Here's a complete timeline of Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson's whirlwind engagement and sudden split

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Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande presumably met in September 2014.
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  • Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson began dating in May 2018, earlier either had confirmed they'd broken up with their longtime partners.
  • They got engaged shortly after, just divide less than five months after in October.
  • Insider'south timeline lists every milestone and revealing moment in their human relationship, as well as major events and comments they've both made since their breakup.
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Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson redefined the thought of a "rebound relationship" for the rest of eternity. Mere weeks afterward splitting up with longtime partners — and just 24 days afterwards initial reports claimed the two were "casually dating" — it was reported and subsequently confirmed that the two stars were engaged to each other.

Less than five months later, the couple had called it quits.

If their fast-forwarded romance has given you lot whiplash, here's the breakdown of everything that happened between them.

This post has been updated multiple times since its original publication.

September 2014: It's possible that Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson met for the first time.

Grande performed "Love Me Harder" with The Weeknd; Davidson was introduced as the "resident young person" on the "SNL" "Weekend Update."
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Fans have theorized that Grande and Davidson actually met almost four years before their date, when Grande was the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live." Coincidentally, that episode was also Davidson's debut as a cast fellow member on the sketch comedy testify.

Co-ordinate to fans who attended Davidson's surprise stand up-up show on July 21, 2018, he confirmed that the couple originally met in 2014 and became closer when Grande hosted "SNL" two years afterward.

March 2016: Grande hosted "Saturday Dark Live" and publicly interacted with Davidson for the first time.

Davidson and Grande onstage during the singer's opening monologue.
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At the time, both Davidson and Grande were in relationships with other people.

Grande afterward opened up about meeting Davidson on "SNL" about "two, iii years ago" during an appearance on "The Tonight Evidence."

"We never exchanged numbers or annihilation, we weren't even friends for the longest time, but I had the biggest crush in the whole globe on him the whole fourth dimension — like forever. Like, my friends used to make fun of me for information technology," Grande told Jimmy Fallon.

Read more: Trunk language experts say Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson had tons of chemistry even earlier they started dating

"I'm not a trounce-y person, I don't accept, similar, crushes on people I don't know," she connected. "But I left [Davidson'due south writing room at 'SNL'] and I jokingly said to my bout managing director, I was similar, 'I'm marrying him. A hundred percent.'"

November 2017: Davidson wore Grande'south iconic "Dangerous Woman" mask for a "SNL" skit.

If this was unintentional, information technology's clumsily casual.
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Long before any fans or news outlets defenseless a whiff of the connection between Davidson and Grande, he sneakily paid tribute to his future girlfriend.

The skit, only chosen "Brook and Kyle," included a spoofed "SNL" masquerade bandage party. Davidson is shown at 2:41 wearing a bunny mask that looks suspiciously similar to Grande's on her "Dangerous Woman" album embrace.

Apr xx, 2018: Grande posted the final photo with her so-fellow, Mac Miller.

The couple had been officially dating since September 2016.
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Soon later a surprise operation at Coachella, Grande posted a photo looking very loved-up with her boyfriend of over ii years, the belatedly rapper Mac Miller. She has since deleted the photo — though it'southward unclear when she did, and other romantic photos with Miller remain.

"Very proud of this girl right here. Welcome back. We missed yous," Miller tweeted about Grande shortly subsequently she left the stage. He also later deleted the message.

According to People mag, the couple officially dissever later on Coachella, but they had been struggling with their relationship over the previous year. A split up source corroborated this written report for Us Weekly.

"Ariana was belongings Mac together for a long time and it wasn't a good relationship for her," the source told U.s. Weekly.

Apr 21: Davidson told the oversupply during a stand-up operation he would probably marry his girlfriend.

Davidson and Cazzie David nourish the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Davidson performed at Kenyon College in Ohio and mentioned marrying his girlfriend at the fourth dimension.

According to Refinery29 reporter Kathryn Lindsay, who attended Kenyon College, multiple sources in omnipresence "shared conflicting reports about whether or not he referenced [his girlfriend] by proper name."

Attendees causeless he was referring to his girlfriend of about ii years, Cazzie David — and Davidson did confirm that he was however dating David in a video for Complex, posted on April thirty.

"Y'all're dating Larry David's girl, Cazzie," host Joe La Puma stated, seemingly catching Davidson off guard.

"Yes. I'grand a very lucky guy," Davidson replied.

May iii: Davidson'south then-girlfriend posted the final photograph of the couple together.

At that place are no photos of David on Davidson's Instagram business relationship.
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David, a writer and the daughter of famed comedian Larry David, simply captioned the photo "Bffs" with a center emoji.

David has since revealed that Davidson dumped her with a text message, just one day before she learned he was dating Grande through Instagram.

David told the Los Angeles Times that she had decided to take a pause from their ii i/2-year human relationship, but rapidly backpedaled and realized that it wasn't what she wanted.

Merely when she chosen him days later to rekindle the human relationship, he told her that he was "the happiest he had ever been."

Two days later, she said he bankrupt upwardly with her for good via a text message.

May vii: Davidson and Grande had their first date and first kiss.

Davidson in a "SNL" sketch with Donald Glover on May 5; Grande at the Met Gala on May seven.
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Grande told Ebro Darden during an August interview on Beats 1, that she "reconnected" with Davidson when she was in New York doing anthology promo, and her director, Scooter Braun, was going to visit Davidson backstage at "SNL."

"I said, 'Tell him I said hi,' and he texted me, 'Yo, it'south Pete,' and we were inseparable," Grande said.

Davidson also credited Braun with initiating their contact.

"Scooter told me she was somewhat interested in me," he told Howard Stern during a September interview. "I thought that he was merely full of s---."

Davidson revealed that he went to Grande's apartment that night to hang out with mutual friends — insisting to Stern that it was not a engagement — and had naught expectations. He said he wore sweatpants and a T-shirt, while Grande was "coming from the Met [Gala]," so she was still dressed in her Sistine Chapel gown.

"I had to inquire her friend if information technology was OK if I stayed. I was like, 'Hey, I should leave, correct? She hates me, right?' And he was like, 'No, I remember you should stay,'" he joked. Davidson said he and Grande played a Mad Libs-type game called Quiplash with x other people for about two hours before he fabricated his movement.

"I'1000 so stupid and unaware of how chemistry and all that stuff works. I literally was like, 'Howdy, tin I osculation you delight?'" he told Stern. "Nosotros played the game, everybody left, and then it was only me and her. And I was like, 'Well, if there was ever a shot, it would be now. Go for it.'"

Read more: Ariana Grande said Pete Davidson asked her permission earlier their first kiss: 'Information technology was really sweet only it was also really sexy'

May nine: News bankrupt that Grande and Miller had concluded their long-term relationship.

Mac Miller is the phase name of Malcolm McCormick.
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TMZ reported that Grande and Miller — who began dating in 2016, three years afterwards collaborating on their romantic hit single "The Way" — had grown autonomously but remained shut friends.

A day later, Grande confirmed their split with an emotional Instagram story.

"I respect and admire him incessantly and am grateful to take him in my life in any form, at all times regardless of how our relationship changes or what the universe holds for each of u.s.! Unconditional love is not selfish. It is wanting the best for that person even if at the moment, information technology's not you," Grande wrote. "I can't expect to know and support you forever and I'yard and then proud of yous!"

The two unfollowed each other on Instagram shortly after.

May 12: Grande and Davidson were spotted hanging out at a "SNL" after-political party.

Clouds are kind of their "thing."
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United states of america Weekly later on reported that she spent the night hanging out with Davidson and his mom, who had been featured on the show that week for the Mother's Solar day cold open.

That dark, Grande was photographed with a cloud-shaped telephone case that appeared to friction match Davidson'south.

May sixteen: Davidson confirmed that he had split with his girlfriend of two years.

Peter Rosenberg and Davidson are good friends.
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Davidson revealed that he and David were "not together anymore" during an interview on Complex's "Open Late with Peter Rosenberg," though he did not reveal why the human relationship had concluded.

"Very talented girl, she'll be great and she'll exist fine," he said. "Yes, I think she'll be OK."

Rosenberg then told him, "You're going to exist OK," and Davidson responded, "Yeah, probably."

May 17: Davidson posted a photo that clearly showcased a new cloud-shaped tattoo.

He has multiple finger tattoos.
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Given that Grande had used the deject emoji as an Instagram caption simply days before, fans were on loftier alert. They quickly noticed that she appeared to have gotten a matching tattoo on her finger.

As Refinery29 noted, Davidson's mail also debuted multiple new finger tattoos, including three black lines on his left ring finger — obviously concealing a former tattoo reading "may" that he had gotten while dating David.

May 17: Davidson covered up a tattoo of his ex-girlfriend.

"Did this crazy coverup last dark on my male child," tattoo artist Jon Mesa captioned the photo.
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Davidson — who has a number of interesting tattoos, including a portrait of Hillary Clinton on his leg and "a agglomeration of Harry Potter crap" on his arm — inked multiple tributes to David while the two were dating. Most notably, in an October 2016 interview with Complex, Davidson revealed an arm tattoo of a self-portrait David drew when she was a child.

On May eighteen, Davidson's tattoo artist, Jon Mesa, posted a before-and-later on photo of Davidson's cover-up sleeve. David'southward self-portrait had been concealed by a wood of trees.

"After nosotros were done, I told Pete, 'Hey, dude, allow's only terminate with the girlfriend tats until after [Grande is] your wife,'" Mesa later told Page Half-dozen. "Because relationships come and go, and Pete is a actually beau. I call back that went in one ear and out the other."

The new ink too obscured other tattoos that read, "I was saying I was crazy earlier I knew I was," and "X.XI FOREVER."

Left intact, however, were the words "Nosotros BABIES" almost his wrist — which is a matching tattoo that Davidson shares with both David and Miley Cyrus.

May 18: It was officially reported that Grande and Davidson were dating.

Many fans originally responded with disbelief.
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Bossip broke the news, which was later confirmed by sources at other outlets.

"Ariana and Pete are dating and it's casual," a source told United states of america Weekly on May 21. "It but started."

May 19: Around this time, Davidson deputed a custom-fabricated diamond ring.

Grande performing at the Billboard Music Awards on May twenty.
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East! News afterward spoke with jeweler Greg Yuna, who confirmed that he designed the diamond band Grande has been spotted wearing on "that finger" (its debut will announced later in this timeline).

"Pete called me at the end of May and said 'Await, I'm getting a band. This is what I want,'" Yuna said. "And I told him that I had the right band for him. He didn't tell me who information technology was for only told me to proceed information technology a clandestine. He didn't tell me anything nigh it."

According to Yuna, the ring took two weeks to make. As noted below, Grande was outset spotted wearing the band in public on June 3 — which puts Davidson's request on or around May xix.

According to Davidson, nevertheless, he went shopping for rings equally soon every bit he and Grande began dating.

"The day I met her, I was like, 'Hey, I'll marry you lot tomorrow,'" he told GQ. "She was calling my bluff. I sent her a picture [of appointment rings]. I was like, 'Exercise you similar any of these?' She was like, 'Those are my favorite ones,' and I was like, 'Ill.'"

May 23: Grande chosen her former relationship with Miller "toxic."

Grande posted this photo on Instagram when the two were apparently all the same together.
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Elijah Flintstone, a Twitter user with 137 followers, decided to weigh in on Grande and Davidson's budding relationship — which, for some reason, seemed to include laying the blame on Grande for her ex getting arrested on charges of a DUI and hit and run.

"Mac Miller totalling [sic] his K carriage and getting a DUI after Ariana Grande dumped him for some other dude later he poured his eye out on a ten song album to her called the divine feminine is just the most heartbreaking thing happening in Hollywood," he wrote.

Grande slammed the tweet and its sexist implications, all while revealing that she and Miller had a "toxic relationship" but that she would "go along to pray" for her ex.

"I am not a babysitter or a female parent and no adult female should feel that they need to exist," Grande wrote. "I accept cared for him and tried to support his sobriety & prayed for his residual for years (and e'er will of course) merely shaming/blaming women for a man'southward inability to go on his s--- together is a very major problem. let's please stop doing that."

May 24: Davidson hit back at people saying he shouldn't appointment Grande considering of his mental affliction.

Davidson oft references mental health in one-act routines.
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Davidson — who is open about his experiences with rehab, low , and deadline personality disorder — addressed criticism of his new relationship without actually confirming the relationship.

"normally i wouldn't annotate on something similar this cause like f--- you," he wrote. "simply i've been hearing a lot of 'people with bdp can't exist in relationships' talk. i just wanna permit you know that's not true. merely because someone has a mental illness does not mean they can't exist happy and in a relationship. it too doesn't mean that person makes the relationship toxic. everybody is different and there are a lot of treatments for mental illnesses and I take done/am doing all of them."

Around this time, Davidson and Grande began to like and annotate on each other's Instagram posts with a startlingly high frequency.

One of the more tame interactions.
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If they had been interacting on social media before, it was so sparse that nobody had noticed — not fifty-fifty dedicated Arianators.

May 30: The couple fabricated their official Instagram debut.

Davidson and Grande became Instagram official.
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Davidson posted a photo of the two Hogwarts enthusiasts in their respective robes. He cheekily captioned the photograph, "the sleeping accommodation of secrets has been opened."

Grande, for her part, commented with a "Harry Potter" pun: "u tryna slytherin."

May 31: Not to exist outdone, Grande followed with her own post.

A clear announcement of love.
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While information technology'due south presumably possible that casual friends could pose in matching Hogwarts robes among dating rumors, Grande'southward follow-up post eliminated any doubt nigh her thriving relationship with Davidson.

"i thought u into my life 💭 woah ! expect at my mind," she wrote in the caption, which many fans took to be lyrics for an unreleased song.

June 2: Davidson revealed a permanent homage to his new girlfriend — twice.

He didn't listen his tattoo artist'due south advice.
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Los Angeles tattoo artist London Reese posted photos of ii pocket-sized pieces the comedian got to honor Grande. Ane is of the bunny ears from Grande'southward "Dangerous Adult female" anthology cover and the other is the initials "A.K."

Co-ordinate to BuzzFeed, Reese originally captioned the bunny ears photograph, "We had a expert dark somewhere in the hills of Los Angeles. Pete loves him some Ariana." Simply the explanation has since been changed to a simpler "We had a skilful night."

June 3: Grande publicly debuted her engagement ring.

The custom diamond took two weeks to make.
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Not many people noticed — probably considering Davidson'southward overflow of affection on his Instagram story acted as a suitable lark — but Grande performed at Wango Tango with a massive sparkler on her left ring finger.

According to TMZ, the band cost Davidson almost $93,000.

June 6: Grande joked about having kids with Davidson.

A screenshot captured past the eagle-eyed account @commentsbycelebs.
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When Davidson posted a photo with a friend, calculation the natural language-in-cheek explanation, "i'm having his kids," Grande couldn't help but chime in.

"i look and so good hither," she commented.

June 8: Grande and Davidson attended the "Kids See Ghosts" listening political party and gave us another glimpse of the ring.

"I wasn't expecting an interview," Grande said.
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While giving an interview about her upcoming album, Grande seemed to exist intentionally pulling her sleeves over her hands. (Information technology didn't piece of work.)

Davidson, a noted Kid Cudi fan, captioned a photo of him and Grande from the night on Instagram with appropriate lyrics from the album: "feel the love."

June 9: Grande joked that her Instagram was transforming into a fan business relationship for Davidson.

"we're so we're and then REBORNNNNNN," Davidson commented.
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"i am only a pete davidson update acc stay tuned for more (pete follows / comments sumtimes)," she captioned a photograph of the two of them.

June xi: Multiple outlets reported Davidson and Grande had gotten engaged.

Fans were surprised — just as well supportive.
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The couple reportedly told people they were engaged that Saturday, June 9, when they attended Robert Pattinson's birthday party in Los Angeles.

Shortly after the news bankrupt, Grande was spotted making all merely confirmed the news on Twitter.

The "Dance To This" songstress responded to multiple fans reacting to her engagement. In one particularly revealing tweet, Grande wrote that Davidson "has been briefed" on the implications of their future wedlock (specifically that he would exist "marrying us as well," as written by an excited fan).

Grande besides responded with the word "crying" to a tweet that referred to her every bit "Mrs. Davidson."

June 11: The two connected their tour of amore in Disneyland.

Grande took photos with a fan at Disneyland.
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Many speculated that Grande and Davidson were at Disneyland to celebrate their reported engagement.

Grande posted multiple videos of Davidson on her Instagram story as they rode Large Thunder Mount Railroad together. For the third video in a series of Davidson yelling ridiculously, she wrote, "when i get on top" — and quickly deleted it.

June 13: Grande'southward onetime costar Jennette McCurdy said they'd recently texted about the date.

The two stars were rumored to be feuding when the prove ended.
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Jennette McCurdy, who starred opposite Grande on their Nickelodeon testify "Sam & Cat," told Amusement This night that Grande and Davidson seemed like a "great fit."

"From what I know of her, he seems like exactly a skillful person for her," McCurdy said. "I'chiliad super proud of her and excited for her. I hope that she'due south super happy."

The former "iCarly" star also revealed that she'd recently texted Grande to offering congratulations. And while Grande did non exactly corroborate this conversation, she did have the time to reply to the McCurdy's gushing: "i love her forever," Grande wrote on Twitter.

June 15: Nick Cannon claimed Davidson called him before popping the question.

Nick Cannon said he takes credit for "introducing" Davidson to the world of entertainment.
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"He called before he was going to practise it, and I said, 'Salud!'" Nick Cannon told Entertainment Tonight. "He was really excited, so I was like, 'I love it, man. Go along information technology going.' Love is in the air!"

Cannon, some other Nickelodeon star, said that he "watched them both grow upwards."

"I've been i of those dudes with one of those fantasy, fantastic relationships where you merely go off and get married, so I was like, 'Do it,'" Cannon continued. "I've congratulated Pete. I haven't spoken to Ariana, just I'm happy for them."

June 15: Davidson posted the official engagement ring reveal on Instagram.

The reveal was subtle, yet somehow obvious.
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The black-and-white snapshot showed the couple's feet while Grande apparently saturday in Davidson's lap. The pear-shaped diamond on her left ring finger was prominently featured.

"u know what you'd dream it be like ? it's amend than that," he captioned the photo.

"so much better," Grande commented.

June sixteen: The couple moved in together.

Fans take noticed that Grande, who has anxiety, was less bothered past paparazzi those days.
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Grande posted a meme of SpongeBob SquarePants on her Instagram story with a telling caption.

"Us in our new flat with no piece of furniture 1 speaker and red vines," she wrote. Many fans interpreted the "us" to hateful her and Davidson.

The pop star later posed for multiple photos while standing on a sofa in front of an empty wall, wearing the aforementioned outfit that she was spotted wearing out and about in New York Metropolis with Davidson.

She likewise wrote on Twitter that the apartment is "ill" and that "adulting is lit."

The couple was spotted coming and going outside the aforementioned flat edifice multiple times. Davidson later confirmed to GQ that he and Grande were living together in a Manhattan apartment that she purchased for a reported $16 million.

"She's really sweet. She'due south like, 'This is our house,' and I'g like, 'Y'all're very nice for saying that. Thank you for letting me stay here,'" Davidson joked. "She'due south similar, 'Nosotros're getting married!' And I'yard like, 'I know, thank you for letting me stay here.'"

"It's like, we have six bean numberless, only we have no forks — you know what I mean?" he continued. "Nosotros're learning how to be adults. We're having a really fun time."

June 18: Grande defended her decision to name a vocal "Pete Davidson" on her upcoming anthology.

Grande'south anthology rollout included enough of promo images.
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Grande teased a snippet from her fourth studio album, "Sweetener," which eventually dropped in August. After fans needled her for more information, she revealed that she named song later her fiancé.

Grande was immediately mocked for naming a song for an manifestly curt-lived human relationship.

"Daughter we know yous love him but are you lot dumb," 1 person wrote on Twitter, to which Grande simply responded: "nah."

"the truth is … i been the f--- thru it and life's as well short to be cryptic due north s--- near something as beautiful equally this honey I'm in. then ǝʇǝԀ it is," she connected in a separate tweet, writing "Pete" upside downwardly in the mode of her anthology artwork.

June eighteen: Grande and Davidson got tattoos in the aforementioned spot.

Grande tagged Davidson and three other friends in the video.
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Grande posted a video on her Instagram story of a brand new mitt tattoo that said "H2GKMO," which stands for "honest to God knock me out." She had tweeted the phrase multiple times in the previous few weeks.

"it makes me and so happy i can't look to be 90 and call up how happy my life was & how few f---s my friends and i gave," she wrote on Twitter when she noticed that fans had criticized the decision.

Davidson'due south tattoo is in the same identify, only his says "REBORN" — which is likely a reference to the song "Reborn" on "Kids See Ghosts." The tattoos were inked by Mesa, the same artist who covered Davidson'due south portrait of his ex-girlfriend.

"They are just riding that magical wave of bliss together," Mesa told Page Half dozen. "It's obvious that Pete is super in dear with Ariana."

June 18: Grande's brother gushed well-nigh their family unit's "big news."

The Grande siblings in 2015.
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"Oh, my God, I'm so happy for my sister, for my whole family," Frankie Grande said when ET asked about the family's "big news" at a clemency event in New York City. "Information technology's a large year for her."

He also said that the interlude called "Pete" on his sister's album is "truly remarkable."

June 20: Davidson confirmed the engagement during an advent on "The Tonight Testify Starring Jimmy Fallon."

"I'm forever known equally her plus i," Davidson joked.
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When Fallon jokingly told Davidson, "You know, you lot didn't have to get engaged to Ariana Grande to come up on our prove," Davidson responded, "But I did, though."

"I feel like I won I contest. So ill. Information technology'due south f---ing lit," Davidson said. "I'grand a lucky motherf---er."

Davidson even said that men have been tipping their hats and congratulating him on the street — but added that he doesn't understand why people care and then much well-nigh his relationship.

Grande responded to the interview by calling Davidson "the cutest of all time."

June 25: Grande responded to "the detest and all the nonsense opinions."

They'd been stepping out together frequently.
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Grande and Davidson were photographed together in New York City with Davidson flipping off the cameras. Some assumed that his message was directed towards Grande's fans — but Grande noticed and clarified that he was flipping off the paparazzi.

"stop w this s---. please. forreal. i love y'all likewise much for this. enough w the ig / twitter war thing. it ends now," she wrote. "yall r so loved. end trying to get-go s---. everything is and so cute right now. i'one thousand over it."

"pls stop w the detest and all the nonsense opinions due north stuff. information technology's no fun for everyone in the fandom nor for me," she later wrote in a separate comment. "i piece of work actually hard to make u happy. please be supportive and kind to each other and nigh my life if that'south ok. that'south all i enquire in return. have a good nighttime."

June 26: Davidson posted multiple Polaroids of the couple in commemoration of Grande's 25th birthday.

Grande turned 25 in June; Davidson turns 25 in November.
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"happy birthday to the virtually precious angel on world! you lot're my favorite person that e'er existed :) i dearest you sm," he captioned the beginning photo — the same coupley snapshot that was taken backstage at the BBMAs on May xx.

"i love y'all so much," Grande commented.

"ane more for the queen," he captioned the follow-up photo. "words tin can't express what a existent f---ing treasure this 1 is."

June 26: Grande debuted a new tattoo that matches 1 of Davidson'due south.

Grande posted this photograph to her Instagram story on July 12, which clearly shows both matching tattoos.
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One week after inking "H2GKMO" on her correct manus, the aforementioned spot on her left mitt got a similar treatment. Grande posted a photo to her Instagram story that revealed she had besides gotten the discussion "REBORN," matching Davidson's tattoo exactly.

July 2: Grande reportedly got a tattoo in honor of Davidson's late begetter.

This is one of several tattoos Grande has.
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Grande and Davidson were photographed in New York City, and fans rapidly noticed that she was sporting a new tattoo on her pes that read "8418" in thin writing.

In case that number looks familiar, it's considering Pete has a matching, assuming 1 on his forearm.

The tattoo holds pregnant pregnant for the comedian, since it's the badge number of his father, who was one of the firefighters who passed away during 9/eleven.

July 5: Grande dedicated her fiancé later on he was criticized for joking about the Manchester bombing.

Grande had difficulty getting back onstage in the aftermath of the bombing.
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As reported past the Mirror, Davidson did a stand up-up testify at California's Express mirth Factory a few months after the bombing that took place at Grande's concert, which killed 22 people and left other fans injured. He reportedly unsaid that Grande must have realized the extent of her fame subsequently the bombing took identify: "Britney Spears didn't take a terrorist attack at her concert."

The joke resurfaced later the publication spoke to Manchester survivors and parents whose children were killed that day.

"For anyone to joke nigh this situation is icky and I think he should publicly apologize for information technology," Charlotte Hodgson, who lost her teenage girl in the assault, told the Mirror. "For someone so famous to be doing information technology and now to be with Ariana, it's outrageous. I think she would be horrified too."

Grande, who has spoken about dealing with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder subsequently the attack, responded to a fan on Twitter who questioned "why she is still with Pete." She dedicated her fiance, though admitted that she had alien emotions about information technology.

"this has been v tough & conflicting on my heart," she wrote. "he uses comedy to help ppl feel amend ab how f-ed up things in this world are. we all deal w trauma differently. I of grade didn't observe it funny. it was months ago & his intention wasn't/ is never malicious but it was unfortunate."

"i hear and respect you all always," she added.

July 11: Grande debuted a new finger tattoo that appeared to say "pete."

Grande already boasted several tattoos on her fingers.
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A few hours before Grande performed in Brooklyn, fans caught a glimpse of her new overnice tattoo, which rests on her left ring finger — but an inch or so away from her engagement band. Although the photos aren't perfectly clear, it appears to say "pete."

July xiv: Davidson defended his decision to requite Grande his late father's necklace.

8418 was Davidson's father's bluecoat number.
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The comedian shared an prototype on Instagram of his fiancee sporting a necklace with a pendant of his late father's fireman bluecoat.

Though some fans found the sentiment sweet, others called Grande disrespectful. Davidson clapped back at one person in particular who wrote: "No girl should ever article of clothing your dad's concatenation."

In response, Davidson called his fiancée "the greatest person I know." He also explained that he passed the necklace on to Grande "considering she has my heart and that is the almost precious thing I own."

Pete added: "My dad would be and then happy and dearest her so much."

He later responded to people who suspected he had previously given the necklace to his ex-girlfriend. In a comment on his Instagram, Davidson claimed that the necklace he gave David was actually a replica of his original necklace: "Yes, [David] had one, but information technology was a replica. I had a bunch of replicas made. My sister and grandpa likewise have one. The one that Ari has is the one my dad actually died in and the one he wore his entire career and the one I've worn for over 17 years. I've really never taken information technology off other than for SNL or for piece of work. And so it means a lot to me."

July 23: Davidson deleted all his Instagram posts after clashing with Grande's fans.

Davidson said he removed his Instagram photos and videos to avert "negative energy."
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Fans noticed that Davidson'due south profile had been completely wiped of all the photos and videos. He later explained himself in his Instagram story and clarified that while
"nothing's wrong," he no longer wanted to exist on social media because "the cyberspace is an evil place and it doesn't make me experience expert."

Grande had recently posted a photo in honor of her late grandfather, who passed away in July 2014. Many people offered their condolences in the comments department, while her fiancé wrote, "omg what a cutie."

Some misinterpreted Davidson's response and thought he was calling Grande a "cutie," which seemed insensitive given the somber nature of her mail service. Davidson antiseptic that he was referring to her grandfather. He also said some fans were "looking for anything to set on people."

Grande later said she had decided to follow in Davidson's footsteps and spend less fourth dimension on social media.

"just sometimes can't help but crash-land into some negative s--- that really can bum u out and it'due south not worth it honestly," she wrote on Twitter.

In a now-deleted tweet, Grande reassured fans that she'due south likely to keep her accounts — but said she believes "it can be then toxic sometimes."

August 17: Grande released her fourth anthology, "Sweetener," complete with a vocal called "pete davidson."

In a video posted on Grande's Instagram page, Davidson said the song is "ill."
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Grande decided to lengthen the original vocal title to include Davidson'south full name. She explained the conclusion on Twitter: "i similar the mode it looks. i honey his name and i dear him. music lasts forever. it'll outlive any tattoo, any retentiveness, any annihilation, even myself and so i want my love for him and how i feel to be a office of that."

She too spoke about the decision during an appearance on "The Tonight Prove" to promote the album's release: "I didn't know what to call it, so I simply chosen it 'pete' … it was either going to be that, or, 'This is Almost Pete Davidson.'"

She also revealed that she wrote the song "a calendar week after nosotros started hanging out and stuff."

In the short interlude, Grande calls Davidson her "soulmate" and sings, "I idea you into my life, woah / Expect at my listen, yeah," which she had previously used as an Instagram explanation for a photo of the couple.

September xviii: The couple announced they would be taking some time away from the spotlight.

Grande likewise largely retreated from social media.
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Grande's team issued a argument to clarify her absence from the 2018 Emmys, at which Davidson and the cast of "SNL" were nominated for several awards.

"Contrary to reports, Ariana will not exist attention the Emmys this night," Grande's team reportedly told People. "Pete has also opted to not attend to be with her in New York."

"Given the events of the past couple of years, Ariana is going to have some much needed time to heal and mend," according to the argument. "She volition be staying close to dwelling and using this period to spend time with her loved ones and work on new music without borderline. She thanks her fans for their understanding."

September 29: Davidson joked that he and Grande were going to break up during an appearance on "SNL."

Davidson on "SNL."
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Davidson appeared on "Weekend Update" as himself to discuss his famous engagement. He acknowledged that no i could believe it — not fifty-fifty the comedian himself, and joked that the two would break upward.

"If we intermission up — and we won't. We volition. But nosotros won't," he joked. "I'1000 kidding, but like in 10 years, God forbid if that ever happened, at that place will exist a vocal called 'pete davidson,' like, playing in speakers at G-Mart, and I'll be working at that place."

October 18: Davidson joked almost their failed appointment during a stand-up set.

Davidson frequently performs stand-up (pictured here in his special for Comedy Primal).
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Davidson joked well-nigh his numerous Grande-inspired tattoos when he headlined a comedy event called "Judd & Pete for America" at Los Angeles one-act club Largo at the Coronet.

He mocked his own track record of getting ink inspired by his relationships.

"Um, I've been covering a bunch of tattoos, that'south fun," Davidson reportedly said onstage. "I'm f---ing aught for ii in the tattoo [department]. Yeah, I'm afraid to go my mom tattooed on me, that's how bad it is."

The actor added that when he and Grande got tattoos after getting engaged, a mag implied that he was "stupid" for rushing into getting new ink.

Davidson said: "Then my boy, he was like, 'Don't listen to that s--- human. They're literally f---ing haters.' And I'grand like, 'Yeah, f--- that. I'm not stupid.' And the other day nosotros were in my kitchen and he was like, 'Yo bro. Turns out you were stupid.'"

He also sarcastically asked the crowd if anybody had "any open up rooms" and was "looking for a roommate," implying that he had officially moved out of Grande's apartment.

Oct 30: Grande revealed new ink, which conceals a matching tattoo she had gotten with Davidson.

Grande and Davidson got the matching "reborn" tattoos in June.
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Grande shared a video on her Instagram story of herself and her friends cacophonous their drinks together.

She thanked them for their support, writing: "I have no words to draw how much I love and am eternally grateful for these human beings who constantly aid me plow lemons into lemonade and literally heal me and put me back together."

Fans noticed that her "reborn" ink (which used to be visible on her left thumb) was covered up by a different design that resembles a feather or fern.

She had previously been spotted covering her pocket-size finger tattoo that says "pete" using a Band-Assistance.

Nov iii: Grande released a new song titled "give thanks u, next" — in which she explicitly names Davidson and three other exes.

The artwork for "thank u, next" references multiple media outlets that write about Grande's tweets.
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The name of the song — which is also the title of her fifth album — is the phrase that the vocalist previously tweeted and used to diss Davidson.

Just before its release, Grande tweeted that the single would be the showtime of a "new chapter," characterized by "gratitude, growth, embracing our path bumps north all." She also wrote that it would exist the "contrary of a diss track" in a now-deleted tweet.

Grande immediately jumps into the vocal by referencing four of her previous exes: Big Sean, Ricky Alvarez, Miller, and Davidson. She goes on to depict the lessons each man taught her.

"Even nigh got married / And for Pete, I'm so thankful," she sings. "Wish I could say thank you to Malcolm / 'Cause he was an angel."

"I'm so f---ing grateful for my ex," she sings in the chorus.

November 3: Davidson addressed the break-up on "SNL."

Davidson reportedly scrapped another sketch about Grande later on reading her tweets.
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During "Weekend Update," the comedian began past saying that he'due south been paying more attention to politics since moving back in with his female parent.

At the very end of his political segment, Davidson took a moment to annotate on his split from Grande.

"I know some of you are curious about the breakup, just the truth is it's nobody's business," he said. "Sometimes things just don't piece of work out, and that's OK. She'southward a wonderful, strong person, and I genuinely wish her all the happiness in the world."

"I'k still a great song though," he added, grin.

Grande fifty-fifty liked a clip of the video on Twitter, signaling her blessing of his message.

November xxx: Davidson fabricated an advent in Grande'due south "Give thanks U, Side by side" music video.

Information technology's unclear why Davidson's face is covered with regal markings.
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The video opens with Grande's version of the Fire Book; in "Mean Girls," the Plastics cutting out photos of other girls from the school yearbook and glue them into the Burn down Volume, writing mean comments.

Grande'southward version is a scrapbook about her ex-boyfriends, though she only wrote positive comments.

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Grande tin can be seen gluing a photo of herself and Davidson that she offset posted on Instagram back in June. For some reason, his is the only ex-young man face that'southward intentionally curtained.

Davidson'south comments include, "I love u ever," "sry I dipped," and "HUUUUUGE."

December four: Grande came to Davidson'due south defense later on he said he was getting bullied.

"I actually don't endorse anything but forgiveness and positivity," she wrote on her Instagram story.
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"I actually don't endorse anything simply forgiveness and positivity," she wrote on her Instagram story. "I intendance securely near Pete and his health. I'thousand asking yous to delight exist gentler with others, even on the internet."

Grande added her own commentary while re-posting a statement that Davidson fabricated the previous day. In a moment of rare social media action, he took to Instagram to condemn the detest he's received since his split up from Grande.

"I'm trying to understand how when something happens to a guy the whole entire world just trashes him without whatsoever facts or frame of reference," Davidson wrote. "No thing how hard the internet or anyone tries to make me kill myself. I won't."

Dec 15: Davidson deleted his Instagram afterward weighing in on a debate betwixt Kanye West and his ex-fianceé.

Davidson appeared on "Saturday Night Live" simply hours later posting a bulletin that suggested he was suicidal.
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On December 14, Grande released a new song called "Imagine," which many fans believe is about the tragic decease of Miller. Merely before its release, she appeared to reference Kanye West's feud with Drake in a tweet.

"i know in that location are grown men arguing online rn simply miley and i dropping our beautiful, new songs tonight so if y'all could please jus behave for just like a few hours and then the girls tin shine that'd be so sick thank u," she wrote on Twitter.

Afterwards W accused Grande of using him "to promote a song" and sabotaging his mental health, Davidson applauded West with a rare Instagram post.

"Bravo Kanye W for continuing up for yourself and speaking out against mental health. I can't explain to you plenty how difficult and scary it is to be honest most stuff similar this," he wrote. "Nosotros need people like Kanye. No one should ever point fingers at y'all for your bravery in speaking about mental wellness. I'm seriously disgusted."

Minutes later on, he posted a worrying message: "i really don't want to be on this earth anymore. i'm doing my best to stay here for you lot just i actually don't know how much longer i tin last. all i've ever tried to exercise was assistance people. just remember i told you lot then."

Davidson so deleted his Instagram. Grande appeared to tweet a bulletin of support, explaining to a fan online that she doesn't have Davidson's number and can't contact him directly.

"Man i'k so sorry i told a impaired joke," she wrote.

"I actually didn't mean whatsoever harm. all i want everyone to be salubrious and happy. so desperately. please. my god," she continued. "I'm downstairs and I'g not going anywhere if y'all need anyone or annihilation. I know u accept everyone u need and that'due south non me, merely i'm here too."

According to TMZ, Grande had rushed to xxx Rock to check on Davidson, only he refused to see her. He briefly appeared on "Saturday Night Alive" that evening to introduce the musical guest.

After the split, Grande described their appointment equally "highly unrealistic." Davidson joked about it during a stand-upward comedy special.

Ariana Grande performs during the 2019 Sweetener World Tour; Pete Davidson walks the rail at 2019 New York Style Week.
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Grande told Vogue that, in hindsight, her cyclone relationship with Davidson was "an astonishing distraction" after her split from Miller.

"It was frivolous and fun and insane and highly unrealistic, and I loved him, and I didn't know him," she said. "I'chiliad like an infant when it comes to real life and this quondam soul, been-around-the-block-a-meg-times artist."

Grande went on to release her Grammy-nominated, No. 1 album "Thank U, Next" in February 2019, written in a feverish state in the weeks post-obit Miller's death. She told Vogue that she barely remembers it because she was "so drunk" and "so sorry."

The album appears to contain plenty of references to her relationship with Davidson. While on bout throughout 2019, she declined to perform its two most poignant breakup songs, "Ghostin" and "In My Head."

For his part, Davidson remained largely quiet nearly his personal life in the year following their split — until his stand up-up comedy special, "Alive From New York," was released on Netflix in Feb 2020.

Davidson said that jokes virtually his ex-fiancée are "fair game" because of Grande's comments to Vogue.

"Can you imagine if I did that? My career would be over tomorrow," Davidson said. "If I spray-painted myself brown and hopped on the cover of Vogue magazine and merely started s---ting on my ex?"

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