Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez seem eager to paint a pretty picture of a marriage that ended because two best friends grew apart. “Ariana and Dalton really wanted to take care of each through all of this and make it as easy on one another as possible,” a source told Page Six after their divorce was settled. For those well-acquainted with brutal showbiz breakups, we know what you’re thinking: Sure, Jan.
Reports of an amicable split may seem harder to believe considering Grande went through and basically cleared any trace of her ex from her Instagram. Any photos from the former couple’s wedding, for example, have vanished. Interestingly, the pop star didn’t completely wipe her feed clean of all her Gomez memories. At the time of this writing, she still has a handful of snapshots from their relationship that are still live, the most recent uploaded in February 2022.
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While Grande has been active on social media since ending her marriage, she hasn’t addressed the split — or the rumors of a romance with Ethan Slater — as of mid-October 2023. So, to be fair, perhaps the heavy Insta edit was merely to maintain the ex-spouses’ privacy. For example, around the time of the divorce settlement, Grande uploaded a photo dump, with the simple caption, “some from then, some from now.” The Instagram post included pics of Grande with dogs, sitting at a makeup desk with crystals and a candle, and one of her curled up in a dog bed. Nothing to see here, folks.
