up. Wow, that's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Wow, that's impressive.

And how was it like making friends and things? Was that difficult? It was very easy. At the time, Borat came out. Do you remember Borat? Oh, yeah. With Sasha Baron-Conan. And that was like I was watching all these comedy movies,

because comedies is very effective when it comes to learning English. A lot of people say they would learn watching TV and stuff, that that really helped them get it quick. Yeah, and it's the actions and it's like, the Mr. Bean, the Borat comedians, that they're over the top and they sort of come here and they make fun of themselves. And people were, they're over the top and they sort of come here and they make

fun of themselves. And, and people were, you know, I was doing the phrase and all the popular kids in school were like, Oh, you know, they were calling us Borat. I had a few Persian friends as well. And we kind of fit in, you know, using such a crazy comedy to sort of like ease our way into the popular kids and the people that were cool. And we thought we were cool, but the reality was they were just making fun of us. They were like, Oh, let's just use these guys as our clown and as I think so it was it was easy. You know, I did. I played American sports. I played American football. I used to drink Gatorade in the morning. I thought that was like an American thing to

do to fit in. So everything was, you know, just- So did you go to Westlake High? At this time I was in middle school, eighth grade in middle school in Camarillo, school called Montevista. And after that I came to Westlake because they had like a really cool football program

and my uncle lived in Westlake. So that's when I went to Westlake High School. And then was high school better? Like, was it or was it still a big adjustment for you? I wasn't really I was just so happy to be here. I wasn't even focused on the adjustment. I mean, I was so delusional that I thought people were making fun of you was that you were complimentary. It was complimentary. Okay.

You know, it was just a sweet moment and it was never I never had a tough time fitting in and I kind of made light of the situation made made fun of myself It was an adjustment for sure like because I when I was in Iran, I went to all boys schools So it was sort of I had sisters So, you know that that whole guy to girl situation was a little bit different for people to fit in but for me I was raised by women. So it wasn't't you know it wasn't too awkward for me I wasn't saying anything weird to scare off you know the the white girls and things like that and but people still found it weird that I looked older I

looked much older I was this size and you know I had a certain haircut and facial hair that the white kids couldn't even grow their beards and things like that. And I was sort of like this 40 year old in high school. That's so funny. It was fun, yeah. And so after high school, then what did you do? After high school, when high school was over,

I tried playing football. I once in Nebraska, we had a family member in Nebraska. Part of what really helped me when you move here, you got a sort of, America is a melting pot of cultures. You got Latinos, you got Persians, you got, especially in LA, there's towns like the little Tokyo or whatever you think of, you can sort of move into that area and you can get by but not even speak in English. I wanted to do the opposite. I wanted to go to like far away from Iranians and really

like part ways from that culture because of our government. Our government is so terrible that we don't even want to be associated with that. I wanted to change my name. My name was Hassam, my first name, H-E-S-A-M. And I changed it to Sam because it was more pleasant. Yeah, more American, yeah. More American. And I did all that stuff and sort of, it took me maybe about two years to speak fluent English and sort of, you know, learn how to sit down and eat properly and become American and celebrate American things. And that lifestyle was just so cool for me that I embraced it really fast. So when you were in Nebraska, were you going to the college there trying to play football?

I went to, my family had businesses there. We had, they had a couple gas stations so I was going there to help them out for summer and because I was working multiple jobs trying to support myself and things like that and and at that time I went there to play sports as well I was like maybe I'm here let's just play football there for a few months, but Nebraska is tough. I was homesick. When you come to California or New York. There's no place like it.

There's no, it was a bunch of corn and food and I was gaining so much weight. So I came back to LA, I went to this community college, Moorpark Community College, and I played football there, but at that time it was, I, you know, I was an adult, so I had to take care of myself and things like that. So I was working multiple jobs and playing a sport and things like that. And then sports were becoming, when you play sports,

it's sort of a full-time job. And I was getting fired from my work because I was trying to navigate and go back and forth between practices. And I was lying to people, taking a lunch break, but going to football practice and showing up late to places. And then I got fired from a few things. So, you know, that's when reality hit is like, are you going to make it into sports or are you going to focus on certain things?

And I was at that time, I was adjusting with my weight. Because when you play sports, you weigh a certain way and things like that. And that's when the opportunity of commercial acting and modeling came into place. Did someone approach you or what? It wasn't somebody that approached me. I mean, in school, I was also doing drama and all that approached me. I mean in school I was also doing you know drama and and and all that good stuff

I always had loved for acting and things like that so it was sort of a moment where I was realizing that was working for me and then Yeah, I mean I got into like a couple music videos and and a couple agents reached out couple Fashion shows wanted me to walk on the thing. And at that time I didn't wanna do modeling, I wanted to focus on acting. So I started reaching out to agents and started like fake it till you make it moment,

where I was, you know, one of my good friends made a fake Gmail and was pitching me out to agents. So he was pretending to be your agent. Yeah, he was pretending to be your agent? Yeah, he was pretending to be and my whole life has been sort of, you know, you have to go above and beyond and sort of fake it till you make it to get there. And it was, it's a cool moment to look back and make fun of the reality of it. Did you ever find, because I noticed this too about your look and what's good is like if I was casting Vector, if I was an agent and I was trying to pitch you, what's great about you

for an actor is that you could play many different ethnicities. Like you could play Latino, you could play Italian, as well as something Middle Eastern. Did you find that was a good thing? Like people clued into that too. Yeah, at that time I was still more muscular and that was an issue because you don't want to be too muscular. You get tight casted. To fit in the suits and stuff. To fit in anything really.

Like I was still wearing, it's not a good look and that was the only issue that I was fighting with. And but as far as being ethnic, ethnically ambiguous. Yeah, that was really good to have. Like I was I was playing Latinos. I was I did a Target commercial right right off the bat. One of my first commercials, Super Bowl commercial and things like that. And that's when it was like, I want to start going into TV and film. And how much of that do I want to do commercial? Do I want to do sports modeling? I have to pick and choose to see where I go from there.

So it was a music video in which you met your ex-wife, Britney Spears. Right. And that was quite a while ago, like 10 years ago now, that you guys first started, first got together. I think it was in 2017, that music video, yes. And when you started to date and become romantic, like what did your friends and family think? Like you're with this very, very famous pop star,

like was it? You know, I'm blessed and it's very unique thing to have in everywhere because you don't pick your family. So certain people are not blessed with the love and support that I've had from my family that went beyond what was you know what was the Hollywood like? Like nobody really cared about that as much. It was surreal. But our biggest, especially me, my biggest accomplishment to this day or the biggest thing was coming to America

was just so far fetched and such an amazing thing. And that's what the biggest win was. And the rest of it was icing on the cake. And we're here now. And my responsibility is to take advantage of the opportunities that we have. And anything that comes to it, it's an icing on the cake. And the greatest thing about that

is my sisters and my mom and dad at the time, they were just happy to see me be here and take advantage of the opportunity. Because where I'm from, it takes a lot of luck and it takes a lot of things to just be here. Like I said, fake it till you make it, like hustling, going out of your way and doing things. But also, a lot of it was luck. So it was sort of enjoying the moment and going with the flow and it wasn't sort of because things could get weird you know when when people get popular when people get known for something your loved ones are the people that that could damage you and

I'm just so blessed that I never had that it was just they wanted me to be okay be happy and protect myself and And because of my upbringing and my culture and the experiences that I had growing up, I was maybe at that time 20, 21, but you know the experiences I had was equivalent to like a 40 year old, not just my looks. So it was sort of I was grounded person to realize that it was a blessing to have all these opportunities, but it wasn't sort of, they weren't so excited for me because something was happening

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You know, Sam, what do you think? And he said, he's great. He says a really good guy. I remember that he's like, he's great. He says, a really good guy. I remember that. He's like, he's really great for her. And what was it like when you guys were together and she wasn't out of the conservatorship? Cause I think people were always like,

you weren't the husband, but we're, how awkward it must be, like how you were navigating that time. Can you speak on that at all? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, that's just, you know, coming to America was this, America is this free country, right? And having three sisters, the main reason why we even came here was to have freedom. And when we came here, that was the main thing. And for me to see somebody in America, regardless of being a pop star, regardless of being famous, that is not free, it was sort of really weird for me. And that's when I

realized this is a very weird situation and this is unheard of. I didn't think this could have happened in America. So it was about just going through the flow and seeing why that even happened and why somebody's family could take an advantage, taking control of a situation, how Hollywood could sort of be evil in a way. And it happens to many other people as well. This wasn't the situation. how Hollywood could sort of be evil in a way.

And it happens to many other people as well. This wasn't the situation, but that experience alone sort of got me ready to where I want to be in life, to see what is the most important. Is it important to be famous? Is it important to sort of sacrifice certain things just to get a certain thing? So that experience, I was blessed to sort of have like a college crash course into Hollywood. And that taught me, that whole experience taught me so much.

And you know, I've already experienced so much in my life as a 21 year old. I was already, you know, far more experienced than most of the 21 year olds here. And now I get to experience Hollywood backwards sort of. Yeah. You know what I mean? Right. Because you were so famous and now you're like, you know, building your way like a normal actor. I want to ask you about the wedding. Yes. actor. I want to ask you about the wedding. Yes. Because you know it was like this surprise wedding and these big stars were there. Paris and you know Kathy Hilton, Drew Barrymore, all these friends, these people that were her friends but we as the people at home it looked like you guys like called up

people that morning. Like how impromptu because of the media did you guys, was that wedding? Everything was, my whole relationship was, you don't need to call up media for it. It was always on the news. It was always anything you do. You post the Instagram thing. It makes it to TMZ and all these different outlets. So it's just you don't even have to go

it was sort of actually a private intimate moment and It was people that she admired and she wanted there. So It's just and your family was there. My family was there. Yes, of course they have to be there my family, you know But my family was always supportive. They did not, nobody on my side of the family really cared of who was. I mean, one of my friends didn't even know who Madonna was. So it's sort of like, you know, I've had this blessing of my circle was the only thing they cared about is my happiness and if I have to protect myself and my health. And so I'm guessing,

because I had said this, I'm guessing it was a difficult place to be, to be her husband. I wouldn't say difficult at all. Like I said, my life has been, you know, I've gone through far experiences throughout my life just to be in this country. And so like Hollywood was sort of very easy for me to handle

and I was blessed to have the experience to sort of understand what it is and kind of dissect it and reverse psychology it and see where it goes. So I can use it in my career. Right. But I'm just saying like, I remember, you know, I think people were always, it must have been hard is what I'm saying, where people must have were trying to be like, oh, you know, Sam's in this for the wrong reasons or what's Sam doing? But they really couldn't find a lot of criticism with you.

Nobody really had anything tangible that you ever really did wrong in this thing. And then when you guys broke up, I kind of said, well, like, imagine if you're Sam, like that is, I would imagine from what we see from the outside without, you know, getting too critical of her, it must have been a challenging relationship that I'm guessing you may have thought would go

in a different direction after you were married. Sure, sure. I mean, and it appeared to have not. Yeah, I mean, I totally get it, you know, looking from the outside in the situation and, you know, the age gap difference, the fame gap difference, everything that you see could be, you know, looked at as could be judgmental. I would have judged myself as well. And I would have judged the situation as well. But the truth is that before that, prior to that, I was already working on acting.

I was worried already, I'm here in America, and that's already good enough. And that's already the biggest achievement that anybody that's out of touch is so far-fetched for me to be here. And part of my growing up was that I saw on Good Morning America, Arnold Schwarzenegger said this, that he was so thankful to be here and with the immigration system

that we have, it's a sensitive situation, but he was saying all the criminals that are coming to America, it's almost foolish to use this country's opportunity to commit crime because opportunities are just so much here that anything you put in your mind to you can succeed and when you commit a crime you sort of are you know kind of stabbing the country in its back when it when it gives you so much more and it's foolish instead of going through it legally and becoming a legal citizen and sort of having America embrace you

because America loves immigrants, we're built on immigrants, you know, everybody's an immigrant, including you. Your family far back came through Ellis Island. Well, actually my dad's mom came to Ellis Island from Ireland. Okay. And my kind of favorite story about her My dad's mom came to Ellis Island from Ireland. And my kind of favorite story about her is so when she got there, she was a 29 year old

single woman, which you know, in the 1920s is like, oh my god, it came back. So she just wrote 19 down, her change range 19. And then she met my grandpa, who was also 19, and then then got married had her kids and not till she died at like 96 did the grandkids and kids like realize that she was 10 years older than their dad this entire time because she was just you know like okay like I don't I don't know that he knew honestly like it was because of that you know exactly what you said just see how cool is that? Yeah, so it's sort of I had this mentality of I have this blessing and with my blessing there comes a you know Responsibility and I if I do anything to hurt that that's gonna be the universe I always throughout my life so many great blessings that happened that I often you know

I can't say it's hard work because it's total luck. And if I mess with that, if I do anything wrong, I'm sort of messing with the blessings that are still coming. Because I still have confidence in myself, I'm always gonna work extremely hard and put myself out there. But if I do anything to hurt that, it's sort of I believe in karma and universe

and the truth speaks for itself. So when you realized this marriage was not going to last forever, how long were you guys married for? It was close to a year. Oh, that's it? Mm-hmm. But you were together for like what?

About seven years. Oh. Yeah, marriage wasn't, you know, the time frame of the marriage wasn't as important as the whole experience together. Right, that's why I guess I thought it was longer. I'm always super blessed for the experiences that I had and super blessed for everything that we shared together and even the even the even the tough moments that we had to share together with the media and the conservatorship and all that taught me so much. Did the parents like you or did they think that you were someone that had something to do

with changing the conservatorship? You know, I sort of always wanted to support what she really wanted. And for me, it's irrelevant who likes me or who doesn't. Obviously, I'm very respectful to anyone, even if they don't have a good agenda. But for me, I don't think there was, you know, I don't mean to sound cocky and say, oh, for me, it's not, how could you not like me? It's not the case. It's the fact that I always handled things with respect.

So it was nothing to dislike, sort of. And I hope to this day, I'm always respectful and I'm always truth. And sometimes the truth may be difficult to hear, but even when you hear the truth yourself and, you know. So can I ask you in a respectful way? Sure. Did you, and you know, don't have to get that specific, but like, was there a moment

where you kind of was like, you know what, it's better that we don't stay together. Like, did you have a moment with yourself where you were like, I don't think this is going to work out. I don't think this is good for me. I don't think this is going to work out. I don't think this is good for me. You know, that's everybody's, everybody has relationships and relationships are already tough, especially here in Los Angeles, especially in Hollywood. When your relationship is on, you know, on the media all the time, especially when other people have influences, especially when there's

people that block certain things and certain situations. And it's just, it's life. It sucks when things don't work out, but I never dwell on the past. If it's good or bad, I take the experience as it was, and I appreciate the experience and I loved what happened and it's a big part of my life I'm always gonna embrace it I'm never gonna do all on it and never gonna speak badly on it and I'm always gonna be thankful for the moments that happen and the experiences that I shared. Did you read her book? Yeah I mean I was pretty much there the whole time she was writing it. Oh that's great. Yes. Yes. That's good. So you're encouraging to do that. Do you want to see it being made into a movie or TV show? Because I do. I think they're working on a movie. I hope, you know, having three sisters and

my whole life goal with what's happening in my the country that I was born is everything's women driven and I always love to see women thrive and my three of my sisters are, you should see them. They're like, you know, these lionesses and I always called women lionesses. I think women are very powerful and us men, we learn so much from them. And I think that story, her story is very powerful,

what she's gone through and pretty much everybody in her life took advantage of her. And I think it's a good way to sort of show that. And I hope one day that's done, you know, with her voice and nobody else's influence. So I'm always going to be supportive of that. And are you dating anyone now? Yes, absolutely. You are?

Yes. She's in the waiting room. You haven't met her yet. No. Can you dating anyone now? Yes, absolutely. You are? Yes. She's in the waiting room. You haven't met her yet. No. Can you tell us anything? Yes, I can tell you all the things. Well, tell us. How did you meet her? I wasn't planning on meeting anybody.

I was just focused on myself. And I think it was a selfless moment of me taking the time to kind of heal from what was happening and kind of setting myself, you know, restarting and kind of like rebooting my emotions and getting my life together and things like that. Because at the end of the day, divorces, seven year relationship is still a long relationship to adjust from. So I wasn't looking for anybody or anything and that's when the best things happen. And we kind of met one time and we spoke a little

bit and then life went on and I came back again and we ran into each other again and it kind of naturally happened and she wasn't into the entertainment industry. She's not. She's not into entertainment industry whatsoever and she could sort of care less about what was happening on the media and that's a fresh breath of air because at the end of the day, what you see online and things like that, it's not exactly what

it is. And I don't really necessarily like to consider myself as, you know, actor, model, social media, whatever it is that I do, I still have a personal life. And I like to keep that private. And it was really sweet to have someone that took me in for who I was as a person, rather than a brand, rather than somebody that was... Married to a famous person. Yeah.

You know, on the media for whatever reason. And that was the best part about it. You know, it's interesting because when all that stuff was going on and there were all the conspiracy theories, I don't know how much you saw the conspiracy theories, but I was like, you know, fascinating about what people could kind of put together. That there was a body double at the wedding, that, you know, it's not her. And I've met her.

I met her one night with Cade and now talking to you too, like looking back at everybody wondering what was really happening and it's like, were you aware that those things were going on, that they thought like there was like a body double, like she wasn't the person that you're with, like would you just ever open up your phone and see something like that and laugh at it?

Or what was the reaction to that stuff? Like I said, it's always gonna be when you're as famous as her, you're always gonna get judged on posting certain things on social media. In her case, she was so suppressed from expressing herself. And if you look at artists, Michael Jackson, I'm talking about like out of touch artists

that I think some people are born to be a certain thing. And for her, she started so young. And tripled child stars. Yeah, anybody that's a child star that gets mega famous and they have some sort of a control over them, they're not allowed to express themselves artistically. And for me, the social media posts and everything that went around was her expressing herself

whatever she wanted to do. And it wasn't about what other people said or I could care less. It's not me, it's somebody else posting. She has total control. And that's what it was. I think anybody should have total control. It's ridiculous to take that away.

So she was posting those things. Because that was the other thing. People always think, oh, it's this media company that's taking the stuff, and it's a filter, and then they put it out. I said the same thing after a while. I was like, no, I think she likes to see the response. She likes to do it. She likes to see the likes. I mean, eventually she got rid of the comments, but yeah, it's, it's her way of expressing her stuff and she has fun and you know, and I think now people have kind of like laid off a little bit of

like wondering what it is and what it is. It is just, this is who she is now and what she does in the future, we'll see and like, you know, it's not, people evolve and change and do other things. So I think it's really that. Exactly. Yeah. And so you have done quite a bit of acting and like tell us what has been your favorite role? What are you excited to get into?

I always love comedy. I think comedians in general, as you know, and it takes a certain talent and it's comedic timing is something that you can't teach. You can't teach somebody to be funny. And I have a love for comedy and my favorite things to do was comedy shows. I did Black Monday, I did Hacks and all those things.

They're just so fun. It doesn't feel real. It doesn't feel like you're working. Well, that's right. You were in Hacks. What was your part in Hacks? I was the sexy Santa with Gene Smart. Oh, yes, yeah. Yeah, so, you know, it was just a blessing to be a small part of that, and I was in it.

Do you get, because you are a personality as well, do you get offered roles or do you still have to like go and audition or both? I get offered and auditions as well. Auditions is something that all the actors do every, I was just in a director session yesterday, wish me luck. But it's something that I love to, I love the process. I love the fact that to put in work into something

and I'm willing to do the work that brings back, sort of, it brings me this high of teamwork. I'm a former athlete. I always love the teamwork aspect of film and TV. I love the fact that it takes so many people to create this amazing thing. And I love that you have to prepare to show something. That's the job of the actor.

It's not to show up and just say a bunch of things or offer me this role because I'm good looking. I actually want to be offered roles that have nothing to do with the look whatsoever. So, but comedy is something that I get offered more just because I feel more comfortable doing comedy and it's something that I love doing more just because I feel more comfortable doing comedy and and it's something that that I love doing it's just amazing. Yeah because I remember you did like

Randall's movies. Yes. You did a Randall movie and that was not a comedy. No that's action. Yes. So you'd probably do a lot of action stuff too. Action is I don't think action it takes there's a lot of talent that takes action. But for me, action was also a thing that I watched growing up because you don't have to speak the language. It's one of the most international. Which is why those movies. Yeah.

Make a lot. They seem to pick more of those than the smaller comedies, which is the kind of stuff like I like to watch. But it's true. It's like the big blockbuster. Yes. It's because it can be an international. Yes Yes. Yes. So it's sort of... So that's good.

That was for fun. It's always... That's something, you know, I do a lot of stunt training and it comes across really well. Those are fun to make. And we just did another one with John Travolta in Miami and the beautiful state of Mississippi. And Mississippi reminded me of Nebraska, which was cool. But I just love to be on set and doing the stuff. But mostly what I love about acting is what it takes to make a movie. Yeah, like all the elements of it.

All the elements of it. You talk about an idea one day and then next day it's greenlit and then they're going for it. And then what you read on the script, you talk about an idea one day and then next day it's green-lit and then they're going for it and then what you read on the script you're doing. So it's really... Do you think you'd ever want to direct? So I think I have to establish being an actor first and then I can, you know, change shoes and put on my directing shoes but at the moment I'm really focused on just acting itself. A couple years ago, I did a creation of this really cool TV series called Glitch. And it's sort of about AI and how new AI is going to be effective in our world.

And I've done a few things where I kind of co-create and things like that. And I want to build a great team to make those things. So eventually I want to get into, I think that's a part of the entertainment career, is what's next? What would you do after? You spoke of Arnold. Have you met him?

I've met Arnold, yes. I would imagine that he was fond of you with your attitude. I think it was a brief moment. It was sort of we spoke. And what I relate to him the most is the fact that an immigrant came here with such a crazy accent and such a crazy thing. And he pretty much sort of started going after his goals.

And that just tells you how America could embrace you and how you could sort of become the highest paid actor in the world and you could become governor and you could become someone that's inspirational, that reminds other people that anything's possible. You just have to sort of not be afraid and go after things and rejection is something that's a good thing. And you shouldn't be discouraged because of the rejections.

You could embrace it and get better. And that's what makes the and you shouldn't be disencouraged because of the rejections. You could embrace it and get better and that's what makes the whole story so sweet. I know you're extremely positive and grateful, but what was one of the most difficult misconceptions that you had to see or read about yourself in the last seven years or 10 years? You know, the conspiracy theory stuff, it wasn't difficult because at the end of the day, some things, even if there's truth to it, you got to do what's right and you have

to stick to it. It's not, you know, you can care less about what anybody says. You have to do it. It's your morals. You have to do it. It's your morals. It's you have to be honest. You have to stand up for what's right, regardless of what other people are saying. But again, you're a human being.

So if you see something on the news or you see, not necessarily a news, it's just comments and things like that. It's very difficult, but for me, also those are positive as well. And those are some things that I'm not, I don't blame other people for thinking a certain way because the situation is what it is. For example, I went on this show called Traders.

Oh yes, I want to ask you about Traders. You did well on Traders. So because I went on that, there's a lot of that type of world has a lot of fans, pop culture fans. They love it. They anticipation. And when we did the show, no one knew about it. And when they did the cast, the cast got leaked at the time.

And there was on YouTube, there was a guy that was kind of breaking down of what the cast was like. And he was going person to person saying how he's gonna do, he was Persian himself. And he said, oh, that's the same guy, you know, he's dating, he was married to this and we don't really claim him as Persians. And then after the show came out, they set me up a podcast with him.

And when he was kind of talking to me he was you know very he was like oh I'm so proud of you you're my people and I said wait a minute your people because you said you didn't claim me and he's like no no I never said that you know I was just kind of joking with him he's got a podcast he's got a platform he's got to say certain things to do it but even he didn't believe it even Even him watching a certain show and watching everything on the news, like you said, when you go so deep, you dig so deep. What I love about conspiracy theorists and people that, you know, go so

deep into research is they are on a mission to find something and when they don't find something, they turn it around and become fans. and I don't think he's a fan now but you know it gives him a different perspective and I think sometimes you can make friends with the enemy at the end they will become the best friends of you. Yeah that is a great point. Now let's talk a little bit about Traders. Sure. So they just announced the latest season. Yes. Were you on season one or two? I was on season three. Oh, three. So this is the fourth one.

Okay, three. And what did you love about doing that show? Cause I think that would be a fun one to do. I think everybody's trying to get on that show. That show is, it's got a really good format. Yeah. And people love to be on, I mean, when I went on it, I didn't really want to get into something gossipy

because, you know, the whole time it was a podcast about, you know, what we're talking about now. So I didn't really want to get into that, but because the format and because you're in the castle sort of trying to figure out things, that quickly goes away. And it was a fun way for me to show myself and show who I really am and show how far things could take you if you're just yourself, especially in a show of strategies and things like that.

Right, because you discovered a real juicy thing that nobody else figured out. Sure, but I mean, in that show, you sort of, you go on there, a lot of people from reality, that's their, it's a big platform. And so you have to be careful of who you are and you have to be careful to say a certain thing, not to say a certain thing. You even sometimes say things for it to be popular or for it to go viral. But for me, it was just to, you know, I had a few months off of acting things. It was a free ticket to Scotland.

And I always wanted to go see Scotland. So, and then it was this game and I figured I'm just gonna go be myself. I don't have a strategy. I don't even know what the game is about. Let me just go on there and be myself. So that sort of- Have you been offered any other reality show?

Yeah, almost all the other reality shows. Did you get offered special forces? I don't think so. I think at some point for the previous seasons, yes, yes, multiple times. But I think... Why don't you want to do that? I do want to do that, but right now...

Because that's so physically enduring, it'd be my worst nightmare. But for you, I think you'd probably win. For me, I think it's a cool format. I think it's a, I haven't watched it, but the clips that I've seen, there's a lot of people that are not physically, and I think you're in great shape by the way.

You can definitely do it. Please, I can barely play pickleball. No, I don't think I should be jumping out of a plane. But I have jumped out of a plane with someone attached to me, but I mean like, whatever. plane with someone attached to me, but I mean like Whatever I could do a swimming thing. Yes, and I'm not scared of jumping out of plane It would be like carrying anything or whatever I don't want to do things that I'm not good at because I want to not prove myself

I want to surprise myself. Okay, because I think would you do dancing with the stars? Yeah, I think I would do it before Before, I was afraid because if you know me, I'm as limber as this couch is actually pretty limber, but that table right there. So it would have to take a lot of stretching, Pilates and many other things. But I'm not afraid. If you were on Dancing with the Stars,

I'm just going to say, you know the first song would be like a Britney song. You know. And then you'd have to dance to that, which is fine. You'd embrace it. You'd say it's an opportunity. I'm grateful, right? As long as I can dance, as long as I can, you know, get my instrumental, you know, rhythm

together. Because it takes a rhythm and me being Persian, Persians love to dance. I'm not a dancer whatsoever. I can do many other things. But again, it's a cool way to sort of test the abilities. Yeah. Maybe there is a ballerina in me. Yeah I think that would be a good one. So what's your next thing that we should look for? We're doing a few projects at the end of summer which I'm really excited about. It's an acting project. I will be announcing those soon as well. But

this past year has just been a blessing of really focus on acting, really focus on what's out there. What's the second phase of my career. I'm in phase two of my career. As you can see, I'm growing out my hair, the beard and all that stuff. And you're doing that just to have, just to get different looks going? No, we have a project coming up for that. Oh, that's why you're growing it. That's for a reason. Oh, okay.

You'll have to tell me off camera. Yeah. So it's a very exciting part of my life. And for me, this is fun. And for me, it takes a lot of hard work. And as much as I am humble in my personal life, my goals in the entertainment industry are not humble whatsoever. And for that reason being, I think

what really helps me out to go about life is the fact that these things are, you know, I don't find entertainment is hard. It takes a lot of hard work. A lot of people are working very hard. And it's a lot of people that it takes to make a project. project but at the end of the day it's not a real job. It's for fun. It's what we dreamt of doing, you know, and we're doing, we're living our dreams. You know, the real, real jobs are nurses and doctors and firefighters and policemen, those people that are without them,

that we wouldn't have a have a world. And like we said earlier, the country that I was born in is in desperate times right now, they're getting attacked by their own regime. They're getting bombed from, you know, all over the place. My dad, I haven't spoke to in four days. I'm just waiting for a text. So it's it's those that ground me and makes me realize what is, you know, important. And should I be worried about an audition or should I do my best and walk in there and just sort of have fun and be myself and walk out of it and not worry about it

whatsoever. So I think the experience in my life, whether if it was moving here, whether if it was playing a certain sport, whether if it was moving here, whether if it was playing a certain sport, whether if it was being away from my family, if it was being in a relationship for seven years in a situation that was, you know, one of the strangest Hollywood stories, I would say. And what is to come now, which I personally, I don't think I've even started yet,

is just a blessing, and you know, the good or bad, I'm never gonna dwell on them, I'm gonna embrace it, I'm gonna not be afraid of aging, and I'm just gonna have fun, and I'm just gonna embrace life as it is. Well, I'm really glad you came by. Yes. I'll be honest, I didn't think you'd be

as forthcoming and honest as you is. Well, I'm really glad you came by. Yes. I'll be honest, I didn't think you'd be as forthcoming and honest as you were. Yes. And you're a delight. And I see a lot of success in your future because you are so determined. And you're right. You've got to ask for the job.

You've got to say, this is what I want to do. And you clearly know that. And I pray for your family and your country and that things will get resolved and everyone is safe. And thank you for coming on Juicy Scoop. This was great. And this is your Instagram. Is that the best place for people to follow you?

I know you already have a lot of followers, but so it's just your name. Yeah, it's just Sam, what was that ad for? That was just the photo shoot that we did for a couple of magazines. That was one of the pictures they didn't choose, which was cool. Very nice. Well, thank you so much. Thank you so much. This episode of juicy scoop is brought to you by booking.com, booking.yeah. Whether you're booking for yourself, your partner, your picky teens,

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