Ariana Grande's Parents Split up When She Was Just 8: Facts about Joan Grande & Edward Butera

Singer, songwriter, and actress Ariana Grande's parents divorced when she was just a child, but they were there for her when she married Dalton Gomez in 2021.

Singer and actress Ariana Grande is close to her parents, Joan Grande and Edward Butera, but the couple split up when their daughter was just a child. Nevertheless, the former couple seems united in their support for their daughter.

Fans are curious about Ariana Grande's parents: mother, Joan, and father, Edward -- who they are, what they do, and their relationship with their Grammy-winning daughter.

Ariana Grande was born in Florida, on June 26, 1993, the daughter of Joan Grande and Edward Butera. Joan was born in June 1957 and had her first child in 1983, Ariana's only sibling, Frankie Grande.

At that time, Joan was married to a doctor, Victor Marchione, but the two split up in 1987. Not long after that, she met a graphic designer named Edward Butera in New York City and married him in 1992, and the newlyweds moved to Florida.

Joan's family owns the Florida-based Hose McCann Communications, and she is the CEO. Ariana spoke admiringly about her mother revealing that her mother is the CEO of a successful company that holds Defense contracts.

According to Ariana, Joan is not the type of woman who's happy running a home and baking cookies. She is an independent and capable woman, and she influenced Ariana to be the same.

Edward and Joan welcomed their daughter Ariana on June 26, 1993, but their relationship crumbled. In 2002, they divorced, and for years the former couple was estranged.

Ariana Grande's Parents Walked Her Down the Aisle

Edward and Joan had become distant in the intervening 18 years, but when their daughter married real estate agent Dalton Gomez on May 15, 2021, they were together to walk her down the aisle.

The bride was a vision in an elegant Vera Wang wedding dress with a shimmering veil held in place with a dainty little-girl bow. It was a dress worthy of Audrey Hepburn, and Ariana did it full justice.

The wedding was small and intimate, with 20 guests -- close friends and family -- gathered to celebrate at the singer's home in Montecito, California.

Ariana Grande's Mother Is a Goth

Ariana has revealed that every garment in Joan's wardrobe is black and classifies her sense of humor as "Addams Family." One year, the singer confessed, her mother daubed blood on the walls for Halloween; on another, she had animal organs all over the house.

Ariana revealed that Joan had always had a peculiar fascination with the macabre. The singer described her mother as a Goth, and her entire wardrobe is in black, styled in a similar fashion as the HBO "Game of Thrones" villain, Cersei Lannister’s."

Ariana has described Joan as loud, Italian, and eccentric -- a description she says fits the whole family. Having a strong character seems to be a family trait. The singer admits that Joan's drive and focus have influenced her.

Ariana Temporarily Fell Out with Her Father In 2014

After Edward and Joan divorced, Ariana became closer to her mother and grandmother. Over the years, Ariana has often alluded to Joan being a mother and father to her. The singer said:

"Falling out of touch with my dad. It's private, but it happened last year. It took me so long to be okay with it."

The distance between father and daughter widened when the two fell out for undisclosed reasons in 2014, even though the singer still sent him Father's Day shoutouts on Instagram. Since then, the two seem to have reconciled, and Edward has shown his love and admiration for his daughter.

In 2019, Ariana and Her Parents Spent Thanksgiving Together for the First Time in 18 Years

Ariana announced happily that she was spending Thanksgiving with her mother and father, as a family, for the first time in eighteen years. She shared a snap of the three on her Instagram stories to celebrate the occasion.

In 2020, Ariana Grande bubbled with happiness with Joan Grande and Edward Butera by her side at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. At last, the estrangement between Ariana and Edward was at an end.