Ariana Grande says relationship with Pete Davidson was ‘insane’ and ‘highly unrealistic’

Singer describes whirlwind romance as ‘great distraction’

Ariana Grande has opened up about her five-month relationship with comedian Pete Davidson and coping with grief after losing her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller, who died from an overdose in September 2018.

The "Dangerous Woman" singer described her whirlwind romance with Davidson as “insane” and “highly unrealistic”, seemingly referencing the fact that the couple got engaged after one month of dating.

But speaking to Vogue, Grande explained that meeting Davidson was “an amazing distraction” in the wake of her breakup with Miller.

“It was frivolous and fun and insane and highly unrealistic,” she said, adding: “I loved him, and I didn’t know him. I’m like an infant when it comes to real life and this old soul, been-around-the-block-a-million-times artist. I still don’t trust myself with the life stuff.”

The 26-year-old musician went on to describe the loss of Miller as “pretty all-consuming”.

“By no means was what we had perfect,” she said of their two-year-long relationship, “but, like, f***. He was the best person ever, and he didn’t deserve the demons he had. I was the glue for such a long time, and I found myself becoming… less and less sticky. The pieces just started to float away.”

Grande has previously said her relationship with Miller was “toxic” in response to a fan who criticised her for “[dumping] him for another dude”.

“How absurd that you minimise female self-respect and self-worth by saying someone should stay in a toxic relationship because he wrote an album about them,” she replied on Twitter, claiming that just one song, "Cinderella", on Miller’s final album was about her.

“I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be,” Grande added, explaining that she had “tried to support his sobriety” for years.

Reflecting on her words more than a year later, Grande told Vogue: “People don’t see any of the real stuff that happens, so they are loud about what they think happened. They didn’t see the years of work and fighting and trying, or the love and exhaustion.”

The singer explained that her tweet “came from a place of complete defeat”.

“You have no idea so you’re not allowed to pull that card, because you don’t f***ing know,” she continued. “That’s where that came from.”

Read the full interview on Vogue here.