Ariana Grande switched up the Ricky Alvarez section of her “thank u, next” lyrics during Monday’s show in New York in an apparent nod to the exes’ rumored reconciliation.
Grande, 33, sang, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / We always find our way back” rather than the original, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / Now I listen and laugh” during Monday’s leg of her Eternal Sunshine Tour, People reports.
Alvarez, 34, who was spotted hanging out with Grande amid her 33rd birthday weekend last month, isn’t the only ex she name-checks in the 2018 track, which also nods to Pete Davidson, Big Sean and the late Mac Miller.
This isn’t the first time that her apparent reconciliation with Alvarez has prompted Grande to alter his section of “thank u, next.”
Alvarez, who dated the pop star from 2015 to July 2016, attended Grande’s June 27 show, the same night as her birthday. At the time, she sang, “Wrote some songs about Ricky / He’s still got my back.” The pair had been at a group dinner the day prior in Austin, Texas.
An insider at the time told People that the former couple had “been hanging out recently.”
The sightings and lyrical nods came just weeks after news that Grande and “Wicked” co-star Ethan Slater had “quietly” and amicably split “several months” prior, as insiders close to them informed TMZ.
2 more of Pitt’s kids make bids to drop his surname
Two of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s adult children have completed a required legal step in their efforts to officially drop their father’s surname from their names, Page Six reports.
Court documents show that Zahara, 21, and Maddox, 24, both published petitions in the Los Angeles Daily Journal to remove Pitt from their last names, the outlet said.
Under California law, publishing such notices in a newspaper is mandatory for name changes.
Zahara’s petition appeared once a week for four consecutive weeks on June 16, 23 and 30 and July 7. She has a court hearing scheduled for Sept. 28, where a judge can approve the request if no one files a written opposition.
She had already begun using the name Zahara Marley Jolie when she graduated from Spelman College in May.
Maddox followed the same legal process with notices running June 10, 17 and 24 and July 1, according to Page Six. He filed his initial request in May, listing the reasons for the change as “personal.” He had informally dropped his father’s surname earlier, using only Jolie in the movie credits for his work on the film “Couture” in February.
The moves follow similar actions by other siblings.
— Wire reports




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