Overview
- Coverage this week compiles a refreshed chronology as the couple continues joint red-carpet and industry appearances late in 2025.
- They first met at the 2018 Met Gala and sustained a high-profile friendship across events before making the relationship public.
- Waithe and Alana Mayo announced their separation in January 2020 via People, and later tabloid cheating claims surfaced without evidence or response from the pair.
- The relationship entered public view in 2022 through Erivo’s May Instagram tribute, Page Six photos in June, and her July British Vogue interview identifying as queer.
- Waithe has remained a visible presence through Wicked promotion and the 2025 awards circuit, with sightings including a Tony Awards after-party dance and fresh promotion ahead of the Nov. 21 Wicked: For Good sequel release.