Ariana Grande I gave my ex a nice greeting Ricky Alvarez while you Eternal Sunshine Tour Stop in Austin, Texas and change the lyrics to one of their hits.
Instead of singing, “Wrote a few songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh,” Grande, 33, belted out, “Wrote a few songs about Ricky, know he still has my back,” while performing “Thank U, Next” on Friday, June 26.
For his part, Alvarez was in the VIP audience during Friday’s performance. He was seen smiling as Grande exchanged the text, according to a video captured by a fan.
Grande and Alvarez, 33, were first romantically linked in 2015 before parting ways the following year. In 2018, Grande released her track “Thank U, Next,” in which she referenced many of her former flames, including Alvarez, Big Sean, Pete Davidson and the late one MacMiller. (Miller died of an accidental overdose in 2018. He was 26 years old.)
Ariana Grande got emotional while performing in Los Angeles. “Thank you so much, oh my God. LA, thank you so much,” Grande, 32, said in footage from the second of four performances at Crypto.com Arena for her Eternal Sunshine Tour. “Are you kidding? What the hell? I’ve never experienced one in my life.
While I’m talking about her Thank you, continue album in 2019, Grande shared Alvarez’s reaction to being included in the song.
“Ricky loved it. He was proud. But Ricky was like, ‘Why did I get the worst sentence?’ And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, “Everyone else’s line is so nice and mine is like, ‘Fuck him, he’s trash.’ “I thought I could have said that,” Grande recalled during her appearance on US show ” Zach Sang Show at the time.
She continued: “I could have said, ‘I wrote a few songs about Ricky, not to mention he’s trash.’ I thought, “I could have said that, but I didn’t.” I said, “Now I listen and laugh.” Because it didn’t work out.”
Grande, for her part, was most recently linked to her Evil Costar Ethan Slater. After meeting on the set of the 2023 blockbuster hit, the pair began dating before it was announced earlier this month that the couple had split.
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s private separation was anything but dramatic. “After their press tour (for Wicked: For Good) ended, they spent more time apart than usual,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly about what led to the breakdown of the couple’s relationship. “They both agreed that they wanted different things and (…)
“It is amicable. They have put a lot of time and careful consideration into it and have decided to go their separate ways,” a source said Us weekly about their separation. “They are still friends and are very supportive of each other. They quietly separated for several months.”
The insider shared that Grande is “doing great” and is “focused on her.” Eternal Sunshine Tour and “upcoming new album” petal.
A separate source reported Us that Grande and Slater spent “more time apart than usual” after their press tour Evil: Forever.
“They both agreed that they wanted different things and had been thinking about what the future held,” the insider shared, noting that there is still admiration between the exes. “They both care about each other and hoped everything would be okay.”
