Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson seemed like an odd pair, but the pop star and the comedian
were hot, heavy, and moved at warp speed.
They got engaged just weeks after taking their relationship public and on the heels of big
breakups.
Let's take a closer look at this strange relationship.
Grande and Davidson were reportedly first spotted getting cozy on May 12th, 2018 at
a Saturday Night Live after-party.
On May 21st, 2018, a source told People that Grande and Davidson were casually dating,
but by June 9th, Davidson and Grande were supposedly telling pals they were engaged.
"I can't believe it, and yeah, I get it.
She’s the number one pop star in the world and I’m that guy from SNL that everyone
thinks is in desperate need of more blood."
A source told Entertainment Tonight that the lightning-speed love affair was likely Davidson's
doing, saying,
"In relationships, he is known to be the caring one and the full steam ahead guy.
[...] The combination of a girl who is yearning to be loved and mixing it with a guy like
Pete creates this intense relationship that is moving a million miles a minute."
At least one part of Grande and Davidson's relationship is somewhat permanent - they
got couples' tattoos.
Davidson inked Grande's signature bunny ear mask behind his ear and got her initials on
his finger.
Grande and Davidson also sport matching cloud emoji tattoos on their fingers.
These aren't Davidson's first seemingly permanent skin etchings for a lady he loves.
He had several tattoos celebrating his ex that he reportedly got covered up when he
moved on with Grande.
At least Grande and Davidson's small designs will be relatively easy to cover up or laser
off.
Unfortunately, it won't be so easy to erase their other relationship commitment.
"Uh, you guys have taken a big step for a couple that is engaged.
You bought a pet?”
“Yeah, we got a pig."
Perhaps Grande and Davidson's timeline started earlier than the world realized - and earlier
than their exes realized, too.
According to TMZ, Grande split from the late Mac Miller, her boyfriend of two years, in
the first week of May 2018.
On May 3rd, 2018, Davidson's ex, Cazzie David, posted a since-deleted Instagram photo looking
happy with Davidson.
E! News reported in early June 2018 that the jeweler Davidson purchased Grande's ring from
claimed Davidson came to him a month earlier to get a rock.
This would mean he and Grande were virtually minutes into their romance when he decided
to put a ring on it.
And now, for the conspiracy portion: Grande and Davidson were spotted with matching cloud
emoji phone cases in May 2018.
Combine that with their matching cloud tattoos, and doesn't it make you wonder about the cloud
emojis she's been posting since December 2017?
Grande has a history of seemingly overlapping her boyfriends.
She dated Jai Brooks until 2013, when the Daily Mail reported that Brooks accused her
of cheating on him with Nathan Sykes, who she dated for a short period while promoting
their duet, "Almost Is Never Enough."
She ended up reuniting with Brooks, but they called it quits for good in 2014.
Grande quickly rebounded with Big Sean.
They allegedly hooked up while he was still engaged to Glee star Naya Rivera - or so Rivera
says in her book.
After Grande and Big Sean split in April 2015, Grande began dating dancer Ricky Alvarez,
as E! News reported, until the summer of 2016, when she got together with Mac Miller.
Two of Davidson's famous exes have subtly shown their displeasure over the grand Grande
romance.
Cazzie David posted an Instagram pic from a safari after news of his relationship went
viral, with the caption:
"Been in Africa, what did I miss?"
On June 11, 2018, the day Davidson and Grande's engagement news was plastered all over the
Internet, David posted a selfie winking with red wine, captioning that photo:
"Came to wine country a person, leaving a human bottle of wine."
Girl Code star Carly Aquilino, who dated Davidson in 2015, posted several
screenshots to her Instagram stories that seemingly referenced the engagement news.
In one exchange, a friend texted her,
"I know I'm the 9 billionth person to text you about this but … I can't."
Aquilino captioned the screencap:
"My day in a text message."
Davidson has been open about his struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder, which
he was diagnosed with in 2017, after several breakdowns and a stint in rehab.
Unfortunately, that struggle may have made his fast-paced relationship with Grande an
even bigger target for trolling than other celebrity romances.
Davidson clapped back at haters in a thoughtful, mature way, explaining in a social media post
that, yes, people with mental illnesses can still date, despite the stigmas and prejudices
strangers may throw their way.
According to People magazine, he said,
"Just because someone has a mental illness does not mean they can't be happy and in a
relationship.
[...] Everybody is different and there are a lot of treatments for mental illnesses and
I have done/am doing all of them."