Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez make red carpet debut at Fockers In-Law premiere

It's been a few months, but finally Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez have made their red carpet debut at the Focker In-Law premiere, held at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

The pair took to the red carpet, with Ariana wearing a white and grey spaghetti-strap ballgown, and Ricky wearing a a black coat, white collared shirt and jeans. The pair, who dated for around a year a decade ago, rekindled their relationship earlier this year.

Ariana has been changing the lyrics of 'thank u next' that mentions him, to give fans a hint that they are back together. During her 'eternal sunshine tour', the singer changed the lyrics from original 'Now I listen and laugh'. On 26th June she changed them to, 'Wrote some songs about Ricky / I know he’s still got my back.'

A few weeks later, on 13th July, the lyrics had changed to 'We always find our way back.' Followed by 'I’m tryna make him my last' on 1st September.

Both People and TMZ reported they had reunited in July 2026, however, while the pair have appeared on Instagram together, they have not stepped out onto the red carpet as a couple.

As well as walking the red carpet together, they both posted an Instagram Story of them both, with the word 'Fockers' written across it, relating to Ariana's latest acting project.

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Focker In-Law is the fourth film in the Meet The Parents franchise, starring Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson, and introduces Ariana as Olivia Jones. Olivia, Henry's girlfriend is his potential bride. She's also a life coach and former FBI hostage negotiator. Meeting her father-in-law-to-be for the first time on an aeroplane, it's not the type of meeting you'd expect, when Olivia requests Gaylord 'Greg' Focker (Ben Stiller) is frisked mid-flight.

Ariana, who is taking a break from music for a while, has been out promoting her latest film, with an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, alongside her co-stars Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller.

She's also been promoting her beauty collection r.e.m. beauty on Instagram, posting a video of her alongside Ricky where she challenges him to work out what she's wearing on her lips.

Focker In-Law arrives in UK cinemas on 25th November 2026.

Author: Anna Sky Magliola

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