Pete Davidson deletes social media accounts following Ariana Grande ‘split’ (Picture: FilmMagic)

 Pete Davidson has deleted his social media presence following rumours that he has broken up with Ariana Grande.

 The pair have yet to confirm or deny their split, however TMZ reported that they have amicably decided to both go their separate ways – after only getting engaged earlier this year.

 Pete returned to Instagram at the start of the month, and posted a blurry snap of what appeared to be himself.

 In the caption he told his 2.5million followers: ‘Hooray romano’.

 And it appeared his then gal Ari was overjoyed to see his return to the gram as she teased the 24-year-old in the comments.

 Pete returned to Instagram at the start of the month, and posted a blurry snap of what appeared to be himself (Picture: Getty Images)

 Writing to the Saturday Night Live star, the Dangerous Woman songstress joked: ‘Where is the mixtape? This is sick and ur page looks cool never post again (sic).’

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 And Pete didn’t seem to mind her jibe as he replied: ‘U have the coolest ig (sic),’ with a water droplet emoji.

 Back in July, the comedian decided to delete all of the pictures off his Instagram, after claiming that he didn’t want to be on social media any more.

 In a post shared on his story, he said: ‘No nothing happened. No there’s nothing cryptic about anything. I just don’t wanna be on Instagram anymore.

 Back in July, the comedian decided to delete all of the pictures off his Instagram (Picture: WireImage)

 ‘Or on any social media platform. ‘The internet is an evil place and it doesn’t make me feel good. Why should I spend any time on negative energy when my real life is fucking lit.

 ‘The fact that I even have to say this proves my point. I love you all and I’m sure I’ll be back at some point.’

 Pete and Ari had a whirlwind romance that saw them engaged after dating for just two months.

 It’s thought that Ariana met Pete when she recently hosted SNL and the pair got close after she ended her relationship with rapper Mac.

 They confirmed their relationship shortly before this, with a cute picture of them dressed up like Harry Potter characters.

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 Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Are Engaged

 Breaking News

 Ariana Grande's whirlwind romance with Pete Davidson just got that much more serious ... we've learned the two are engaged.

 Sources tell us Pete popped the question to Ariana in the last week ... and she, of course, said yes. The pair started officially dating just over a month ago -- following Ariana's split from rapper Mac Miller.

 Things have heated up quickly between the two, with Pete getting two Ariana-inspired tattoos earlier this month.

 Both Pete and Ariana are 24 ... it's the first engagement for both of them. Pete's also coming off a recent breakup ... he split with "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator Larry David's daughter, Cazzie David, recently.

 It's unclear exactly when Pete and Ariana met ... she was the musical guest and host for 'SNL' in March 2016.

 Congrats! ||||| They may have only been together for a few months, by Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande have wasted no time in making their love permanent with lots and lots of tattoos.

 1. THEIR MATCHING CLOUDS

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 Before the couple had even publicly confirmed their relationship, Davidson and Grande decided to wear their hearts on their sleeves … by inking matching tiny clouds on their fingers.

 The comedian showed off his new ink in a portrait on Instagram, while fans spotted Grande’s during a concert in May.

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 2. PETE’S DANGEROUS WOMAN-THEMED INK

 Shortly after their new relationship made headlines, the Saturday Night Live star’s tattoo artist showed off a pair of new Grande-themed tattoos on social media.

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 First — and most famously — Davidson had a bunny-eared mask tattooed behind his ear, reminiscent of the mask that Grande wears on the cover of her Dangerous Woman album. He followed that up with a rendering of the initials “AG” on his finger, to really drive home who his heart now belongs to.

 In October, fans noticed that the bunny-eared mask had been altered and changed into a large heart tattoo with a small lowercase “a” next to the design. According to Page Six, he transformed his tattoo to match Grande, who has a large heart tattoo on her body (we’re unclear where).

 3. ‘REBORN’

 In June, the couple celebrated their engagement by getting the word “reborn” inked onto their thumbs. Davidson showed off his “reborn” tat — and Grande’s massive engagement ring — on Instagram, along with the caption “u know what you’d dream it be like? it’s better than that.”

 4. ‘H2GKMO’

 A few days later, the engaged couple followed that up with another set of matching tattoos: They both got “H2GKMO” inked on their right thumbs, which is an abbreviation of Grande’s favorite saying, “Honest to God, knock me out.”

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 5. ‘ALWAYS’

 A few days after that, Grande debuted the word “always” on her rib cage, which some fans think is an homage to the couple’s shared love of Harry Potter. (The ink is just barely visible in a few photos she’s posted on her Instagram page; it’s located on the front of her rib cage, right under her bikini top.)

 Though she hasn’t properly showed off the ink on social media, it is believed that the tattoo was done in Davidson’s handwriting, because these two are truly more in love than anyone else in the world.

 6. ‘PETE’

 The singer did away with subtlety completely at the end of June, when she got her fiancé’s name inked on her ring finger, just below the massive, $93,000 pear-shaped diamond that Davidson gave her. (Grande also named a song on Sweetener after Davidson as well.)

 7. ‘8418’

 Grande’s most recent Davidson-themed ink is the number “8418,” which she placed on her ankle. The tattoo matches one that the comedian has on his arm, commemorating his late father’s FDNY badge number.

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 Davidson’s father was a firefighter who died in 9/11, and the comedian recently stated on Instagram that he “would be so happy” about his engagement to Grande and “would love” her if he was still around.

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 8. ‘Mille Tendresse’

 In September Davidson got the same French phrase as Grande (popularized by Breakfast at Tiffany’s), “mille tendresse” on the back of his neck to coordinate with his girl. ||||| (CNN) The romance between "Sweetener" singer Ariana Grande and "SNL" performer Pete Davidson has turned sour.

 The couple, whose whirlwind romance-turned-engagement powered the celebrity gossip machine through the summer, has split, a source close to the singer tells CNN.

 Davidson confirmed their engagement in June . They had been dating a few weeks at the time.

 Pete Davidson: I'm the 'luckiest guy in the world'

 The pair met when Grande guest hosted "SNL" in 2014.

 Davidson and Grande began dating shortly after she broke up with late rapper Mac Miller.

 The pair was never shy about sharing affection for one another publicly, especially on social media.

 The early weeks of their courtship were filled with fawning Instagram posts.

 Once their engagement went public, they spoke openly about their fast affection for one another.

 "The day I met her, I was like, 'Hey, I'll marry you tomorrow,' " Davidson recalled. "She was calling my bluff. I sent her a picture [of engagement rings]. I was like, 'Do you like any of these?' She was like, 'Those are my favorite ones,' and I was like, 'Sick.' "

 The couple moved in together after their engagement.

 Grande was also happy to speak about her blissful life with Davidson.

 In a song titled "Pete Davidson" from her most recent album, Grande sang: "Universe must have my back, fell from the sky into my lap/And I know you know that you're my soulmate and all that."

 Davidson commented about the song on the season premiere of "SNL," joking -- somewhat eerily -- about the royalties he receives from the tune.

 "You know, I don't even get royalties for that 'Pete Davidson' song?" he said. "Like, if we break up, and we won't -- we will -- but we won't. I'm kidding. But in 10 years if, God forbid, that ever happened, there will be a song called 'Pete Davidson' playing in speakers at K-Mart and I'll be working there."

 Not everyone was supportive of the couple's relationship.

 The "Saturday Night Live" star told Howard Stern last month that he received death threats over dating Grande.

 "Someone wanted to shoot me in the face because she's so hot," Davidson told Stern. "Do you know how insane that is? I was like, 'Am I that ugly that people want to shoot me in the face?'"

 Davidson also faced backlash for making a joke about tampering with Grande's birth control on "SNL."

 Personal struggles

 Before entering into a seemingly bliss-filled love story, both Grande and Davidson were open about their personal struggles.

 Davidson spoke about his mental health issues just last week during Weekend Update. And Grande told British Vogue in May that she was still suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome stemming from the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at her 2017 concert in Manchester, United Kingdom.

 Grande has also recently been contending with undisclosed personal issues that reportedly prompted the singer to take a break from work to focus on her well-being.

 On Saturday, Grande had been scheduled to perform at a fundraiser for cancer research, but pulled out of the event.

 Her manager Scooter Braun alluded to her in a speech at the gathering, saying Grande was going through a difficult time.

 Mac Miller, whom Grande dated for two years, died unexpectedly in September.

 In a tribute, Grande called Miller her "dearest friend."

 CNN's Chloe Melas and Megan Thomas contributed to this report. ||||| Ariana Grande & Pete Davidson Splitsville Engagement Off

 Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Split, Engagement Called Off

 EXCLUSIVE

 Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson are dunzo as a couple, and their engagement has officially been called off ... TMZ has learned.

 Sources close to the former couple tell us AG and PD split this weekend, with both parties acknowledging that it simply was not the right time for their relationship to take off. We're told the two still have love for each other, but things are over romantically.

 Ariana and Pete announced their surprise engagement earlier this year in June -- just a few weeks after they were reported to be just casually dating. TMZ broke the story ... Grande's engagement ring cost right around $100k.

 Grande's recently expressed she was going through a rough patch, tweeting a lot of personal messages and saying she needs a break from the public spotlight and asking "can i pls have one okay day. just one. pls."

 As for Davidson, he's continued to appear on SNL, even mentioning his former fiancee in a couple sketches. The last time we saw them together was just last week.

 Our source says while things may be done for the couple for now, the two aren't ruling out the possibility of anything in the future. ||||| Ariana Grande & Pete Davidson Mac Miller's Death Was Breaking Point

 Mac Miller's Death Was Breaking Point for Ariana Grande & Pete Davidson

 EXCLUSIVE

 Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson hit a life-changing fork in the road last month when Mac Miller died -- and his death was the tipping point that led to their split ... TMZ has learned.

 Sources close to AG and PD tell us ... Ariana was in an incredibly dark place following her ex-boyfriend's apparent fatal overdose. She didn't blame herself -- she feels she did everything she could to get him sober -- but it left her an emotional wreck.

 In the aftermath of Mac's death, our sources say Ariana realized a couple of things -- she couldn't be fully invested in her relationship with Pete, and she had rushed into a looming marriage way too fast by getting engaged.

 TMZ broke the story ... Ariana and Pete broke things off this weekend and called off their engagement.

 She never signaled things were bad. In fact ... Ariana was at 'SNL' Saturday supporting Pete and nothing seemed amiss. Folks who were there say they looked all boo'd up, kissing and holding each other backstage. Something clearly snapped Sunday.

 Neither have commented on the breakup. ||||| That sound you hear is thousands of hearts breaking. Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson fans took to Twitter on Sunday, October 14, to express their thoughts after news broke of the couple’s split.

 As Us Weekly previously reported, the singer, 25, and the Saturday Night Live star, 24, called it quits over the weekend, ending their engagement after just four months.

 “It happened this weekend,” a source told Us. “They realized it happened too quick and too early. The wedding is off, but they’re working things out. They’re not officially done yet.”

 “am i surprised that pete and ariana broke up? no. but am i supposed to be happy about that? no. imagine how she is doing right now,” one fan tweeted.

 ” if you’re celebrating ariana and pete splitting, you don’t care about ariana’s happiness. Bye,” another wrote.

 But some thought it was a good thing that the pair, who got engaged in June, just weeks after they started dating, had ended their romance.

 “Pete davidson now he can say whatever he want without Ariana stans calling him out,” one commenter tweeted.

 “Who gets custody of Piggy Smalls?” asked another of the pet pig the pair recently adopted.

 “She’s going to date Post Malone next,” one fan suggested.

 Another Grande fan asked about “Pete Davidson” the song on the “No Tears Left to Cry” singer’s new album. “It’s one of the best songs on sweetener but the name’s gotta go.”

 One fan created a Go Fund Me for the comedian, calling it “Pete Davidson Homeless” and seeking to raise $2,500. “As you may all know, Pete Davidson and his fiance have recently broken up. He will need somewhere to sleep tonight.”

 Davidson moved into Grande’s multimillion-dollar apartment in NYC shortly after they got engaged.

 See more reactions below.

 All my moods at everyone who really thought Ari and Pete.. would last after he disrespected her in so many ways 🗿 pic.twitter.com/vaJTfGwbzN — Mara| love yourself ♡ (@bangitmara) October 14, 2018

 Ariana : me and pete broke it off , i’m gonna just die 🙁 Arianators: pic.twitter.com/e4HldyxWHG — 🦂 (@BECARDIVENOM) October 14, 2018

 wait some of y’all really thought pete & ariana would last? pic.twitter.com/PFtj07ORLz — GirlReligion (@girlreligionco) October 14, 2018

 Ariana and Pete got matching tattoos a WEEK into their relationship. pic.twitter.com/o0U5NpAz9x — Chadwickanda (@ObamaKnowles) October 14, 2018

 ariana running into pete when she hosts SNL from now on pic.twitter.com/ZJOx0mt7a8 — ً (@undemis) October 14, 2018

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 Want stories like these delivered straight to your phone? Download the Us Weekly iPhone app now! ||||| After a quick and passionate romance, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson, have officially called it quits. Confused how their PDA-filled love ended seemingly before it even began? Here's everything you need to know about their relationship from start to finish:

 December 5, 2018:

 It looks like Pete isn't happy to see Ari promoting her new song, "Thank U, Next" as he blocked her from Instagram. Pete blocked Ariana after their big breakup, which is why she wasn't able to see his recent post about mental health and bullies until about a day later.

 A fan sent her a screenshot of the post and Ari revealed that he blocked her.

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 Ari then defended Pete after seeing his post. Many of her fans have been going after him after the release of her recent song, "Thank U, Next," which Ari said, "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."

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 November 16, 2018:

 Neither Ariana nor Pete have kept too quiet about their breakup, but Ari's recent tweet storm may take the cake for the most savage comments regarding the end to their engagement (yes, I'm counting "Thank U, Next").

 When Ari tweeted a black heart to one of her fans, they responded asking "is the black heart some sort of tea or am I reaching," to which Ari responded "u reachin reachin baby."

 u reaching reachin baby. — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 16, 2018

 But that wasn't the end of the exchange. Ari double tweeted the fan writing, "jk I'm empty and my heart is black no so."

 jk i’m empty and my heart is black now so — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 16, 2018

 Ummmm, did Ari just accuse Pete of turning her heart black? Yeah, I think so. Later, when fans were obviously surprised by this sad news, Ariana backtracked...kind of.

 kiiiiiiddding (i’m not kidding) kiiiiiiiiddding relax — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) November 16, 2018

 "Kiiiiiiddding (i’m not kidding) kiiiiiiiiddding relax." Convincing! Before long, Ari was back to using her fave emoji (the black heart). Whether it's a representation of her actual heart or not, who knows? She may just like it cause it's sleek af.

 November 6, 2018:

 Ever since they broke up last month, both Ari and Pete have been scrambling to cover up the tattoos they got together. After originally placing a black heart over his Dangerous Woman bunny mask tat, Pete has now inked over another Ari symbol on his body.

 In an Instagram story shared by his friend Ricky Velez, Pete is seen holding a baby. While the baby is cute and all, our eyes went directly to the giant arrow on his left hand.

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 The arrow used to be a tattoo that read "H2GKMO" which stands for "honest to god knock me out," a phrase popularized by Ariana. Now, it's just a big, black arrow. We wonder what tat Pete will take down next? Maybe the grande "Grande" ink on his side.

 November 3, 2018:

 According to TMZ, when Ariana and Pete broke up, they agreed to not discuss their relationship in public. Obviously, Pete didn't follow through with that agreement, making jokes on stage at a comedy club a few weeks ago, and asking singer Maggie Rogers to marry him in an Saturday Night Live promo. Apparently, the latter really upset Ariana, and when Pete heard that, he decided he didn't want to go through with a sketch planned for the show that addressed the breakup.

 He did, however, make a statement during the show's news segment, Weekend Update. "I know some of you are curious about the breakup, but the truth is, it's nobody's business, but sometimes things just don't work and that's OK," he said. "[Ariana's] a wonderful, strong person and I genuinely wish her all the happiness in the world." He then encouraged viewers to go out and vote.

 The statement is surprisingly mature for Pete, who often hides behind his comedy when dealing with hardship.

 November 2, 2018:

 Ariana is not here for jokes about her relationship, even if they come from her ex-fiancé. In a recent promo video for SNL, Pete Davidson jokingly proposes to musical guest Maggie Rogers. Maggie immediately turns him down and Pete replies back with, "0 for 3," likely referring to his previous relationship with Cazzie David and Ari. Check out the promo below:

 Soon after the video was posted, Ariana posted several tweets shading Pete. She has since deleted them but the screenshots of them are below:

 Twitter

 "For someone who claims to hate relevancy u sure love clinging to it huh," she wrote.

 She also retweeted a tweet that said, "tag yourself, I'm Maggie," likely referencing to Maggie rejecting him in the video.

 Twitter

 She also posted a final tweet saying, "thank you, next," clearly showing signs that she's moving on from Pete.

 Twitter

 Sorry, not sorry, Pete.

 October 31, 2018:

 It looks like Ariana is making her breakup a little more permanent. While many fans were hoping that this split would just be for a short while, Ariana just took a big step in distancing herself from her ex-fiancé and covered up one of her tattoos of him.

 In a new post on her Instagram story, Ariana showed off new ink in the same spot she got her "reborn" tattoo. Pete also has the same tattoo and revealed that it was a reference to a Kid Cudi song.

 Instagram

 Ariana previously covered up her tattoos with bandaids for the Wicked 15th anniversary special. While we can't see if Ari has also covered up her other Pete tattoos, it wouldn't be surprising to see some new ink on her soon.

 October 30, 2018:

 Two weeks after getting dumped by Ariana, Pete is back to smiling! We're so happy to see those pearly whites again after days upon days of mopey Pete. Of course, we don't blame him for being sad about the breakup — we were too, but we're glad to see he's feeling at least a little better.

 The comedian was spotted enjoying himself at a Halloween event in Staten Island. According to pics obtained by TMZ, he was especially excited to see one festive pup. He even snapped a selfie with the dog! According to TMZ, Pete was "super friendly to everyone and seemed to be in a very good mood." Happy to hear it, Pete!

 October 24, 2018:

 While we're still reeling from Ari and Pete's breakup, according to People, the stars' inner circles are happy to see the relationship come to an end.

 "[Ariana's loved ones] always thought the engagement to Pete happened way too quickly," a source told People. "They didn’t want her to get married to Pete. And Ariana never got to the wedding planning stage. It was all way too soon."

 The couple's breakup is obviously really sad, but Ari is apparently handling everything pretty well. "Actually, much better than expected," according to People.

 And it's not only Ariana's family that was happy to see the relationship end, but also Pete's. “Everyone on both sides are relieved it’s over.” OK, then maybe it's time I get over it too.

 October 20, 2018:

 Pete Davidson has finally addressed his split with Ariana Grande, and, in classic Pete fashion, he did it through comedy.

 As he cohosted a comedy show "Judd and Pete for America" with Producer Judd Apatow, he took advantage of his spotlight onstage to reach out for help. "Does anybody have any open rooms?" He asked the audience. "Looking for a roommate?" He also admitted that he wasn't exactly happy to be at the event. "There's a lot going on," he said, according to E!.

 During his set, Pete also discussed the fate of his Ariana tattoos. "Um, I've been covering a bunch of tattoos, that's fun," he said. As we know, Pete isn't the only one shielding tattoos from the relationship. Ariana placed a bandaid over her "Pete" tat when she performed at the Wicked 15th Anniversary Special recently.

 "So, obviously you know I, we broke up or whatever but when me and her first got engaged we got tattoos," he continued. "And it was like in a magazine like, 'Was Pete Davidson stupid?' And 93% of it said yes," Pete said about the public's perception of his tattoos. "So my boy, he was like, 'Don't listen to that sh*t man. They're literally f*king haters.' And I'm like, 'yeah, f*k that. I'm not stupid.' And the other day we were in my kitchen and he was like, 'Yo bro. Turns out you were stupid.'"

 The comedy event benefited Swing Left, a political group created in the wake of President Trump's election. Judd Apatow joked that he made Pete attend the event, despite the circumstance, because it was for an important cause. "I care more about America than your feelings, I do," Judd joked. "I care more about America than Pete's feelings."

 "I feel like I am America," Pete responded. "I'm a good guy that just keeps getting kicked in the d*ck."

 October 19, 2018:

 Get ready, Ari and Pete fans, cause it looks like things might not be over after all.

 A source told People that there's still a chance they'll get back together soon.

 "They’re very unpredictable," the source said. "It’s over for now but in a few days it wouldn’t be shocking to see them all over each other again."

 Hopefully this means we'll be hearing good news from them soon!

 October 17, 2018:

 Couples deal with a breakup in different ways, but it seems like Ariana is doing just fine.

 Ariana seemed to be living her best life as she recorded her part for the Wicked 15th Anniversary special. She even got to meet one of her idols, Idina Menzel, during the shoot.

 She also posted about her anxiety and how it almost kept her from performing at the event.

 In photos from the event, Ari's engagement ring was missing, confirming reports that she returned it to Pete Davidson. She even covered up her Pete Davidson tattoos with bandaids, according to TMZ. Does this mean she's already in the process of getting them removed?!

 Meanwhile, Pete Davidson cancelled an appearance at Temple University's "Comedy Night Live," where he was expected to perform a stand-up set on Wednesday. According to Entertainment Tonight, he dropped out due to "personal reasons."

 Looks like Pete might be taking their breakup a little harder than Ariana...

 October 16, 2018:

 While we're still holding out hope that couple gets back together, it looks like things are officially over (for now).

 According to TMZ, Ariana has returned the ring back to Pete Davidson, but there is one thing in particular that she gets to keep.

 Ariana is keeping Piggy Smallz as she was the one who originally bought it in the first place. As for Pete's tattoo of their beloved pet pig...well, he might get rid of that now that they're officially split.

 October 15, 2018:

 Things might have not been going so well for the couple for a while as Ariana cancelled an appearance just before her split was announced.

 Ariana was supposed to perform at the F*ck Cancer Barbara Berlanti Heroes Gala, which is run by her manager Scooter Braun.

 "Someone that I am very close to could not be here today because of things that she is going through," Scooter told the crowd, according to People. "She couldn’t be here today, and while I was frustrated, being a manager, my wife, being who she always is, said to me, 'She needs this time.'"

 While she cancelled her appearance at the gala, she did confirm that she will be performing at the Wicked 15th Anniversary special in her first post since her split.

 October 14, 2018:

 After 5 months together, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson have reportedly called it quits.

 TMZ was the first to report that the couple have broken up. According to People, a source close to the couple said, "it was way too much too soon. It’s not shocking to anyone."

 The couple hasn't officially confirmed their break up. Pete Davidson recently deleted his Instagram account, while Ariana has remained quiet on her social media accounts.

 October 10, 2018:

 Pete Davidson was spotted with some new ink and the placement is causing some Ari fans to freak out.

 According to Page Six, Pete recently covered up his Dangerous Woman tattoo he had on his neck and turned it into a heart. While the reason behind the coverup isn't known yet, a source told Page Six that the new heart tattoo matches one of Ari's many tattoos. He also got a new tattoo featuring a small "A" next to the heart, likely for Ariana's name.

 Pete previously got the tattoo back in June, so it's kind of surprising to see him cover it up so quickly. At least Ari and Pete are still going strong.

 October 9, 2018:

 While it's still unclear whether or not Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber are protecting their respective fortunes and signing a prenup, we at least have a definitive answer for Pete and Ari. According to People, the pair is almost done finalizing their prenuptial agreement, if it's not already finished!

 For those who don't know, a prenup establishes rights to property in the event of a divorce. So, if Pete and Ari get call it quits, they will walk away with all the money, homes, etc. that they entered the marriage with.

 The topic actually came up recently on Saturday Night Live when Weekend Update host, Colin Jost, asked Pete about the prenup situation. Pete responded that he wanted to sign the agreement.

 “Obviously I wanted one, you know, so God forbid we split up and then she takes half my sneakers,” he said.

 According to In Style, Ariana is worth $45 million. She can thank album sales, tours, and various sponsorship deals for her fortune. On the other hand, Pete is worth about $3 million, racking up the money for his role on SNL as well as various movies throughout the years. And then, of course, there are the sneakers.

 September 29, 2018:

 Saturday Night Live is officially back on the air and nothing was off-limits during the first episode of the show's 44th season premiere. Pete Davidson's summer was one of the biggest topics during the episode and he even appeared during the Weekend Update segment to let everyone know how it went.

 "I got engaged and no one could believe it. I can’t believe it," he said. "I get it, she’s the number 1 pop star in the world and I’m that guy from SNL that everyone thinks is in desperate need for new blood."

 "Do you remember when that whole city pretended that kid was Batman because he was sick? That’s what this feels like," he joked.

 Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost asked Pete if they were planning to have a prenup.

 "Obviously I wanted one, you know, so God forbid we split up and then she takes half my sneakers," he joked. "No look, I’m totally comfortable being with a successful woman, I think it’s dope. I live at her place. She pays 60 grand for rent and all I have to do is stock the fridge."

 Pete also said that he has a plan to make sure that Ariana stays with him. "Last night I switched her birth control with Tic Tacs," he said, which caused a lot of frightened gasps from the audience. "I believe in us and all, but I just want to make sure that she can’t go anywhere."

 Of course, fans were not so happy with the joke.

 pete davidson just joked about switching ariana’s birth control with tic tacs. really. — marisa kabas (@MarisaKabas) September 30, 2018

 did pete davidson just make a joke about switching ariana’s birth control with tic tacs so she’d get pregnant and would be obligated to stay with him

 .....wut — kara ✨ (@kyloporg) September 30, 2018

 Generally I thought Pete Davidson was funny, but until birth control sabotage stops being a common form of abuse and a way abusers trap women in dangergous relationships, I'm not going to laugh at that joke #SNLPremiere — Ariel Rose (@ArielRoseV) September 30, 2018

 September 27, 2018:

 Last week, fans collectively went, "Aw!" when they saw that Pete and Ariana had adopted an adorable baby pig.

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 Now, Pete is opening up about the story of why the got the cute pet and it's hilarious! Pete went on Late Night With Seth Meyers and obviously Seth wanted to know about the "big step" the couple took together.

 "This girl, like, she was like, 'I want a pig,'" Pete told Seth. "And then an hour later it was just there. You know what I mean? Like, I'm still trying, to get, like, a Propecia refill….This chick got a pig in a f--king hour."

 Pete explained that Piggy Smallz (yeah, that's his name) has doubled in size in the past week (OK, we need new pics then, please).

 Not only has the pet grown, but he has also started to act up a little. "The first two days it was like really new and, like, didn't move much," Pete said. "But then, now, it's starting to bite and, you know, start to do stuff like [headbutt]. Because it's a pig."

 Despite Piggy's newfound aggression, Pete still loves his new pet. "I love it! I want it to get big and fat." Well, you're in luck Pete! Because I'm pretty sure that's what pigs do.

 September 24, 2018:

 In a recent interview with radio personality Howard Stern, Pete revealed that he received a death threat when his relationship with Ariana went public.

 "I got a death threat," he explained. "Someone wanted to shoot me in the face because [Ariana's] so hot. Do you know how insane that is? I was like, 'Am I that ugly that people want to shoot me in the face?' They’re like, 'No, f*ck this guy,' I’m like, 'What did I do?'"

 Pete is no longer "on the internet," as he explained in the interview. Meaning, much like Selena Gomez, he doesn't have the password to his own Instagram account. "I don't have my password," he said. "I have an account in case I have to do something, but I don't know how to go on there. I can't. I don't f*cking care. It makes me feel weird about myself... If I post something I like and then people just sh*t all over it, it was like, 'You’re asking for it.'"

 September 20, 2018:

 The couple has been taking things slow recently, especially after the death of Mac Miller, which led them to skip the Emmys. Laying low will be a little harder for Pete now that SNL will be returning for its 44th season this weekend.

 In honor of its return, Pete posted a video on his Instagram, the first one he has posted since his social media break. In it, paparazzi can be seen taking photos and trying to talk with him. After making some light conversation with them, Pete yells "welcome home" until the video ends.

 "@nbcsnl back next week. f**k the internet tho..." he captioned the photo.

 Looks like he might not be so happy to be back after all...

 August 29, 2018:

 While we've all loved Ariana and Pete's relationship since the beginning, it took Pete's mother, Amy Waters Davison, a little more time to warm up to it.

 According to a source from Us Weekly, “Pete’s mother was very nervous about his relationship with Ariana when they started dating." This was mostly due to his previous mental health issues and his diagnosis of borderline personality disorder back in 2016. "She knows her son goes through manic episodes and thought he was rushing into a relationship and would wind up getting hurt."

 However, time as showed that the two really love each other and they are in it for the long haul. “Pete’s mom has grown to love Ariana and can see how much she loves Pete,” said the source. “It has gotten better now that she knows Ariana better.”

 Now, the Grande-Davidson crew is a big, happy family. We can't wait to see them all unite at the wedding!

 August 27, 2018:

 Pete and Ariana are currently on tour together as Ariana performs her Sweetener sessions. Before she took the stage to perform songs from her new album, Pete had the chance to introduce her and, of course, he told a joke while he was up there.

 "Are you guys ready to start the show? Alright, coming to the stage — I can’t believe she talks to me — but give it up for Ariana Grande," he said, according to US Weekly.

 US Weekly also reports that the couple couldn't take their eyes off each other all night, even when Ariana was performing.

 "Pete just seemed very in awe of her and very proud of her," a source told US Weekly. "He stood on the side of the stage [during the show] and she would occasionally blow him kisses."

 Ariana's LA show is the final Sweetener session in the US. The next one will be on September 4 in London, which means we'll likely see them together before Pete starts working on the next season of Saturday Night Live.

 August 23, 2018:

 Freshman at Auburn University got a special treat when Pete Davidson stopped by as their speaker for their welcome week. Pete was even joined by Ariana Grande, although, she didn't go up on stage.

 During the Q&A section of his set, a brave student asked him the question we all wanted to ask:

 "What’s it liked being engaged to Ariana?," Pete repeated, according to People. "It’s like what you would think it would be like but like a 100 times sicker. I’m a very, very happy boy who is very, very loved and I’m very lucky. And my d*ck‘s forever hard."

 Well, okay then...

 After his show, Ari posted a cute photo of the two of them backstage wearing matching Auburn sweaters.

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 August 20, 2018:

 Ariana and Pete seriously couldn't keep their hands off each other at the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.

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 So, when Ariana accepted the award for Best Pop Video, fans waited patiently to listen to her thank fiancé Pete. He has been supporting her endlessly since they got together, even wearing a bracelet with her new initials to the awards. She went through everyone, literally EVERYONE on her list before looking Pete in his eyes across the crowded hall and saying, "Pete Davidson, thank you for existing." Ah, young love.

 The PDA did not stop on the red carpet, however. The two kept kissing throughout the show, planting a BIG one on each other when Ariana won Best Pop Video for "No Tears Left to Cry." Fans went crazy over the resulting gif, which showed an extremely intimate moment between the two lovebirds.

 this gif saved my life https://t.co/Tze4cMwJ5J — tamara (@tbyarianagb) August 21, 2018

 Now that's true love if I've ever seen it.

 After the show, Ariana hosted a Sweetner session, performing songs off her new album for some lucky fans. Of course, kissing was had between the couple at this event as well. Fans went wild as the two embraced in front of the crowd.

 And finally, Ariana performed "Pete Davidson" in front of Pete Davidson which was kind of beautiful.

 August 17, 2018: Ariana chatted with Ebro Darden on Apple's Beats 1 about everything from her fiancé, Pete Davidson, to dealing with anxiety after the shooting at her Manchester concert.

 After playing her dedication song to the attacks, "Get Well Soon," Ariana broke down crying in the studio. "I just wanted to give people a hug musically and I feel like the lyrics can be kind of corny when I talk about wanting to hug you and stuff, but I really do," she explained. Ariana also discussed getting over her fears after the shooting and going back on tour for her fans.

 "You try not to give into fear because obviously that’s the whole point of being here," she explained. "That was the point of finishing my tour, to set an example for my fans who were fearless enough to show up to the f*cking shows." Despite getting over some fears, the singer admitted to still facing constant anxiety when it comes to her very public life. "I don’t like to have security come with me everywhere. I don’t like those things. It makes me feel inhuman. It makes me feel weird and I don’t like it. I know people are just trying to take care of me, but I want to escape with my friends and run around and be free...but you think about it differently when sh*t like that happens."

 Things took a lighter turn when Ebro asked Ariana about Pete.

 Ariana said that while the wedding won't be for at least five months, it will be sooner than five years, and while she isn't thinking about kids right now, eventually she'll probably want about three.

 Ebro then asked the singer if she's going to hyphenate her last name to become Ariana Grande-Davidson, something that isn't too foreign to Ariana, whose last name is currently hyphenated as Grande-Butera. While she said she is going to hyphenate Pete's last name, professionally, she would like to eventually just go by Ariana. "Isn't that sick?" She asked. "I feel like it’s got a ring to it.”

 For now though, she's going to remain Ariana Grande, a tribute to her late grandfather who loved the name. "I think of him with everything I do and he was so proud of our name."

 We also found out we may have been pronouncing Ariana's name wrong this whole time! “My grandpa said Grande," she said, pronouncing it Grand-e. "My brother kind of changed it to Grande because Grand-e was kind of like, I guess the Americanized version of it."

 August 16, 2018: Sweetener is almost here and Ariana recently hung out with James Corden to do some carpool karaoke before the big release. While she sang some of her biggest hits like "God is a Woman" and "Dangerous Woman," Corden asked her what was the weirdest thing she every heard about herself.

 "Tons of pregnancy stuff. People really want me to be pregnant. They always want me – they want it. They want it so bad. Every other week, there’s like another pregnancy thing."

 Looks like all those pregnancy rumors are not true (not like we really believed them anyway). Sadly, Ari didn't open up about her relationship with Pete Davidson, but hopefully we'll be seeing more cute moments between the couple very soon.

 July 31, 2018: Pete was spotted with his Ariana Grande "Dangerous Woman" tattoo covered up and fans were scrambling for some answers. Luckily, everything seems to be going well in paradise as he actually covered it up for his new movie, Big Time Adolescence, according to TMZ. Even Pete's makeup artist reassured fans that everything is alright between the couple, writing on her Facebook, "Trust me, they are in LOVE."

 July 30, 2018: Previously a fan called out Ariana for naming a song on her upcoming album "Pete," after her new fiancé. A fan argued that Ariana shouldn't name the song after Pete since they have only been together for a few months, to which Ariana responded,"He's my fiancé. This is my album. I'm an honest and emotional artist and human being and if my openness in my work isn't for you, that's OK; I won't be offended. Still wishing y'all all the love in the world."

 Now, it has been revealed that Ariana has changed the name of the song, but not to please that one angry fan. The official title of the track formally known as "Pete" is now, "Pete Davidson." In case you got it confused with another guy named Pete.

 When a fan asked about the name change on Twitter, Ariana responded saying:

 i like the way it looks

 i love his name and i love him

 music lasts forever. it’ll outlive any tattoo, any memory, any anything, even myself so i want my love for him and how i feel to be a part of that — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 30, 2018

 Ok, that is beautiful.

 July 23, 2018: After they both left social media due to intense backlash from fans and the public, Ariana released a behind the scenes video for her song "God is a Woman" and it features tons of cute moments between her and Pete Davidson.

 The two shared a kiss and Ariana adorably said, "that's my fiancé," as she walked in front of the camera. Watch the video below:

 July 12, 2018: Ariana got to show off her new manicure on Instagram but it was actually her new tattoo that has everyone talking. In a sweet tribute to her new fiancé, Ariana got Pete's name tattooed on her left ring finger, right next to her engagement ring. While we all know who she's engaged to, it's still a sweet little reminder of her future husband.

 July 5, 2018: Ariana responded to fan questions and was asked about Pete's joke about the Manchester Arena bombing that recently resurfaced.

 this has been v tough & conflicting on my heart. he uses comedy to help ppl feel better ab how f-ed up things in this world are. we all deal w trauma differently. I of course didn’t find it funny. it was months ago & his intention wasn’t/ is never malicious but it was unfortunate

 i hear and respect you always

 i hear and respect you all always. — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 5, 2018

 Pete has yet to apologize or make a statement about the joke, although, it's probably safe to say that the couple had a long talk about it recently.

 July 2, 2018: One of Pete's old jokes has recently resurfaced and it has a not-so-funny connection with Ariana.

 Last fall, Pete performed at a benefit to support victims of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. During his set, Pete joked about the Manchester Arena bombing at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people.

 "Britney Spears didn’t have a terrorist attack at her concert," Pete joked.

 A source close to Pete has since come to defend the comedian saying that the joke is being taken out of context.

 "He lost his dad in 9/11 and is close with other victims of violent tragedies. As a way of coping he turns to humor," the source told People. "He’s obviously sensitive to tragedy as he lost his own father and his intention is to just make people laugh."

 While it's unknown if Ariana has heard the joke, things seem to going fine between the couple as they posted photos of each other the day before.

 July 1, 2018: Ariana got a brand new tattoo in honor of Pete's dad. While walking around New York City with her fiancé earlier this week, fans noticed a new tattoo of the numbers "8148" on her foot for the first time. 8148 was the badge number that Pete's dad, Scott Davidson, had worn when he was a firefighter. Scott Davidson died during the September 11 attacks and Pete also has a similar tattoo of his dad's badge numbers as well.

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 Pete Davidson also showed off his newly dyed hair in an Instagram post. Posing right next to Ariana, the two are sporting face masks but it's really Pate's new blonde hair that stole the show. Check out his new hair below:

 June 28, 2018: Ariana is throwing it back this Thursday by singing along with a song from her first album Yours Truly called "You'll Never Know." While it was a nice treat to see her singing one of her classics, it was her sweater that stole the show as it featured a picture of Pete. Check out the sweater below:

 pete is on ariana’s sweater (via Ariana Grande’s IG story) pic.twitter.com/1zRb0kyZfi — daily pete davidson (@davidsonsource) June 29, 2018

 June 27, 2018: The birthday festivities continue for Ariana. The couple and some of their friends decided to hit a karaoke bar (as any normal Grammy-nominated vocalist does) and sing some of their favorite tunes together. Ariana got to channel her inner Beyoncé and perform the only cover of "Love on Top" that might be acceptable on this planet.

 imagine being at a karaoke bar and it’s your turn to sing but you’re going up after ariana grande... pic.twitter.com/3r3JneFHOa — zach 🌫 (@nyczach) June 27, 2018

 Pete decided to join in on the next song and performed Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life." Pete looked like he was having a lot of fun singing next to his future wife.

 ariana grande and pete davidson doing evanescence karaoke is how we all know that this is true love pic.twitter.com/RZedDblUuO — xx (@xxheathheathxx) June 27, 2018

 Let's hope that Pete joins Ariana on her next tour so we could see them perform this song all the time.

 June 26, 2018: Happy birthday, Ariana! Thanks to her family and friends, the singer had a big bash to celebrate her 25th birthday. Pete also joined in the festivities and even posted a cute Instagram in honor of the birthday girl.

 Just when fans thought that was the only birthday post Pete had up his sleeve, he posted another one on his Instagram.

 Ariana posted several photos from her big bash on her Instagram page, but there was one photo that got all her fans talking and it wasn't even from the party.

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 If you didn't believe in their relationship before, this is all you need to believe in them now.

 June 22, 2018: Ariana and Pete aren't hiding their love, especially on social media. Ariana posted a new video on her Instagram stories featuring her straddling her fiancée while singing "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King.

 Anyone can definitely feel the love between them, especially Pete.

 June 21, 2018: Ariana Grande answered some interesting questions during her Twitter Q&A and probably gave a little too much information about her fiancé. A fan asked Ariana how long Pete is, referring to the song on the album. Ariana jokingly replied back saying 10 inches, before mentioning that the actual song is a little more than a minute.

 Ariana also replied back to rumors that she is pregnant with Pete's child and that's why they're in a rush to get married. One fan photoshopped her Sweetener album cover to make it seem like she's rolling her eyes.

 mood for the next few years til i’m actually ready #fertilequeen — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 22, 2018

 Another fan even told her that they would make cute kids together and she replied back saying they're not in a rush to have children.

 oh absolutely but ......... innnnnnnaaaaawhile 🙈 — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 22, 2018

 June 20, 2018: Pete Davidson has finally confirmed his engagement with Ariana, even though we've all known the truth all along. Pete stopped by The Tonight Show to talk about his new movie Set it Up. Jimmy Fallon mentioned to Pete that he didn't have to get engaged in order to be a guest on the show. "But I did though," Pete replied.

 When asked how his engagement to Ariana is going, Pete said, "Yeah, I feel like I won a contest. So sick. It’s f*cking lit, Jimmy."

 Watch more of Pete's interview below:

 June 18, 2018: H2GKMO, everyone! Pete and Ariana just went and got tattoos together (along with some of Ariana's friends). Ariana decided to get one of her favorite Twitter phrase, H2GKMO, which means "honest to god, knock me out." Ariana showed off her new ink on her Instagram story.

 It's unknown if Pete also got the same phrase, but he did show off some new ink in honor of Kid Cudi's new album.

 Clearly, the couple that gets inked together, stays together.

 June 17, 2018: Just when this relationship couldn't get any sketchier, TMZ is now reporting that Pete and Cazzie were actually on a break when he got together with Ariana.

 It seems like it's all good though, as Ariana posted on her Instagram later that day and hinted that her and Pete may have taken another big step in their relationship and moved into a new apartment together.

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 Ariana answered some fan questions on Twitter about her new album. She recently posted a clip of a song on her Instagram page earlier in the day.

 During her Twitter Q&A, Ariana revealed that the new track is actually called "Pete."

 Twitter

 She also shared that she had several options for the song's title, but decided to name it after her new fiancé instead. A fan also tried to come after her for naming the song after Pete, but she clapped back with one final tweet.

 "'pete' girl we know you love him but are you dumb," the fan tweeted out.

 Another fan came to her defense and pointed out that Ariana really doesn't care anymore.

 "forreal. the truth is :coffee: i been the f*ck thru it and life’s too short to be cryptic n sh*t about something as beautiful as this love I’m in. so ǝʇǝԀ it is."

 June 15, 2018: Pete posts another photo of him and Ariana, this time focusing on their hands including that special ring on her finger with the caption, "u know what you’d dream it be like ? it’s better than that."

 Ariana posts a video of her singing along to her new single "Bed" on her Instagram story. She also shows off engagement ring and later posts a second video of her with Pete.

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 June 14, 2018: Some friends of the couple are now talking about their big engagement.

 Nick Cannon revealed to Entertainment Tonight that Pete had called him before the engagement. Pete and Nick used to work together when Pete was part of the Wild N' Out team for several seasons.

 "He called before he was going to do it, and I said, 'Salud!'" Nick told Entertainment Tonight. "He was really excited, so I was like, 'I love it, man. Keep it going.' Love is in the air!"

 Nick has also said that he has already congratulated the Wild N' Out album on his engagement and is even open to taking part in the wedding.

 "I think they're outstanding. They're young people in love and you can't knock that. It's like The Notebook," Nick said. "I'm up for all weddings. I'll officiate. I don't know how long they'll last if you let me do it, but I'm up for it."

 Ariana's Sam & Cat co-star Jennette McCurdy also talked to Entertainment Tonight about the newly engaged couple and said that Pete is absolutely perfect for Ariana.

 "They seem like they're a great fit," she said. "From what I know of her, he seems like exactly a good person for her."

 She also said that Pete fits Ariana's type when it comes to guys.

 "Tattoos! She always likes the tattoos. And humor, of course."

 June 11, 2018: Rumors start spreading that the couple has taken things to the next level and are now engaged. While Ariana and Pete have yet to officially confirm their engagement, Ariana did reply back to a fan's tweet which seems to prove that the rumors are true.

 HAHAHAHAHAHH HES BEEN BRIEFED — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) June 12, 2018

 Later that day, they were spotted together at Disneyland, possibly celebrating the big news, and riding Space Mountain together.

 Another one of Pete's exes, Carly Aquilino, shared various text conversations on her Instagram story with her reaction to Pete's engagement.

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 She also posted a second conversation featuring her sending a heart emoji to someone without a reply back and the caption, "my love life going great."

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 Pete and Carly dated back in 2015, before he started dating Cazzie.

 June 2, 2018: Pete gets two new tattoos in honor of his new bae. One of them features Ariana's initials "AG" and the second is Ariana's signature bunny ears from her Dangerous Woman era.

 June 1, 2018: Cazzie David posts a new photo on Instagram of her on vacation in Africa with the caption, "Been in Africa, what’d I miss ??"

 May 30, 2018: The couple makes their relationship Instagram official after Pete posts a picture on his account featuring him and Ariana in Gryffindor and Slytherin robes.

 May 23, 2018: Ariana opens up about leaving a toxic relationship after it was reported that Mac Miller was arrested for drunk driving after crashing his car and fleeing the scene.

 "I will continue to pray from the bottom of my heart that he figures it all out and that any other woman in this position does as well," she wrote.

 May 20, 2018: Pete attends the Billboard Music Awards, where Ariana performed her new single, "No Tears Left to Cry."

 "After Ariana’s performance, they were backstage and he had his arm around her," a source told People. "They seemed very lovey-dovey. He was hanging out with her and her friends. She seemed quite smitten."

 May 18, 2018: Bossip is the first to report that Grande and Davidson are officially a couple.

 May 17, 2018: Pete goes to tattoo artist Jon Mesa to get his tattoo of Cazzie covered.

 May 16, 2018: Pete revealed that he and longtime girlfriend, Cazzie David, have broken up on Open Late with Peter Rosenberg. The couple started dating in 2016.

 May 12, 2018: Ariana and Pete are seen together at a Saturday Night Live afterparty, according to Us Weekly. She's also seen with the same cloud phone case that Pete was spotted holding earlier.

 May 9, 2018: TMZ reports that Ariana and Mac Miller have broken up after 2 years of dating. According to sources, the couple broke up due to conflicting schedules and still plan to stay close friends.

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Summary: – They were engaged within weeks of dating, and even got matching tattoos. Now, Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson may have some ink to cover up. TMZ, which broke the news of their marriage plans in June, is now reporting on the demise of those plans, with sources telling the site the couple broke up over the weekend, and that Grande ended things. A source confirms to CNN that the two are done, though TMZ notes the couple believed "it simply was not the right time for their relationship to take off." "They realized it happened too quick and too early," a source tells Us Weekly. "The wedding is off, but they're working things out. They're not officially done yet." The 25-year-old singer detailed recent struggles on social media after the death of ex-boyfriend Mac Miller, who died last month of an apparent drug overdose; TMZ reports that that was the breaking point. Fans of the 24-year-old Davidson—who has apparently deleted his Instagram account, per Metro—meanwhile, are commiserating: One even started a GoFundMe for him. "He will need somewhere to sleep tonight," noted the fundraising effort, which was seeking to bring in $2,500 and has since been taken down.


Chloe Kim made headlines on Tuesday by winning 2018 Winter Olympics gold at just 17 years old in the women’s snowboard halfpipe final, but it was her father who stole the show after becoming “the American dream”.

 American Kim, who is of South Korean heritage, was one of the big rising names in Pyeongchang to keep an eye out for, and the snowboarding protégé delivered on her promise as she won the halfpipe final with three brilliant runs.

 An emotional Kim soaked up the adulation of her fans after claiming gold, and quickly rushed to embrace her family who were watching on the slopes.

 Jong Jin Kim cheers on his daughter Chloe in the Winter Olympics women's snowboard halfpipe final

 But it was her father, Jong Jin Kim, who won the adulation of the public as he appeared with a sign reading “Go Chloe” in true dad-style support, and when she was finally crowned Olympic champion, he was heard shouting “American dream!” while pointing at himself with a beaming smile on his face.

 He later said: “When I came to the United States, this was my American hope. Now, this is my American dream.

 “We all worked so hard. I can take a break now,” Jong Jin added in Korean. “We worked so hard. Now she’s going to go to college. She’s a student, and she’s got to go study hard. Snowboarding is what you do when you’re young. Who knows how much longer she’s going to keep snowboarding?

 “I just want her to study hard. She’s got to go have a good experience in college. I just hope she lives as a happy girl. I just wish she was a little nicer to me! She’s such a teenage girl.

 “She can do what she wants to do. We’ve been so close for so long, now I can take a break.”

 Television footage showed Jong Jin cheering on his daughter as she went for a final run to light up the Olympics, having already bagged the gold medal. Not content with her score of 93.75, Kim went for broke and performed her trademark back-to-back 1080s – the move that only her and two-time men’s gold medallist Shaun White have ever completed.

 Winter Olympics 2018: 9 British medal hopefuls to watch

 9 show all Winter Olympics 2018: 9 British medal hopefuls to watch

 1/9 Lizzy Yarnold Lizzy Yarnold won Team GB’s first gold medal of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games after dominating the women's skeleton from start to finish. She hs recently take some time away from the sport before returning with the aim of defending her title at PyeongChang 2018. Getty Images

 2/9 Jenny Jones Jenny Jones set Britain alight with slopestyle fever when she produced a spectacular display at Sochi 2014 to take Olympic bronze. having spent a winter in Tignes as a chalet maid, she took up snowboarding, quickly winning everything she entered, included three Winter X Games golds between 2009 and 2010. Getty Images

 3/9 Jamie Nicholls Jamie Nicholls became the first British male snowboarder to win a World Cup event in 2016. The Bradford-born athlete took up the sport aged seven at Halifax Ski and Snowboard centre, but by the age of 13 he was already considered one of the best UK snowboarders. At the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, Nicholls finished sixth overall. Getty Images

 4/9 James Woods James Woods won five consecutive British National Championships in slopestyle between 2007 and 2011. Woods suffered a hip injury in training for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games, but finished a remarkable fifth in the slopestyle. After winning the Big Air competition to take a first ever Winter X Games gold medal in 2017, the Brit went on to take Winter X Games Europe bronze in slopestyle before repeating the feat at the World Championships a week later. AFP/Getty Images

 5/9 Elise Christie Elise Christie was born in Livingston and moved to Nottingham when she was 15 in order to pursue her sporting dream. After representing Great Britain at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Christie enjoyed the most successful season ever by a British female short track speed skater in 2012/13 - finishing the campaign ranked top in the 1000m world rankings, with two European gold medals to her name. Following three disqualifications at Sochi 2014, the 12-time World medallist will be confident of improving on her previous Olympic best result of 11th in the 500m at Vancouver 2010. AFP/Getty Images

 6/9 Eve Muirhead Eve Muirhead became the youngest ever skip to win a Winter Olympic medal when she guided Team GB to bronze at Sochi 2014 in what was her second Winter Olympic appearance. A four-time world junior champion, Muirhead has won multiple European and World senior medals – including a second gold at the 2017 European Championships – and will once again skip Team GB’s women’s curling rink in PyeongChang. AFP/Getty Images

 7/9 Dave Ryding Dave Ryding shocked the alpine skiing world when he claimed Britain’s first World Cup skiing podium for 36 years with slalom silver in Kitzbuhel in January 2017. The man from Bretherton had almost made another trip to the podium in Stockholm in the parallel slalom, but finished an agonising fourth, just 0.06 seconds off a bronze medal. Ryding competed at the Vancouver and Sochi Olympic Winter Games, finishing 17th in the slalom in Russia, and achieved his highest World Championship placing in 2017 when he came 11th. Getty Images

 8/9 Charlotte Gilmartin Charlotte Gilmartin began competing as a junior speed skater for Great Britain aged just 15, before rising through the ranks to regularly compete on the world stage. In January 2016, Gilmartin won 3000m gold and overall silver at the European Championships and added 500m bronze a year later. Getty Images

 9/9 Andrew Musgrave Andrew Musgrave’s first outing at the Olympic Winter Games came at Vancouver 2010 where he finished 51st in the 15km + 15km double pursuit, 55th in the 15km freestyle race and 58th in the individual sprint. In 2014, he competed in his second Olympic Winter Games in Sochi where he qualified 27th for the individual sprint before finishing 44th in the 15km classical and 53rd in the 50km freestyle. The Dorset-born athlete finished fourth in the 50km freestyle at the 2017 World Championships – a higher placing than any previously achieved by a British Nordic skier. Getty Images

 Becoming the first woman to land the trick at the Winter Olympics, Kim was given a huge score of 98.25, sealing her victory over China’s Lie Jiayu by more than eight points.

 Yet Kim even found time to crack jokes on social media between the runs, tweeting: “Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I’m getting hangry.”

 Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I'm getting hangry — Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 13, 2018

 “I am a little overwhelmed,” said Kim. “It’s the best outcome I could have asked for, it’s been such a long journey.

 “This whole experience has been insane. You hear so much about the Olympics but actually being a part of it is a completely different story. I am so fortunate to be able to go through it.

 She produced two trademark 1080s on her final run (Getty)

 “To share my story with the world has been amazing.

 “I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing I could do better I wasn’t going to be very satisfied,” she added.

 Chloe Kim burst into tears after winning the women's halfpipe final at the Winter Olympics (Getty)

 “I did put down a really good run (in the first run) but I was like – ‘I can do better than that’.

 “I knew that I wanted to do that third run, I wanted to do the back-to-back 10s, go bigger and better.”

 DFS is proud to continue its support of Team GB as the official homeware partner, bringing the joy of comfort to Team GB athletes throughout 2018 and beyond. ||||| Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I'm getting hangry ||||| The gold medal had been secured, the desire to eat a breakfast sandwich had been conveyed to the world, and the starburst had been completed. She stood at the top at PyeongChang Halfpipe and had only one thing left to do, the thing she loved most, the most peaceful thing in a 17-year-old life about to be upended, to never again be the same. Chloe Kim had to perform.

 For competitive purposes, the final run Kim took down the halfpipe meant nothing. For artistic and athletic value, it carried historic weight, both a punctuation and invitation. It stamped her, even at the start of her career, as a groundbreaker, one of the most talented snowboarders in the sport’s history. It begged other girls all over the world to join her: Look at what you can do, look at all the grand possibilities, when you strap a high-tech plank to your feet.

 The coronation of a new American Olympic darling occurred here late Tuesday morning. Kim entered these Olympics as an overwhelming favorite in women’s halfpipe, with many snowboard enthusiasts convinced she could have won gold four years ago, at age 13, had she not been too young to compete in Sochi. But the expectation could not diminish the thrill of watching Kim twirl and spin and take the sport to new places.

 [Svrluga: Ice cream-loving teen or dominant gold medalist? Chloe Kim is now both.]

 Kim’s first run, which scored a 93.75, guaranteed her first place. She spilled in the middle of her second run, which left her “kind of annoyed.” On her third run, she executed three spins on the left side of the halfpipe, whooshed up the other wall and pulled off the same trick on that side. The crowd roared and shrieked: Kim had become the first female to land consecutive 1080s in the halfpipe at the Olympics. The run earned her a 98.25, more than eight points clear of Chinese silver medalist Liu Jiayu.

 “I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn’t going to be very satisfied,” Kim said. “That situation, I did put down a really good first run, but I was like, ‘I can do better than that. I can one-up myself.’ The third run was for me to prove to myself if I did it, and I could go home really happy and excited.”

 Kim, an acrobatic performer of Korean heritage and California cool, is destined to become an even bigger star than she already is. She became a prodigy under the watchful eye of her father, Jong Jin, who was born in South Korea — a biographical fact that enhanced her stardom here. Jong Jin would drive his youngest daughter from La Palma, Calif., to Mammoth Mountain, 5 1 /2 hours away. Jong Jin watched Tuesday from in front of the grandstand at the base of the halfpipe, holding up a sign reading “Go Chloe!”

 “I told her, today is the day [she] will turn into a dragon,” Jong Jin said.

 [Meet Chloe Kim, the 17-year-old snowboarder poised to rule the Olympics]

 The world changed for Kim. She stood on a podium and dabbed a tear from each eye, then received a quick glimpse into a coming whirlwind. Handlers whisked her to an interview. Reporters trailed Jong Jin like ducklings. As her mother, Boran, hugged her and wiped away a tear, photographers clicked cameras and reporters held iPhones aloft. She navigated a gantlet of TV interviews and a maze of reporters.

 “I don’t really know what’s happening, and I’m actually feeling a little anxious right now,” Kim said. “I’m a little overwhelmed.”

 Despite her admission to nerves, Kim carried herself with an easy-going personality and acted very much like the Californian teenager she is. Kim tweeted about jonesing for ice cream Monday afternoon — between qualification rounds, in which she produced, by far, the two highest-scored runs of the day. She pulled the same schtick between finals runs, telling the world she wished she had finished her breakfast sandwich, and she was now “hangry.”

 “I’ve just been on my phone a lot, just looking at social media, trying to distract myself,” Kim said. “When I get drug-tested, I’ll be doing the same thing, because I’ll be nervous when I’m getting drug-tested, because there’s a stranger watching me go to the bathroom.”

 But it’s Kim’s athletic charisma and jaw-dropping talent that makes her most appealing. Even to a broad audience with scant snowboarding knowledge, her surpassing ability is obvious. She achieves more amplitude on her jumps, packs more spins and flips into them and lands her board back on the ground like a feather.

 Her place in the sport will be pivotal. It may have been the final Olympics for five-time Olympian Kelly Clark, the 34-year-old standard bearer. She won her only gold medal at the 2002 Olympics but remained at the top of the sport long enough to miss out, just barely, on her fourth podium Tuesday.

 “If I did the run I won with in Salt Lake,” said Clark, who finished fourth, “I wouldn’t even make a final today.”

 American Arielle Gold, who won bronze with an audacious and flawless third run, called it “the most progressive contest we’ve ever seen. It just shows you the direction women’s snowboarding is going to go.”

 Kim is at the vanguard, with a new world about to open to her — so many more possibilities. Just-minted gold medalists are often asked a version of the same question: What would you tell people like yourself, but younger? Less than an hour after her defining run, Kim nodded along as a reporter asked it of her.

 “I’d say do whatever you want,” Kim said. “I think I was so fortunate to find my passion and the thing that brought me so much joy at such a young age. I think, you know, if you’re young — even if you’re old, it doesn’t matter how old you are — but if you find something that you really want to try, just give it a try. You’re never going to know. The one thing I learned is, just give everything a shot. You don’t want to live in regret.”

 She had nothing to regret Tuesday, on a dazzling morning, bright sun reflecting off pristine snow, people from two nations screaming for her. There is so much Chloe Kim will have to navigate in coming years, but the joy of getting to perform will never grow old. ||||| Chloe Kim, of the United States, celebrates winning gold in the women's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory... (Associated Press)

 Chloe Kim, of the United States, celebrates winning gold in the women's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) (Associated Press)

 PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Chloe Kim stamped her name on a new era of snowboarding with a run down the halfpipe that, officially, did not mean anything, but to her, meant everything.

 The Olympic gold medal was already hers but she knew she could do better. So, she cinched on her gloves, cranked up "Motorsport" on her iPod, said "This one's for you Grams" — a shout-out to her South Korean grandmother, who was watching her in person for the first time — and dropped into the halfpipe to make history.

 On the last run of Tuesday's sunsplashed final, Kim hit back-to-back 1080-degree spins on her second and third jumps — repeating a combination no other woman has ever done in a competition.

 She landed them squarely, sent her already super-hyped family at the bottom into overdrive and sent out the message that everyone from grandma to those at the roots of this sport love to hear: "I knew I wasn't going to be completely satisfied taking home the gold, but knowing that I could've done better."

 The 17-year-old from California made it look easy, but only afterward did she concede how difficult the past several months have been. Her story has been told and sold and marketed for gold: Her parents both emigrated to the United States from South Korea, and though it was more coincidence than any grand plan, Kim making her Olympic debut in the country where her family was from set up a sure path to stardom in the halfpipe and beyond.

 She has commanded the progression in women's snowboarding for at least two years now, and it was hard to imagine anyone beating her on the sport's biggest stage, at her official coming-out party. But halfpipes are hard, the snow is frozen and nothing is for sure.

 "There is a lot of pressure revolving around these games," she said. "You wait for four years to come here and it's definitely a lot of hype around a 1 1/2, 2-hour time period. It's pretty nerve-wracking. You know you're at the Olympics. It's been a dream of mine since I was a little girl, to land a run that's very important for me."

 She didn't have to do it.

 In the first of the day's three runs, she flew higher than anyone on her opening straight air, then landed one 1080, and closed with a pair of inverted spins, each with well-timed, easy-to-see grabs of the board that the judges appreciate. Her score there was a 93.75, which put her nearly nine points clear of the other 11 riders, none of whom would crack 90.

 The rest of the day was a contest for second, and China's Liu Jiayu won it. She said injuries made her reboot and reconnect with her love of the sport, regardless of the result. It will be interesting to see how the 25-year-old's attitude shifts four years hence, at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

 Third place went to another young American: 21-year-old Arielle Gold, who casually announced afterward that she had separated her shoulder here on the second day of training, much the way she did on a training run in Sochi four years ago that forced her to scratch from the competition.

 "The doctors (say) that the more that it happens, the less impactful it is," Gold said.

 That bronze-medal run pushed Kelly Clark — she of the one gold and two Olympic bronzes — into fourth. This was Clark's fifth Olympics, and the 34-year-old left the halfpipe with her own future to consider, but knowing the future of the sport she helped bring to the masses is in very good hands.

 "Chloe's an outstanding snowboarder, but I'm more proud of her for how she's handled herself as a person," Clark said. "She's handled success and pressure with grace and class, and it's refreshing."

 Kim's journey included two years in Switzerland, where she lived with her aunt, learned French and honed her snowboarding skills.

 Her father, Jong Jin, gave up his job to chase his daughter's dream.

 Down in the fans section, where Jong Jin was joined by his wife, Boran, along with Chloe's two sisters, three aunts, two cousins, and her 75-year-old grandma, dad pointed to himself and said "American dream," then let out a big whoop.

 "I did, like, a 12-year sacrifice, and finally I got my reward," he said. "Thank you very much (to) my daughter."

 She put on quite a show, and she will be rewarded in ways large and small. Heck, her Instagram following nearly doubled, to 350,000, since she arrived in South Korea — and that was before she won the gold.

 But deep down, she knows where the real thanks belonged. Her way of giving it was the classic run she put down at the end.

 "To just quit work and travel with your kid full-time, leaving your wife behind and really chasing this dream because your kid is really passionate about this sport, I'm always so thankful for that," she said. "And today, I really did it for my family and everything they've done for me."

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 AP Sports Writer Jake Seiner contributed to this report.

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 More AP Olympic coverage: https://wintergames.ap.org

Summary: – At 17, American snowboarder Chloe Kim has completed her rise to superstar with a stunning gold medal victory in Pyeongchang. The California teen was already assured of gold after scoring 93.75 in the first run of the women's halfpipe final, but she ended up making history on her third run, the AP reports. She scored an amazing 98.25 with back-to-back 1080-degree spins, one on each side of the halfpipe, a feat never accomplished before by a female at the Olympics. "I knew if I went home with the gold medal knowing that I could do better, I wasn’t going to be very satisfied," she says. "That situation, I did put down a really good first run, but I was like, 'I can do better than that. I can one-up myself.' The third run was for me to prove to myself if I did it, and I could go home really happy and excited." The win makes Kim the youngest female snowboarder to win Olympic gold, and the youngest female Team USA member to win gold on snow. The silver went to China's Liu Jiayu, and the bronze to Arielle Gold, another American. Before finals runs, Kim tweeted that she was "hangry" after not finishing her breakfast sandwich, reports the Washington Post. Afterward, the teen, whose parents are from South Korea, told reporters: "It means a lot just being able to do it where my family is from. A lot of pressure, but I’m happy I was able to do it here and do it for the fans and the family." Her father, who held a "Go Chloe" sign, shouted "American dream" when she was crowned champion, the Independent reports. "When I came to the United States, this was my American hope," Jong Jin Kim told reporters. "Now, this is my American dream."


No one seems to be sure exactly how many people packed the National Mall today for the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear, but there’s one thing everyone can agree on: sanity and/or fear are extremely popular.

 MTV’s spokesperson told the Washington City Paper’s Mike Madden that 250,000 people came out to see Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert take the stage Saturday, while Viacom (the parent company of MTV and Comedy Central, home to Stewart’s and Colbert’s show) told the New York Times’ Brian Stelter that “well over 200,000” were in attendance.

 [TPM SLIDESHOW: Sanity Restored: Photos From The Stewart/Colbert Rally]

 At the rally itself, Mythbusters hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage said they counted about 150,000.

 But The Hill’s Vicki Needham dug into the data and found anecdotal evidence to suggest a crowd size closer to Viacom’s number than the from the Mythbusters dudes.

 “More than 350,000 had ridden Metro [DC’s public transportation system] before 3 p.m.,” Needham reported, “a number typical for an entire Saturday.”

 To be sure, even the smaller estimates show an extremely large crowd for a DC event, even one in this year of tea party rallies packing the Mall and the Capitol lawn. I have been to many a tea party rally, from the big ones to the small ones, and jammed in the crowd at Stewart’s rally as I was today I can say there was an amazingly big turnout.

 By way of comparison, the crowd was definitely closer in size to that of the first 9/12 rally — which, of course, famously had no final crowd tally — than to the second 9/12 rally.

 Stewart poked fun at the idea of crowd estimates, even as us media types scrambled to put them together. Joke’s on me guess. Or on you for reading this whole story. Whichever, here’s Stewart mocking us both:

 Update:

 CBS News commissioned the same group to analyze the crowd size at the Stewart-Colbert rally it used to estimate the crowd at Glenn Beck’s August rally.

 The CBS numbers: Beck drew 87,000 people to his rally, Stewart and Colbert drew 215,000. ||||| The crowd at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on the Mall in Washington. / AirPhotosLive.Com

 An estimated 215,000 people attended a rally organized by Comedy Central talk show hosts Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Saturday in Washington, according to a crowd estimate commissioned by CBS News.

 The company AirPhotosLive.com based the attendance at the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on aerial pictures it took over the rally, which took place on the Mall in Washington. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 10 percent. (See some of the pictures used to create the estimate here.)

 CBS News also commissioned AirPhotosLive.com to do a crowd estimate of Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in August. That rally was estimated to have attracted 87,000 people. Amid criticism from conservatives that the estimate was low, CBS News detailed the methodology behind it here.

 TBD reported that because of the high turnout many would-be rally attendees retreated to bars to watch the event.

 The crowd at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the Mall in Washington. / AirPhotosLive.Com

 The National Park Service does not estimate crowds. The New York Times' Brian Stelter wrote on Twitter during the event that the Park Service privately told Viacom there were "well over 200,000" people at the rally, according to an executive.

 Stewart joked during the rally that there were ten million people present and, in reference to the difficulty of making crowd estimates, solemnly promised to "count them all."

 Comedy Central's permit for the event said it was expecting 60,000 people, though, as the Wall Street Journal notes, it ordered enough port-a-potties for 150,000.

 Jon Stewart Rallies for Sanity -- and Against Cable News

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 Jon Stewart Rally Attracts Moderates Who Want a to be Heard ||||| Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. ||||| They got the "wave" going from front to back of the crowd, got the ladies and guys to compete in a wave down the mall through the crowd that swelled from 3rd street in front of the Capitol past the Smithsonian castle and buzzed around the edges.

 Stewart suggested that the only way to get an accurate count would be to "count off" one at a time by number and ethnicity. The count reached about three before Stewart and Colbert turned to other distractions like dancing around the stage with Ozzy Osbourne.

 Voicing no real concern for any accurate numbers, Stewart thanked the crowd for showing up.

 "Your presence is what I wanted," he told everyone late in the rally.

 Regardless of the actual numbers, photos and accounts from the mall and the Metro showed packed streets and jammed subway cars and buses on what turned out to be a perfect fall day in Washington.

 In fact, more than 350,000 had ridden metro before 3 p.m., a number typical for an entire Saturday.

 The National Park Service does not provide attendance figures, at the direction of Congress. Comedy Central said on its event permit that it was expecting 60,000 people. But it ordered 500 port-a-potties, which, at a recommended ratio of 1 for every 300 attendees, suggests that they might have been expecting 150,000.

 --Cross-posted from Blog Briefing Room.

Summary: – The question on everyone’s mind today: Just how many people attended yesterday’s Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear? Some estimates: At the rally, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage of Mythbusters estimated the crowd at 150,000, according to Talking Points Memo. An MTV spokesperson told the Washington City Paper more than 250,000 were in attendance, while Viacom (parent company to both MTV and Comedy Central) told the New York Times the Parks Service gave a private estimate of “well over 200,000.” The Hill points out that before 3pm, more than 350,000 had already ridden on DC’s public transportation system—typically, that’s the number for an entire Saturday. CBS News used the same group they used to estimate the size of Glenn Beck’s rally, and that group came up with 215,000. Stewart jokingly put the number at 10 million, while Colbert went even further with his estimate of 6 billion. So was it really larger than the crowd Glenn Beck drew? Click here to see his rally estimates, or if you'd rather take a look at some of the funniest rally signs from yesterday, click here.


5. “She told me how much pain it brought her when people would question her about them or make comments,” she said. “No one should ever have to feel like a public museum for people to ridicule.”

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 “[Afterwards] people were asking her about her tattoo. The scars became irrelevant – a thing of the past. I want them to know that they no longer have to feel ashamed and that they no longer have to conceal their scars.”

 ID: 8145995 ||||| Last week, Whitney Develle, a tattoo artist based in Brisbane, Australia, posted on her Instagram that she would be dedicating one or two days a week to giving free tattoos to clients with a history of self-abuse; the tattoos would help cover the scars they had from self-harm.

 Develle was inspired to make the offer because of a friend who had cut herself while battling an eating disorder.

 "She told me how much pain it brought her when people would question her about them or make comments," Develle told 9news.au.com. "No one should ever have to feel like a public museum for people to ridicule."

 Develle offered, free of charge, to cover up her friend's scars with tattoos, and the effect that this had on her life was extraordinary.

 "The look on her face — money can't buy that,"Develle said. "[Afterwards] people were asking her about her tattoo. The scars became irrelevant — a thing of the past."

 Realizing she could give the same gift to others, Develle put up a posting on social media saying that she would give free tattoos to clients who wanted to conceal their self-inflicted scars. The response was so overwhelming that she has since had to amend the post to say she would only be able to provide 50 free sittings until the end of the year but will offer discounted rates to everyone else who is interested.

 "I want you to be able to look down at the scars that bring you pain, embarrassment, shame, and be able to put those feelings behind you and instead feel proud of the body part that now contains art and offers a new beginning," she wrote in her post.

 Develle is not the only artist making this type of generous offer, as tattoo artists all over the world are stepping up to help people move on with their lives. An Ohio-based artist named Brian Finn is similarly spending one day a week covering up scars that were inflicted due to domestic violence, human trafficking, and self-harm.

 And in Curitiba, Brazil, 31-year-old Flavia Carvalho transforms scars that women have gotten from domestic abuse or mastectomies into stunning floral tattoos.

 Follow Diana on Twitter. ||||| ATTENTION: I am now accepting no new emails regarding the free tattoo enquiries. I have received a substantial amount of emails and will be sending out my replies as soon as possible. I am only able to provide around 50 free day sittings, 1-2 each week until the end of the year.Please note that given the overwhelming amount of beautiful people out there, I have decided to dedicate more of my time to offering highly discounted rates to anyone who is seeking to move forward from their past and embark on a new beginning. I want you to be able to look down at the scars that bring you pain, embarrassment, shame, and be able to put those feelings behind you and instead feel proud of the body part that now contains art and offers a new beginning. If you are interested in this please email with an attached photo with the subject line of SCARS BOOKING, from there I will provide you with all the information necessary. Thank you again for coming forward, I await creating something for you to admire. Email: whitneydevelletattoos@hotmail.comInstagram: @whitneydevelle , Location: Garage Ink Brisbane. ✌ NOTE: Due to the larger than expected amount of requests I have received it will take longer than first expected to respond to all emails. I am working my hardest to reply to each and every one of you. Please be patient at this time. ❤

Summary: – A 22-year-old Australian tattoo artist is making headlines after offering free tattoos to people with scars from self-harm, BuzzFeed reports. "I want you to be able to look down at the scars that bring you pain, embarrassment, shame, and be able to put those feelings behind you and instead feel proud of the body part that now contains art and offers a new beginning," Whitney Develle wrote on Facebook and Instagram last week. The posts went viral, and Develle got so many responses she had to update her offer: She will provide 50 free tattoos between March 17 and the end of the year, and will offer discounted rates to others who want to cover their self-harm scars. The overwhelming response to her offer has been "humbling but also heartbreaking," Develle tells 9 News. She says she came up with the idea after a friend showed her her scars and told her how much it hurt when people commented on them; Develle says her friend was much happier after Develle tattooed over her scars and people started commenting on her tattoo instead. In her Facebook post, she notes, "This offer is not for people who are still self harming. Please have the courage to talk to a friend or family member about seeking professional help." Closer to home, Cosmopolitan notes that Brian Finn of Ohio has since October dedicated one day a week to giving free tattoos to those marked by domestic violence or self-harm. (Find more uplifting stories here.)