Rumors have it that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez parted ways with her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, well before she made the decision to undergo egg freezing, a choice reflecting her personal evolution.
The outspoken lawmaker from New York is said to have ended her engagement with Roberts nearly two years prior to their public acknowledgment.
Their story began during their college days at Boston University, where Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts first crossed paths.
The couple made their last notable public appearance together at the Met Gala in 2021, with Ocasio-Cortez sharing news of their engagement the subsequent year.
But about 18 months ago, the engagement was suddenly called off, according to Leigh Ann Caldwell, the chief Washington correspondent for Puck News.
While the reasons behind their breakup remain undisclosed, sources note that Ocasio-Cortez had ceased donning her engagement ring months before they halted plans to marry.
The news comes as Ocasio-Cortez announced that she is in the process of freezing her eggs and documenting the process.
Eagle-eyed viewers of her videos have since noted that Roberts is notably absent from the conversation.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has reportedly broken up with her longtime fiance Riley Roberts. They are pictured together at the 2021 Met Gala
Sources had claimed the 36-year-old congresswoman stopped wearing her engagement ring nearly two years ago
Ocasio-Cortez was previously reprimanded in a July 2025 report for listing Roberts as her ‘spouse’ on federal documents she filed to attend the 2021 Met Gala, when she famously wore a ‘Tax the Rich’ dress, but did not list him as a spouse in her financial filings.
‘The Committee notes that at the same time Representative Ocasio-Cortez was seeking to take advantage of exceptions to the Gift Rule only applicable to spouses and/or certain relatives, she was not disclosing Mr. Roberts’s financial interests as is required of Members who are legally married,’ the House Ethics committee wrote in its report.
Within the filings, AOC’s attorney David Mitrani argued that the Democrat’s partner is not subject to ‘financial disclosure guidance [because] Mr. Roberts is not considered a spouse.’
Despite not being subject to spousal financial disclosures, the committee noted that Roberts reaped the benefits of being an official congressional spouse.
One of the perks Roberts enjoyed was receiving an official spouse’s congressional pin, which allows the partners of lawmakers to access typically restricted parts of the Capitol complex.
Ocasio-Cortez first met Roberts when they were both undergraduates at Boston University
Ocasio-Cortez was reprimanded in a July 2025 report for listing Roberts as her ‘spouse’ on federal documents. The two are pictured here in 2020
The shocking update about their break up comes just days after the 36-year-old congresswoman filmed herself injecting fertility drugs, in preparation for freezing her eggs.
‘This is just not something that men deal with,’ the Democrat bemoaned in the video posted to her Instagram Stories on Saturday.
‘Men run for office, or frankly, they interview for jobs and people don’t think in the back of their mind, “OK this guy’s running for office, how old is he? Oh, well is he gonna wanna start a family?”
‘This is a choice I am making to feel more in control of my life,’ the Representative, who has been in DC since being sworn into Congress at the age of 29, remarked.
‘I want you all to see that,’ she continued.
‘And because women can do anything, and I think it’s badass that I’m going to be giving myself shots in the green room [as I] get my glam on.’
As AOC now puts her plans to start a family on pause, speculation is mounting that she may run for higher office.
In a recent appearance on ABC’s This Week with Jonathan Karl, she insisted she is ‘focused on winning the midterms. I’m running for Congress right now.’
AOC shared her incredibly candid journey of freezing her eggs in a Saturday Instagram post
But, she added: ‘I haven’t ruled out the possibility, and I’m very humbled to the tremendous amount of support out there,’ when prodded about a run for President.
She also noted that ‘anything is possible,’ when asked if she would challenge fellow New Yorker Chuck Schumer, the current Minority Leader in the US Senate, for his seat in 2028.
In an interview with POLITICO last month, she responded: ‘I mean, I can’t say that I’ve ruled it out,’ when asked about a presidential campaign.
Back in May, while speaking at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics on Friday, Ocasio-Cortez was asked by legendary Obama strategist David Axelrod whether she planned to run for higher office in 2028.
‘They assume that my ambition is positional,’ Ocasio-Cortez replied, adding ”They assume that my ambition is a title or seat, and my ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country.’
She then outlined a wish list of socialist policies she would like to see implemented across the United States.
‘Presidents come and go. Senate [and] House seats, elected officials come and go, but single-payer healthcare is forever,’ she noted, while attendees cheered,
‘A living wage is forever. Workers’ rights are forever. Women’s rights. All of that.’
‘When you aren’t attached. When you haven’t been like fantasizing about being this or that since the time you were seven years old, it is tremendously liberating,’ the New York Democrat continued, adding, ‘Because I get to wake up every day and say, ‘How am I going to meet the moment?’
The Daily Mail has reached out to Ocasio-Cortez’s office for comment.