Sam Asghari’s living his best life — cruising around L.A. with his new girl Brooke Irvine, while his ex Britney Spears is catching heat for trying to spark a cig mid-flight.

The actor and his real estate GF were spotted at a gas station in L.A. Friday checking out a friend’s phone … and, looking pretty serious, we gotta say.

Unclear what they were checking out — it almost certainly wasn’t Sam’s rippling biceps which were on display — but, the two weren’t busting up laughing over whatever it was.

Sam and Brooke then turned away from the phone and looked down the road … so, maybe they were stopping for directions in the internet age — no physical maps, just good old-fashioned cellular GPS.

Their sunshine-filled afternoon out comes just hours after we broke the story about Britney’s actions up in the air between Cabo, Mexico and Los Angeles … when it seems she had a bit too much to drink and lit up a cigarette mid-air.

Our sources say flight attendants rushed over to Britney and asked her to put the cig out … which she did. Though, we’re told she didn’t make it easy on the staff.

Authorities met her at the airport and warned her about her actions, our sources say … but let her go without further incident. Pics from inside the plane — before it took off — captured Brit looking a bit disheveled.

Britney fired back at claims she was “difficult,” saying on IG that she found the whole incident “incredibly funny” … adding that she didn’t think she was doing anything “Criminal” — ’cause she really thought she could smoke on this jet!

Britney and Sam separated back in August 2023 after a little more than a year of marriage. They finalized their divorce in May 2024.

Spears had an on-again, off-again relationship with Paul Soliz that some may use her song “Toxic” to describe … due to their major blow-ups in the past.

Asghari’s spent nearly a year with Irvine at this point … and they’ve been spotted enjoying a series of outdoor activities together.