Overview
- Multiple outlets report that Grande and her former backup dancer Ricky Alvarez have rekindled a romance, based on recent outings, insider accounts, and paparazzi images.
- Photographs made public in mid-July show the two closely affectionate during a New York park walk, images that media outlets attribute to TMZ and that pushed the story into wider coverage.
- On her Eternal Sunshine tour Grande has altered lines in “Thank U, Next” to reference Ricky, a change fans and press interpret as a public hint of renewed closeness.
- People and Page Six cite insiders who say the reunion is deliberate and slow; sources add Alvarez has stayed close to Grande’s family and reportedly spent holiday time with them in Florida.
- The reports follow Grande’s split from Ethan Slater earlier this year and a brief, private relationship between Grande and Alvarez in 2015–2016; the couple have not issued an official confirmation.