During their five-month whirlwind relationship, Ariana seemed just as love-struck as Pete was with her, even penning a song called "Pete Davidson" where she called him her "soulmate." However, after calling off their engagement in October 2018, Ariana admitted the romance was more of "an amazing distraction" than anything else. "It was frivolous and fun and insane and highly unrealistic, and I loved him, and I didn't know him," she told Vogue during her August 2019 cover story interview.
Like Cazzie, it seems like Ariana is grateful for her time with Pete, even though it didn't last. When her fans began harassing Pete on social media, Ariana told them off in a December 2018 Instagram Story, writing, "I will always have irrevocable love for him and if you've gotten any other impression from my recent work, you might have missed the point." And in her 2018 song "thank u, next," she directly addressed Pete with the lyric, "Even almost got married / And for Pete, I'm so thankful."