Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez are red carpet official. The couple posed together for photos at the premiere of Grande’s new movie Focker-in-Law on Wednesday, November 11, at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, marking the first time they have ever walked a red carpet as a couple despite their long history together.
According to Just Jared, Grande and Alvarez, her on-again boyfriend, smiled for photographers at the premiere in what fans immediately read as a deliberate step into the open. The pair rekindled their romance this year, a decade after they previously dated, and Grande confirmed last week that they were still going strong with an Instagram photo dump featuring Alvarez.
Focker-in-Law arrives for Thanksgiving
The premiere was a family affair in more ways than one. Focker-in-Law is set to hit theatres on November 25, positioning it as a Thanksgiving-season comedy. Grande leads the film, and the New York premiere drew a crowd of co-stars, friends and fans to the Beacon Theatre for the first major screening.
Grande has kept the renewed relationship largely out of the spotlight until now, sharing only glimpses on social media rather than staged public appearances. Wednesday’s red carpet debut changes that: arriving together, posing together and letting the photographs speak for themselves is the clearest public statement the couple have made since getting back together.
Why fans are watching
For Grande’s fans, the appearance lands at the end of a year in which her personal life has been under constant scrutiny. The low-key approach to the reunion, followed by a confident red carpet debut at her own movie premiere, has been read as a sign of how comfortable the couple now are. Social media lit up within minutes of the first photos appearing, with fans celebrating the pair’s first official outing.
Whether Alvarez joins Grande on future red carpets remains to be seen, but the Focker-in-Law premiere has set the tone: this is a relationship the singer is no longer keeping behind closed doors. For more star news, see Coachella 2027: Dua Lipa, Tame Impala and SZA to headline and Taylor Swift’s Knicks row.
