Fans first got wind of Ariana Grande’s ex-boyfriend Ricky Alvarez when he famously accompanied her to a donut shop where she was caught dissing Americans. The infamous incident was captured by TMZ on video and featured Grande licking donuts and claiming she hated America. She and Alvarez, who was Grande’s backup dancer at the time, were spotted kissing during the controversial donut shop debacle, sparking the first murmurings of their relationship.
The two got together in 2015 and dated for about a year before they split up and she began seeing Mac Miller. The pair remained on good terms, however, even being spotted out and about together in 2019. The “Sweetener” singer shut down rumors of a rekindled romance, however, in a since-deleted tweet shared by Seventeen, writing, “We’re friends everyone take a big ol breather.”
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But it wasn’t just the donut incident that got fans talking about Alvarez. Grande mentioned the dancer in her famous track “Thank U, Next.” In the song, the singer writes: “Wrote some songs about Ricky/Now I listen and laugh.” Alvarez took the lyrics in stride, however, posting himself listening to the track on his Instagram Story, per Refinery29, at the time. “These songs are fire tho … ” he wrote, adding he had “nothing but gratitude” for his ex after being named in Grande’s track. The “Save Your Tears” singer responded to his Story jokingly, writing, ” … I’M SORRY U GOT THE WORST LINE,” adding, “It was meant v lovingly.”
