AOC secretly SPLIT from her longtime fiancé before egg freezing plan

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly secretly split from her longtime fiancé years before she decided to freeze her eggs.

Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts met when they were both undergraduates at Boston University and he was by her side when she became the youngest person elected to Congress in 2018.

The two were last pictured together at the 2021 Met Gala, and Ocasio-Cortez announced their engagement the following year.

It is unclear what may have led up to the split, but insiders have said Ocasio-Cortez stopped wearing her engagement ring in the months before they decided not to get married.

The news comes as Ocasio-Cortez, 36, announced that she is in the process of freezing her eggs to 'feel more in control of my life' and will be documenting her fertility journey.

Roberts is notably absent in clips of the congresswoman discussing the process and is not mentioned in her updates, including one from today in which she revealed she was heading for an ultrasound.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has reportedly broken up with her longtime fiancé Riley Roberts. They are pictured together at the 2021 Met Gala

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has reportedly broken up with her longtime fiancé 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

Sources had claimed the 36-year-old congresswoman stopped wearing her engagement ring nearly two years ago

The reports of the break up emerged days after the New York Democrat revealed she is in the process of freezing her eggs. On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez shared she was on her way for another ultrasound

She also spoke carefully when asked if her fiancé is 'supportive' of her fertility journey, saying: 'All of my loved ones have been very supportive.'

A review of Ocasio-Cortez's Instagram page shows her last picture with Roberts was posted in December 2021, as they celebrated the holidays. 

Despite the reports of the couple's demise, Roberts was caught on camera by Daily Mail photographers walking their dog, Deco, around their apartment in Queens last summer.

Ocasio-Cortez was not with him for the walk and Roberts kept a low profile in a baseball hat, a white T-shirt, blue cargo shorts and loafers.

He was seen speaking with a security guard as they cased their apartment building for any vulnerable areas following a disturbing pro-Palestine vandalism attack on Ocasio-Cortez's campaign headquarters.

That same month, the New York congresswoman was named in a House Ethics 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.'

Ocasio-Cortez first met Roberts when they were both undergraduates at Boston University

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

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

Roberts was spotted walking his and Ocasio-Cortez's dog, Deco, around their Queens home in July 2025

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.

The shocking reports of their break up comes just days after Ocasio-Cortez 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.' 

She has since posted several updates about the process, telling viewers on Tuesday that she underwent a second ultrasound.

Roberts was seen speaking with an unidentified man in black garb on the walk around the neighborhood

Roberts was seen speaking with an unidentified man in black garb on the walk around the neighborhood

AOC shared her incredibly candid journey of freezing her eggs in a Saturday Instagram post

AOC shared her incredibly candid journey of freezing her eggs in a Saturday Instagram post

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.' 

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,' she added.

'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, 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. 

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