After a year of dating, Ariana Grande and her fiancé Dalton Gomez tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at her LA home this weekend. The private emotional gathering demonstrated that, although the singer claims to have seven rings, only one of them truly matters.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only close friends and family of the pair attended the event, including Grande’s mother and 95-year-old grandmother who are both regularly featured on her Instagram. With fewer than 20 guests present, the wedding was reported to have been ‘full of love.’
Grande announced her engagement on Instagram in December 2020 by posting a picture of her diamond and pearl ring, designed by Gomez himself. The couple were engaged for around six months before they officially said ‘I do.’
Gomez and Grande met through his work in celebrity real estate and they officially began dating in January 2020. However, their relationship was not made public until they appeared together in Grande’s music video for her single ‘Stuck with U,’ featuring Justin Bieber. In the video, the couple is seen dancing around their bedroom as they quarantined together in the first US lockdown.
Grande’s previous dating history had been consistently in the spotlight, including her engagement to, and subsequent breakup from, comedian Pete Davidson in 2018, and the tragic death of her former boyfriend Mac Miller in the same year. The singer even thanked all of her former partners in the title single for her 2019 album, ‘Thank You, Next’ and joked about her unsuccessful past relationships in the song. Her relationship with Gomez is the only one to go the distance. This could be because she is much more private about her new husband. Grande herself attributes their whirlwind romance to the quarantine, which forced them to spend so much time together.
With the secrecy surrounding the wedding and the lack of social media coverage, fans are left with many questions, like, “Will Grande change her surname? What was her dress like?”
As they eagerly await more information, however, the overwhelming feeling among fans is one of happiness for the couple. In their eyes, their idol has finally found the happily-ever-after that she has been singing about. According to her lyrics, she only wants to get married ‘once real bad.’ Congratulations!