Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has reportedly split from her longtime fiance, Riley Roberts, ending their relationship of more than 10 years and their 2022 engagement.
Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts broke up roughly two years ago and called off their engagement, according to Puck chief Washington correspondent Leigh Ann Caldwell.
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“Perhaps that’s why she’s freezing her eggs,” Caldwell wrote Tuesday on X, amid questions about why Ocasio-Cortez had not married Roberts despite having gotten engaged four years ago.
The revelation comes after Ocasio-Cortez publicly documented her decision to freeze her eggs, a process she has described as “very daunting.” In her initial video discussing the procedure, Ocasio-Cortez did not mention Roberts.
Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts, a web developer, met while attending Boston University and had been together for years before getting engaged. Ocasio-Cortez confirmed their engagement in May 2022 after Roberts proposed during a trip to Puerto Rico.
Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts’s relationship has also been entangled in controversy surrounding her congressional ethics disclosures. In several filings connected to foreign travel, Ocasio-Cortez listed Roberts as her “spouse,” despite her office maintaining that the pair were not legally married.
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The House Ethics Committee had separately investigated Ocasio-Cortez over her attendance at the 2021 Met Gala, though that inquiry was unrelated to her relationship with Roberts. Ocasio-Cortez remains a possible Democratic 2028 presidential candidate, telling ABC News she has not ruled out a presidential bid.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office for comment.
