{"id":1020,"date":"2026-07-06T21:41:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2026-07-06T21:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:41:36","slug":"ariana-grande-spends-july-4-with-ricky-alvarez-her-ex-boyfriend-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=1020","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Spends July 4 with Ricky Alvarez, Her Ex Boyfriend &#8211; Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2241307\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ariana-grande-ricky-alvarez-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ariana Grande stock image\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ariana-grande-ricky-alvarez-428x214.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ariana-grande-ricky-alvarez-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" loading=\"eager\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ariana-grande\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a> is continuing to spend time with her ex boyfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ricky-alvarez\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Ricky Alvarez<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you don\u2019t know, the 33-year-old superstar and the 34-year-old dancer previously dated between 2015 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, they were photographed during an outing on July 4 together, indicating they spent at least some of the holiday together.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ricky-ariana.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\" title=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\"><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ricky-ariana-788x1182.jpg\" alt=\"Ricky Alvarez and Ariana Grande photo\" class=\"wp-image-2241309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ricky-ariana-788x1182.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ricky-ariana-428x642.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ariana and Ricky in March of 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201chate that i made you love me\u201d singer was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/07\/05\/ariana-grande-stocks-up-on-groceries-before-fourth-of-july-family-celebration-in-florida\/\">spotted buying groceries at Whole Foods<\/a> on Saturday (July 4) before heading to her parents\u2019 home to celebrate the holiday in Boca Raton, Fla. <strong>Ricky <\/strong>helped her with the groceries. (If you didn\u2019t know, <strong>Ariana<\/strong> was born in Boca Raton!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/26\/ariana-grande-and-ricky-alvarez-hang-out\/\">TMZ<\/a>\u2019s insider claimed that \u201cthere is nothing romantic between <strong>Ariana<\/strong> and <strong>Ricky<\/strong> this time around\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/26\/ariana-grande-spotted-with-ex-ricky-alvarez-after-changing-song-lyrics-about-him\/\">after they were again seen together<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you didn\u2019t know, <strong>Ariana<\/strong> is newly single after recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/08\/ariana-grande-ethan-slater-quietly-split-after-nearly-3-years-of-dating-source-reveals\/\">breaking up with <strong>Ethan Slater<\/strong> after years of dating<\/a>. They met while working together on the <em>Wicked<\/em> movies, in which she played Glinda and he played Boq.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ariana-grande\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ariana Grande<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ricky-alvarez\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ricky Alvarez<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Images Ariana Grande is continuing to spend time with her ex boyfriend Ricky Alvarez. If you don\u2019t know, the 33-year-old superstar and the 34-year-old dancer previously dated between 2015 and 2016. 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