Last November we learned that Ariana Grande’s older brother Frankie was in a throuple with two other dudes. Yeah, well… now they’ve broken up, and we’re actually kinda sad about it.
When Grande first announced his two other boyfriends — the married couple of attorney Daniel Sonasohn and doctor Mike Pophis — he said they’d already been dating for three months.
But in a recent interview, Grande admitted, “I am single. I’ve been single for about a month now.”
He said, “I’m super grateful for my last relationship. I grew so much in it, and at the same time, it wasn’t working out anymore. I’m super glad that we decided to end things amicably. And that we can all remain friends.… that’s the important thing.”
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Grande continued, “A throuple … [was] so complicated. You have double the highs, double the excitement … but also double the lows, double the drama. My emotions were so high and so heavy. As breakups go, it was a good one. It was definitely a good one. But I felt everything.”
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When Grande first revealed his triad, he said, “It’s the most responsible thing I’ve done in a while. A lot of people come up to me and say, ‘Oh my God, you’re in a throuple? I’m in a throuple.’ It’s been cool to see people do that as well. Love is love is love is love.”
He also mentioned that the three had very different schedules, but they usually tried to hang out as a group.
Grande’s openness about his ex-boyfriends was refreshing in a queer-phobic culture that over-values single-partner monogamy. Australian researcher Kelly Cookson estimates 1.2 to 9.8 million Americans are in some form of non-monogamous arrangement, suggesting that throuples and other open relationships account for anywhere between 0.5% to 4.3% of the entire US adult population.
Two-person monogamy is by no means the historic human default. Civilizations throughout history have allowed for polygamy, open relationships and extra-marital sex in in addition to two-person unions. If anything, Grande’s throuple was only “modern” in that it embraced something that’s been going on for centuries.
If more people like Grande were open about such romantic arrangements, they could encourage more celebrities and TV and film roles to embrace these relationships, giving others genuine insights into expressing their love and desire outside of two-person relationships.
Vince
I’m so sad. They looked so happy. I mean who even saw this coming.
EZinHTown
LMAO!
charlietex
99% of the time I just think you are a dick but I agree with you on this one.
osote_tex
OMG can you say thirsty? My preference is a pepsi when I am.
piriblue
They all received their 15 minutes of fame. Frankie kind of makes me want to Barf!
Donston
Live your life as you feel the need to. But he was hardly ever “dating” these guys. He was basically a married couple’s play thing and vacation buddy for a few months. And all three used each other for social media attention. Somehow he fell in and out of “love” with these dudes in several months….
No matter the circumstances I would never use Frankie Grande to support any social political stance.
sfhairy
No, no one is sad about this. Quit trying to make Frankie Grande a thing. He’s not. He’s just riding the coattails of his sister.
BGinBigD
UGH!!!! Why report anything to do with Frankie Grande? If Queerty would stop, he’d fade away. In no world should this person become newsworthy.
natmas
Here’s the thing about throuples – they never work, especially if two are already married bringing a third in (which is always seems the case I see in these gay blogs and IRL) – I feel like 90% of the time one of the married guys is just making a last ditch effort to save their relationship by letting their husband introduce another person in. Two people are always going to like each other more than the third and that ends up developing as time goes on or the stress and drama becomes too much.
Just keep the relationship open if you’re going to go down that route.
bowlingbutch
WHO CARES what he does? When he announced he was in a 3 person relationship I predicted it would be over when he wanted/needed some more 15 minutes of fame. And Queerty continues to give him publicity. And he does nothing. He is useless
toddlicious
Who’s surprised or sad about this? Like really… I mean, you couldn’t see this from the moment it was reported? Just look at their thrupple pic. “One of these things is not like the others…” they’re all too young to be so committed anyway. They’ve got so much time to find so many other boys, which I’m sure was part of the problem anyway,
calpoidog
He would get more publicity if he went out and licked donuts like his sister.
toronto
It was for the safety of the two non Frankies. They were having to look at FG face and were about to self harm.
bonbon
Frankie is one ugly plastic hoe.
Brian
In other words, they finally got to meet Ariana, so they had no use for him anymore.
DragonQ
It is a shame most triads or throuple do not work out. We are about to celebrate 20yrs in a couple of months. Our secret is that we communicate and do not let stress build up in our family. We joke that when 2 are arguing the third keeps quiet and acts like a referee. We did start out as a MM couple and a single M but after a year we became a blended family (people, pets, plants and stuff). We do not pay attention to how long we have lived together but focus on our togetherness. It does help that all three of us have our own hobbies, interests, friends and passions. We do have some overlap but are supported when we pursue our own stuff.
queerty02
Frankie using his fame to get guys hotter than him to be in a throuple is gross. Just like his hairline. Why don’t you use your sisters money to get your forehead reduced?