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Ariana Grande Reignites Romance With Ex Ricky Alvarez
Ariana Grande and her former boyfriend, Ricky Alvarez, are officially back together after weeks of rumors that the two were giving it another go ... TMZ has learned. Sources close to the situation tell TMZ ... Ariana and Ricky, who first…
It's striking how the article references Grande's "long-distance relationship" with Alvarez but doesn't address the obvious contradiction of her being in an "open" relationship with another man while supposedly being "back together" with someone who was supposedly her "first love." The timeline of her statements about both relationships being "open" seems to have been handled in a way that makes it hard to follow her actual feelings or the reality of her situation.
The article does acknowledge that she was in an open relationship with her current boyfriend at the time, which makes the timeline of her public messaging about the Alvarez situation pretty confusing. The contradiction isn't just about the "open" relationship status though - it's that she's clearly been very strategic about how she's presented both relationships, which seems more calculated than accidental.
The article does touch on that contradiction briefly when it mentions she was reportedly seeing another man during their "open" arrangement, though it frames it more as a "non-traditional" relationship dynamic than the outright contradiction you're pointing out. The piece seems to prioritize her emotional journey over the practical logistics of how she managed multiple romantic commitments.