Ekupheleni konyaka, umculi oneminyaka engu-27 ubudala u-Ariana Grande kanye noLwakhethwe, umenzeli wokuthengiswa kwe-Elite Real Estate Dalton Gomez, umemezele ukuzibandakanya. Kubonakala sengathi izindaba ezijabulisayo, kepha akaphefumuli bonke abasondelene nomculi. Njengoba abezindaba bethola, akuyena wonke umuntu endaweni ezungezile abakholelwa kokugcina okujabulisayo kwale ndaba.
UGrande noGomez baqala ukuhlangana kuphela ngoFebhuwari, futhi basho ngokusemthethweni ubudlelwano babo ngoMeyi. NgoDisemba, umlingisi we-Hit Ngiyabonga, ngokulandelayo wamangala abalandeli, ubuze esithombeni senethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu ngendandatho enhle enamapharele nedayimane ngomunwe wendandatho. "Phakade," kudutshulwa inkanyezi ngokuthembisa.
Abangani be-Grande nabakwaGomez bathi labo abajabule ngendlela emangalisayo. Izothando zabo zakhula ngokushesha okukhulu: Ngesikhathi sobhubhane, babuthana baqhuba ihlukaniswe ndawonye eLos Angeles. Manje bobabili banothando ngokuthandana futhi bazama ukungahlukaniswa umzuzu, kepha bancamela ukungadaluli imizwa.
"Zivaliwe kakhulu futhi zijabulele nje isikhathi ndawonye," kusho umthombo uzungezwe uhlobo lwe-et.
Kuliqiniso, ngokusho kwakhe, abangane balo mbhangqwana bayangabaza ngamazwi lobu budlelwano kuze kube phakade.
"Bathandana kakhulu njengamanje, kodwa abangane bakholelwa ukuthi ukuzibandakanya kwasheshe," kusho i-interlocutor yencwadi.
Ngendlela, uPrande wake waya ngaphansi komqhele. Ukhethiwe wakhe uPete Davidson. Kodwa-ke, ukuzibandakanya kwabo kwethulwa izinyanga ezine kuphela, kusukela ngo-June kuya ku-Okthoba 2018, kepha akukaze kuphele ngomshado. Kubhekwa ukuthi ngabe ukwehluleka kwangaphambili komuntu aphoqelele umculi ukuthi aqaphele futhi avinjelwe ukuzokhuluma ngempilo yomuntu siqu.