Ariana grande boyfriend ricky alvarez

The rumors about their relationship started when the singer commented on Ricky's Instagram, "those colors are sick. Fans started freaking out commenting things like, "Ready for Rickiana," and "Whats sic about you and Ariana???? We all want to know. So, there you have it. Ricky and Ariana are just friends, and she probably still laughs when she listens to the songs she wrote about him.

Ricky Alvarez is a year-old dancer. He used to dance back up for Ari, which is how the pair originally met. He also dabbles in photography. Ariana dated Ricky for a little over a year in and , before she hooked up with Mac Miller. Ricky had been dancing for Ari since and they even kissed on stage at the Pride Festival. Things get even more scandalous, though.

Ricky was around when Ariana infamously licked a donut! If you don't remember, back in , Ari got in trouble for walking into a donut shop and licking a donut on display because why not? Her tongue then moved on to more important things and she started making out with Ricky, which is actually how we found out about the romance in the first place.

Ricky and Ari broke up in , but as we know, she wrote a few songs about him which she now laughs at — AWK! Ariana and Ricky seem to be on at least decent terms because she revealed to fans that Ricky along with her other ex, Big Sean actually heard "Thank U, Next" before she released it to the public. Still, Ricky had some fun with his line when the song went live, posting this video on his Insta story.

Ariana responded to Ricky, admitting he did, in fact, get the worst lyric, but explaining that she meant it out of love. Of course, being the supportive friend he is, Ricky admitted that he was joking and he has "nothing but gratitude" for his ex. He did, of course, have to get back at Ari, writing "those songs are fire tho Congrats, my friend, you have arrived!

Ricky got close to Ariana when he was working as one of her backup dancers, and they dated from summer to summer Their relationship was relatively brief, but they did make it into the public discourse thanks to a harrowing donut-related incident that we'll get to in a moment—but for what it's worth, their breakup wasn't all that dramatic.

Ariana grande boyfriend ricky alvarez

They are still friends, though. The day was July 7, The place? California's very own Wolfee Donuts. It was an otherwise normal Saturday when Ariana and Ricky wandered into the establishment to grab a sweet treat. Little did they know they were being recorded on in-store cameras, which caught Ariana licking a donut and saying "I hate America.

But um, also Ariana and Ricky were caught kissing on camera. According to her friend Victoria Monet, Ariana was inspired by a super romantic night she and Ricky shared. I think it was after their first kiss," Victoria Monet told Billboard. Awk that now she listens and laughs, but okay. Back in October, Ariana's manager Scooter Braun spilled some piping hot tea about why he temporarily stopped working with Ari , and blamed the whole thing on an unnamed "shitty boyfriend.

She'd already broken up with Big Sean by April of , went on to date Ricky by summer , and they were loved up 'til July The math adds up!