Ariana Grande and Ricky Alvarez give NYC Marathon runner surprise of a lifetime in viral video
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Ariana Grande, along with her rumored boyfriend Ricky Alvarez, has gone viral for all the right reasons as she wrote a sweet message for one of the New York City Marathon runners.
The pair was spotted cheering for the New York City Marathon runners on Sunday, November 1, when they were approached by influencer Ella Schweiger.
Ariana Grande wrote an empowering message for a NYC Marathon runner
Schweiger was creating an envelope full of kind messages written by the people watching the marathon for the participants during the event, as reported by E! News.
The content creator’s Instagram video posted on Monday showed her asking the singer, 33, and Alvarez if they minded writing a message for the runners who completed the grueling 26.2-mile race. Grande immediately replied, “Sure,” as she took Schweiger’s pen and notecard to write, “You did it, Ari + Ricky” along with three hearts.
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After the marathon was over, Schweiger went to one of the runners who successfully finished the marathon and asked her to pick out a message note from her giant envelope.
“I can’t believe you picked that one. That’s from Ariana Grande. She wrote that this morning,” the creator told the runner, who was happily surprised. The runner also revealed that she was listening to Grande’s ‘The Way’ while running.
Content creator praises Ariana Grande for taking the time to write the sweet message
In the caption of the video, which has received ten million views, Schweiger wrote, “I still can’t quite believe this happened!!! I took Ella's envelope to the New York marathon to collect kind messages from strangers to deliver to runners they’d never met… AND ARIANA GRANDE WROTE ONE!!!”
“It was so lovely of her to take the time to write a message for a complete stranger who just did one of the toughest challenges in the world! then getting to deliver it to the most amazing girl and see her reaction was just was incredible …” she added.
Schweiger also further expressed her gratitude to the Grammy winner for writing the message.
She concluded her post by adding, “Ariana, thank you for being part of it and to everyone who wrote a message, you made someone’s day 🥹 congratulations to ellie for your incredible achievement completing the nyc marathon! This is what Ella's envelope is all about. bringing strangers together, spreading a little kindness and reminding people just how kind our world really is …”
Meanwhile, Grande and Alvarez, a photographer, director, and former backup dancer, were first reportedly romantically involved in 2015 for a brief time. They, however, seemed to rekindle their romance earlier this year after Grande's breakup with Ethan Slater.
