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Britney Spears' mom and sister support her wedding to Sam Asghari even though they didn't make the guest list

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Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are married. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images
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Britney Spears' mom, Lynne Spears, and sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, publicly reacted to the entertainer's star-studded wedding to Sam Asghari.

Spears, 40, and Asghari, 28, tied the knot in a lavish ceremony in their Los Angeles mansion on Thursday. The couple, who recently announced a miscarriagefirst met in 2016 and later became engaged in September 2021. 

Although celebrity friends like Paris Hilton attended the ceremony, much of Spears' estranged family was not invited, E! News reported. However, Lynne voiced her public support for the couple in an Instagram comment on Saturday.

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Britney Spears' mother, Lynne Spears, supported her daughter on Instagram.  Britney Spears/Instagra

"You look radiant and so happy!" Lynne wrote under her daughter's wedding post. "Your wedding is the "Dream" wedding! And having it at your home makes it so sentimental and special! I am soooo happy for you! I love you!"

Representatives for Britney, Lynne, and Jamie Lynn did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. 

E! News reported that Jamie Lynn subtly supported her sister by liking one of the outlet's tweets about the wedding. 

In addition to Britney's parents and sister, neither of Britney's two sons appeared at the wedding ceremony. A lawyer for her children's father, Kevin Federline, told People that they didn't want to take the spotlight away from their mother. 

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Britney Spears with her father Jamie, brother Bryan, sister Jamie Lynn, and mother Lynne in 2003.  Kevin Mazur/WireImage

The last few years were particularly tumultuous for the Spears family, who found herself in the public eye amid Britney's conservatorship battle. Previously, Britney was placed under a conservatorship in 2008 after several public outbursts. Under the conservatorship, Britney had no legal control over her estate and assets, as that power was granted to her father and her attorney, Andrew Wallet. 

Although fans of Spears' heralded the #FreeBritney movement, it didn't gain widespread attention until February 2021 when The New York Times released the "Framing Britney Spears" documentary. 

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Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears have had a tumultuous relationship, often both defending and criticizing each other.  Image Group LA/Getty Images

The exposure prompted fans to criticize the conservatorship, Britney's family members, and even former partners like Justin Timberlake. 

As Britney continued to petition to end the conservatorship, she spoke out against her family several times — especially Jamie Lynn. Jamie Lynn became a trustee of a portion of Britney's estate in 2018, according to The Blast. The Los Angeles Times reported that Jamie Lynn sought more control over Britney's assets in August 2020. 

The siblings also appeared to disagree about Jamie Lynn's memoir, "Things I Should Have Said," which caused Britney to accuse Jamie Lynn of trying to "sell a book" at her expense. 

Britney said in June 2021 that she wanted to "sue" her family and later called Jamie Lynn "scum." 

Britney was freed from her conservatorship in November 2021 after 13 years. 

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Lauren Edmonds is an award-winning reporter on the Business News team. When news isn't breaking, she covers how AI and data centers impact communities across the US. She also writes about personal finance, paths to financial freedom, and contributes to Business Insider's Young Geniuses series. Lauren has previously covered lifestyle and entertainment, digital culture, and more. She has a master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and resides in New York City.Do you have an interesting story to tell? You can reach Lauren at ledmonds@jkmperu.com or on Signal at ledmonds0.07.StoriesThe bipartisan backlash to Big Tech's AI data centers is getting harder for politicians to ignoreI spent 4 hours at an AI data center town meeting. Things got rowdy.Meet the MAGA darling mobilizing Americans against Big AIKevin O'Leary defends his Utah data center project: 'Think about the number of jobs'Why Hollywood is paying this 17-year-old up to $20,000 to boost film trailers with TikTok editsHere's all the free money Trump's talked about giving Americans during his second term — and where it all standsA 17-year-old earned $72,000 after investing his e-commerce profits into stocks. Here's why he bet on the tech industry.Lawmakers float a nationwide basic income experiment that would cover the cost of a 2-bedroom apartmentAmericans ditch suffocating healthcare costs and divisive politics to retire in Italy: 'It's the way they approach life'