Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and her longtime fiancé, Riley Roberts, have reportedly ended their engagement, with reports indicating the couple separated roughly two years ago, as reported [1] by Red State.
TMZ reported Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026, that Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts had split and called off their engagement.
The New York congresswoman has not publicly confirmed the report and gave TMZ “no comment.”
Leigh Ann Caldwell, chief Washington correspondent for Puck, was the first to report that the relationship had ended, according to TMZ.
The precise timing of the breakup has not been established publicly.
The reported separation has drawn attention because Ocasio-Cortez recently disclosed that she is freezing her eggs.
She announced the decision publicly and has been documenting portions of the process on social media.
Ocasio-Cortez said she had spent considerable time considering the decision and wanted to discuss it publicly because she believed there was limited information available about the process.
“Usually, I keep my private life quite private, but I have made the decision to start freezing my eggs, and I want to share it with anyone who is — and I want to share this because I was weighing it for a very long time, and I think that, you know, I was saving for it for a very long time, and there just isn’t a ton out there, I feel, and sometimes it can feel very daunting,” she said.
The congresswoman also discussed what she described as a difference between the pressures faced by women and men pursuing demanding careers, including public office.
“This is just not something that men deal with,” she said. “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?’”
“And because women can do anything, and I think it’s bada** that I’m going to be giving myself shots in the green room [as I] get my glam on,” she added.
Ocasio-Cortez also posted videos documenting her use of hormone injections associated with the egg-freezing process and told viewers, “don’t be weird about this.”
The timing of the breakup report has prompted additional attention because Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts had maintained a relatively low public profile as a couple.
The pair were photographed together at the 2021 Met Gala, where Ocasio-Cortez wore her well-known white “Tax the Rich” dress.
In May 2022, Ocasio-Cortez publicly confirmed that she and Roberts were engaged. More recently, reports noted that she was no longer wearing an engagement ring.
The reported split also arrives as Ocasio-Cortez faces continuing speculation about a possible 2028 presidential campaign.
She has not announced a presidential bid, but her national profile and political activity have fueled discussion about whether she could seek the White House.
The relationship news is therefore being examined in a political context, although there is no public evidence establishing that the reported breakup was connected to Ocasio-Cortez’s political ambitions or her decision to freeze her eggs.
Ocasio-Cortez remains a prominent progressive Democrat and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
In recent political coverage, some commentators have also debated how closely she should be identified with the DSA and whether her political positioning has shifted.
The reported end of her engagement is a personal matter, and Ocasio-Cortez has not publicly offered details about when or why the relationship ended.
For now, the available reporting establishes that the engagement was called off, while leaving the exact circumstances private.
The development comes during the August congressional recess and shortly after Ocasio-Cortez made her egg-freezing decision public, putting two previously private aspects of her life into the national spotlight at the same time.