Ariana Grande‘s love life has been in the spotlight since she was just a teenager. Most recently, she and her ex-husband, Dalton Gomez, divorced in 2023. After two years of marriage, it was reported that the couple had split up in July 2023. Shortly after their split, it was reported that the “Positions” singer was in a relationship with her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, who filed for divorce from his ex-wife Lilly Jay in July. However, they broke up about three years later, multiple outlets reported in mid-2026.
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 history of her past relationships:
Ariana began dating Australian YouTube star Jai Brooks of The Janoskians in August 2012. They split in October 2013, after Jai took to Twitter to accuse the former Nickelodeon star of cheating on him with Nathan Sykes from British boy band The Wanted. “Yes I was cheated on. Yes it does suck,” he wrote in a lengthy rant. “Yes I was left for another man.” The “7 Rings” singer refuted his claims, accusing him of threatening her if she chose to break 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 but ended things for good in August of that year.
One of Ari’s first serious 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 found Ari at the rapper’s home while she was still with him. Ariana and Big Sean called it quits eight months later in April 2015. Despite their relatively short lived romance, he got 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.”
Dalton Gomez officially put a ring on it in 2020 and walked down the aisle with Ariana in 2021. The couple are believed to have started dating in early 2020. Fans first noticed there was a mystery man in the background of some of her Instagram stories while she was holed up at home amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. She later confirmed their relationship status by featuring him in her “Stuck with U” music video.
The couple then went from strength to strength, going on romantic getaways and packing on the PDA in sweet social media snaps. After dating for less than one year, the “7 Rings” hitmaker took to Instagram on December 20, 2020 to reveal the happy news of their engagement. “forever n then some,” she captioned a post featuring a photo of her gorgeous engagement ring. The unique piece of jewelry was encrusted with a large diamond alongside a small pearl, which she showed off in a stunning mirror selfie.
On May 17, 2021, Ariana and Dalton made headlines for getting secretly married in a reportedly “informal” wedding the weekend before. The former pair had a private and intimate wedding in Montecito, CA, and had less than 20 guests in attendance. The couple seemed incredibly happy together after their wedding. They memorably had amazing Halloween costumes in October 2021. In December 2022, Ariana moved to the U.K. to film the two-part Wicked movies and Dalton visited her on the set several times. Everything seemed great with the couple…until it wasn’t.
