Ariana Grande's Ex, Ricky Alvarez Responds to 'Thank U, Next': "Nothing But Gratitude'

In Ariana Grande’s new song Thank U, Next, she mentions a guy named Ricky, “Wrote some songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh.”  Clearly he is one of her ex’s but the question is, WHO is Ricky and what’s his story?

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His name is Ricky Alvarez, he’s 26-years old and he used to dance back up for Ariana – and that’s how the pair met.  Ricky had danced for Ariana since 2014 and then a year later, from 2015 to 2016, they dated.  And to confirm their relationship, the couple once shared a kiss while live on stage at the Pride Festival in 2015.

Ariana dated Ricky for a little over a year in 2015 and 2016, before she hooked up with Mac Miller. Ricky had been dancing for Ari since 2014 and they even kissed on stage at the 2015 Pride Festival.

By the way – do you remember the time when Ariana got into some trouble when she licked a donut on display in an L.A. donut shop? And that same night, she made out with a guy in the same shop and then expressed her hate for Americans? Turns out, the guy was RICKY!

https://youtu.be/3E2oirmkjOk

The couple called it quits in 2016 and then Ariana began dating Mac Miller shortly afterwards.  Rumour has it that Ariana wrote three songs about Ricky, ‘Moonlight,’ ‘True Love’ and ‘Forever Boy.’

So what does Ricky think of Ari’s new breakup song? He had some fun on Instagram.  Check out the video below.

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LOL … but in all seriousness … he wasn’t even mad about it.  Ricky posted, “Nothing but gratitude.  Thank u, next.  Those songs are fire though.  You’re welcome.”

Ariana even posted a response to Ricky saying, “I’m sorry you got the worst line.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpz4Z02B2FC/?utm_source=ig_embed

Looks like there’s no bad blood there!