Ariana Grande‘s love life has been within the highlight since she was simply a teen. Most just lately, she and her now ex-husband Dalton Gomez divorced in 2023. After two years of marriage, it was reported that the couple had cut up up in July 2023. Shortly after their cut up, it was reported that the “Positions” singer was in a relationship together with her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, who filed for divorce from his ex-wife Lilly Jay in July. As their romance has progressed, Ariana has seemingly addressed any critics of the romance with a uncommon public assertion and her new tune “Yes And?”
Ariana’s lawyer Laura Wasser reportedly filed paperwork first, and Dalton’s individuals filed shortly after. Ariana’s paperwork cited “irreconcilable differences” as their reasoning. A supply near the state of affairs instructed TMZ that the singer would write her ex a verify. On October 6, they settled the matter with the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Before getting married, Ariana famously dated stars like Big Sean and Mac Miller, and was briefly engaged to Pete Davidson in 2018. Here’s a full historical past of her previous relationships:
Jai Brooks
Ariana started courting Australian YouTube star Jai Brooks of The Janoskians in August 2012. They cut up in October 2013, after Jai took to Twitter to accuse the previous Nickelodeon star of dishonest on him with Nathan Sykes from British boy band The Wanted. “Yes I was cheated on. Yes it does suck,” he wrote in a prolonged rant. “Yes I was left for another man.” The “7 Rings” singer refuted his claims, accusing him of threatening her if she selected to interrupt up with him. “Woke up this morning in complete and utter shock …I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised. You said to me if I didn’t come back to you, you’d make me look bad to the entire world,” she wrote. “I’m no longer afraid of you or your lies anymore.” The couple rekindled their romance in May 2014 however ended issues for good in August of that yr.
Big Sean
One of Ari’s first critical relationships was with rapper Big Sean. She confirmed their romance in October 2014, calling him “one of the most amazing men in the whole world.” Before Ariana, Sean was engaged to Glee star Naya Rivera, who alleged in her 2016 memoir that she discovered Ari on the rapper’s residence whereas she was nonetheless with him. Ariana and Big Sean referred to as it quits eight months later in April 2015. Despite their comparatively quick lived romance, he obtained a shout out on her November 2018 single “Thank U, Next” when she sang: “Thought I’d end up with Sean / But he wasn’t a match.”
Ricky Alvarez
Ari was first linked to her backup dancer Ricky Alvarez in the summertime of 2015. They dated for about one yr earlier than calling it quits in July 2016. The pair have remained on good phrases within the years since, and have even been noticed hanging out collectively. After Ariana sang, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh” on her single “Thank U, Next” she jokingly wrote on social media, “IM SORRY U GOT THE WORST LINE … IT WAS MEANT V LOVINGLY.”
Mac Miller
Ariana and the late rapper Mac Miller first met once they collaborated on her single “The Way”, and went on thus far from 2016 to 2018. After calling it quits, Ariana took to Instagram, providing followers some context for the break up. “I respect and adore him endlessly and am grateful to have him in my life in any form, at all times regardless of how our relationship changes or what the universe holds for each of us!” The rapper additionally spoke out in July 2018, saying, “I was in love with somebody. We were together for two years. We worked through good times, bad times, stress and everything else. And then it came to an end and we both moved on,” he instructed Zane Lowe on Beats 1.
Tragically, Mac Miller handed away in September 2018 because of combined drug toxicity, and Ariana shared a shifting tribute to him after his passing. “I adored you from the day i met you when i was nineteen and i always will.” She additionally referenced him on her observe “Thank U, Next,” singing, “Wish I could say, ‘Thank You’ to Malcom / ‘Cause he was an angel.”
Pete Davidson
Who may neglect Ariana’s short-lived engagement to Saturday Night Live comic Pete Davidson? The couple was solely courting for a couple of weeks in the summertime of 2018 when she revealed Pete had popped the query. While issues appeared blissful for a couple of months, they referred to as off their engagement in October of 2018. Pete later mentioned he knew their relationship was over after her ex Mac Miller’s sudden passing. “I pretty much knew it was around over after that. That was really horrible, and I can’t imagine what that sh*t is like. All I do know is that she really loved the sh*t out of him, and she wasn’t putting on a show or anything. That was f**ked up. Prayers to his family and all of his friends,” he mentioned in February 2020.
Even although their relationship could not have labored out the best way they as soon as thought, it’s clear that there’s no unhealthy blood between Pete and Ariana, when the “God is a Woman” singer gifted Pete’s then-girlfriend Kim Kardashian a package deal of her R.E.M. magnificence assortment in March 2022.
Dalton Gomez
Dalton Gomez formally put a hoop on it in 2020 and walked down the aisle with Ariana in 2021. The couple are believed to have began courting in early 2020. Fans first seen there was a thriller man within the background of a few of her Instagram tales whereas she was holed up at residence amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. She later confirmed their relationship standing by that includes him in her “Stuck with U” music video.
The couple then went from energy to energy, happening romantic getaways and packing on the PDA in candy social media snaps. After courting for lower than one yr, the “7 Rings” hitmaker took to Instagram on December 20, 2020 to disclose the joyful information of their engagement. “forever n then some,” she captioned a put up that includes a photograph of her attractive engagement ring. The distinctive piece of knickknack was encrusted with a big diamond alongside a small pearl, which she confirmed off in a shocking mirror selfie.
On May 17, 2021, Ariana and Dalton made headlines for getting secretly married in a reportedly “informal” wedding ceremony the weekend earlier than. The former pair had a non-public and intimate wedding ceremony in Montecito, CA, and had lower than 20 visitors in attendance. The couple appeared extremely joyful collectively after their wedding ceremony. They memorably had wonderful Halloween costumes in October 2021. In December 2022, Ariana moved to the U.Okay. to movie the two-part Wicked films and Dalton visited her on the set a number of occasions. Everything appeared nice with the couple…till it wasn’t.
On July 16, 2023, Ariana and Dalton sparked breakup rumors when Ariana didn’t put on her wedding ceremony ring to Wimbledon. The following day, information broke that the pair have been getting divorced after two years of marriage. TMZ reported that the couple separated in January 2023 and tried to reconcile however “failed” at doing so. Ariana and Dalton have been reportedly having points earlier than the “Into You” singer moved to England to shoot Wicked, TMZ claimed. The pair every filed for divorce in September 2023. The paperwork claimed their separation date was February 20.
On October 6, Page Six reported they’d settled the matter, with Ariana paying out a lump sum and offering safety for the actual property agent. “Ariana and Dalton really wanted to take care of each through all of this and make it as easy on one another as possible — which is why they really took their time with everything,” an insider instructed the outlet.
“They have a strong mutual respect for each other.”
Ethan Slater
Ariana is now linked to fellow Broadway star Ethan Slater following her cut up from Dalton, PEOPLE reported on July 20, 2023. “Ariana and Dalton separated in January. She and Ethan recently began dating, and he is separated from his wife,” a supply instructed the publication. Ariana and Ethan are co-stars within the Wicked film. It was reported that the co-stars bonded over their respective splits.
Ethan is known for starring within the SpongeBob SquarePants Broadway musical, which earned him a Tony Award nomination in 2018. Ethan was married to his highschool sweetheart Lilly Jay and so they welcomed their first little one collectively, a son, in 2022. It’s unclear when Ethan and Lilly, who had been collectively since 2012, cut up — however on July 26, 2023, Ethan filed paperwork to finish his marriage to her in New York City, in accordance with a report by TMZ.
While reflecting on the brand new yr, Ariana appeared to reference her newest romance in a uncommon remark on her Instagram Story. “I have never felt more pride or joy or love while simultaneously feeling so deeply misunderstood by people who don’t know me,” she wrote.
The “7 Rings” singer has confronted some criticism for the brand new relationship, however she disregarded any haters in her observe “Yes And?” from her long-awaited album Eternal Sunshine. “No I won’t hide underneath your own projections or change my most / authentic life. … Your business is yours and mine is mine / Why do you care so much whose d**k I ride,” she sings within the second verse.