Ariana Grande may have taken off one of her seven rings for good. Insiders report that Grande and her husband of two years, Dalton Gomez, have been separated for months and are now heading toward divorce. Rumors began swirling that the couple have called it quits when Grande was spotted sans wedding ring at Wimbledon on July 16. Her Campus reached out to Grande’s team for comment on the breakup rumors but did not hear back by the time of publication.
Grande has mostly been staying out of the public eye since she started shooting the Wicked film adaptation in London last year. She’s been more focused on playing Glinda than giving fans an update on her relationship status, so she has yet to make any kind of official statement about her reported separation from Gomez. Eagle-eyed fans have noted that Grande was last pictured wearing her wedding ring in public backstage at Jeff Goldblum’s concert in April, but Page Six reports that the couple has been separated since January.
Grande and Gomez’s relationship is the definition of private-but-not-secret. The pair tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at Grande’s house back in 2021. Since then, they’ve kept their love pretty low-key with occasional Instagram pictures and namedrops in interviews. As I mourn the potential loss of one of this decade’s cutest couples, let’s take a walk down Honeymoon Avenue and relive their relationship from the beginning.
JANUARY 2020: REAL ESTATE LEADS TO REAL LOVE.
The pair reportedly met when Grande’s team contacted Gomez, a luxury real estate agent based in Los Angeles, to help Grande find a getaway house outside of the city. An insider told Us Weekly, “When she saw him, she immediately thought he was cute and very good-looking, and she asked her team to set up an in-person meeting with him. Ariana fell very hard for Dalton shortly after they met.”
MAY 2020: THE COUPLE GOES PUBLIC.
Grande debuted her new relationship in the music video for “Stuck with U,” her quarantine-inspired collab with Justin Bieber. You can just catch a glimpse of Gomez’s face at the end of the video. The couple experienced most of the dating stage of their relationship while social distancing together at Grande’s house.
DECEMBER 2020: GRANDE AND GOMEZ GET ENGAGED.
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Grande showed off her stunning engagement ring with the caption “forever n then some.” The ring has extreme sentimental value; it appears that Gomez added a diamond to a pearl ring devised from a tiepin that once belonged to Grande’s grandfather. Men, take notes!
MAY 2021: THE COUPLE SAYS “I DO.”
Grande and Gomez got married in May 2021. Her rep confirmed to People, “It was tiny and intimate — less than 20 people. The room was so happy and full of love. The couple and both families couldn’t be happier.” Grande wore a custom Vera Wang dress and a mini veil.
JULY 2023: WIMBLEDON SPARKS RUMORS OF ZERO-LOVE.
With a ring so unique, it’s easy to notice when it’s missing. After fans noticed that Grande wasn’t wearing her engagement ring or wedding band at the Wimbledon final on July 16, sources confirmed to multiple news outlets that Grande and Gomez had been separated for months. An insider told Page Six that the couple is on good terms: “They’ve been really good friends throughout the entire process, and their friends and families have been trying to protect them.”
There’s only one thing left to say: Thank u, next.