Lana Del Rey recently hit the red carpet with a large diamond ring on her finger. It was later confirmed to Billboard that the 37-year-old singer was engaged to Range Media Partners’ Evan Winiker. This was quite a shock to fans, as the pair had kept their relationship low-key and fans were unaware she had a new man.
Many people were unaware that Lana had split from Jack Donoghue, who she was linked to last summer. Del Rey never speaks about her romance, so this new update was a huge surprise.
In early 2022, rumors began swirling that Del Rey was dating musician Jack Donoghue from the band Salem after he shared a now-deleted Instagram video of the pair at a monster truck race. In the video, Dey Rey referred to Donoghue as "babe." After the summer, the pair were not seen together.
So, what happened between Lana Del Rey and Jack Donoghue?
8 Who Is Jack Donoghue?
Lana Del Rey's ex Jack Donoghue is a musician who is in the band Salem with John Holland called Salem.
They released a 2010 critically received debut studio album titled King Night. The duo then disappeared for a decade before resurfacing in 2020 to drop Fires in Heaven.
Jack is also involved in other artists’ projects. He has production credits on Kanye West’s Yeezus album and created a Salem remix for Charli XCX.
7 Lana Del Rey And Jack Donoghue Appeared In Viral Images
In July 2022, Lana Del Rey and Jack Donoghue went viral after they hard-launched their relationship on Instagram with a pair of photos taken outside of Chicago’s Cook County Jail. Although the photo has soon deleted, the post was initially captioned “Family visit.”
Fans went wild over the photo, with many declaring it "aesthetics". There was even a viral tweet comparing the duo to Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson.
The pair were then spotted together in May at Donoghue's birthday party, though neither party shared photos themselves.
6 Jack Donoghue Was In Love With Lana Del Rey
Before their split, a source close to Jack Donoghue told the Daily Mail that the pair were destined to become “this unexpected power couple of dark, twisted Americana” before adding that they “seem really into each other.”
“You might not believe this, but Jack is really romantic. He’s totally crazy about Lana. While she was away for a few days, he was playing her songs really loud, making sure the sound system was good enough,” the source told the outlet.
“Jack is all dark and edgy and seems anti-everything, but underneath all that, he’s actually a good-looking guy, an all-American hunk. He’s kind of like this troubled hot guy, someone who maybe played football in high school but then dropped out to chase his demons.”
5 How Jack Donoghue's Online Behavior Affected Fans
Lana Del Rey's fans weren't too happy with Jack Donoghue and his controversial online behavior. Jack's old posts included videos and photos of him making out with his cousin and his dog.
In a photo from 2016, Jack can be seen licking his dog's tongue with the caption, "Throw back to my first relationship."
In a video shared in February 2016, Jack can be seen kissing a man. The caption read: "Fadddddeddddd ð.... Bruh: this is my first cousin.... Found this vid on my phone just now...........¿Wud up family that follows me?"
4 Why Did Lana Del Rey And Jack Donoghue Break Up?
Lana Del Rey has always been super private about her relationships, so it's not known when Jack Donoghue and Lana split.
At the time of their break-up, her ex Sean Larkin told the New York Times that he and Del Rey were “just friends.” Although Lana never addressed it, Larkin said: “We still talk and whatnot, we just have busy schedules right now,” said the now 49-year-old Live PD star.
3 Jack Donoghue's Famous Exes
Lana Del Rey is not Jack Donoghue's first famous ex. In 2011, he was rumored to be dating Courtney Love after the pair attended a charity gala together.
Donoghue was also romantically linked to Julia Fox after an old picture of the pair kissing surfaced on Twitter earlier this year.
2 Lana Del Rey's Private Dating History
While she rarely speaks publicly about her love life, Lana Del Rey had previously been linked to rapper G-Eazy, Italian photographer Francesco Carrozzini and Scottish singer Barrie-James O'Neill in the past.
Del Rey was previously engaged to musician Clayton Johnson and dated Sean "Sticks" Larkin, the 46-year-old police officer, in 2020.
In a March 2020 interview with the New York Times, Sean explained that he and Lana "just kind of hit it off from day one" which led to a low-key relationship between the pair.
"When we were in Tulsa, we hung out with my law enforcement friends and their spouses. We all Super Bowl partied together, dinners and things like that," he recalled. "Normal things couples do with their friends." Del Rey never confirmed the engagement and the pair split sometime in 2021.
It’s unclear how long Del Rey and her fiancé Evan Winiker have been dating. The couple has been spotted together in public a couple of times over the past few months, including at the Malibu Chili Cook-Off festival back in September..
1 Why Is Lana Del Rey So Private?
Lana Del Rey, real name Elizabeth Grant, is notoriously mysterious. She enjoys letting her music and lyrics do all the talking.
In a black-and-white video posted on Instagram in 2021, the musician thanked fans for their support and announced her decision to delete her social media accounts.
"I just wanted to let you know that tomorrow we are going to be deactivating my social media accounts, and that is simply because I have so many other interests and other jobs I'm doing that require privacy and transparency," Del Rey said.
"I'm still very present and love what I do. I'm absolutely here for the music. I'm also just going on some different endeavors and I want to say thank you so much for all the support and I do hope that you like the record," she added, referencing her eighth album "Blue Banisters," which was released later that month.
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