Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, like other influencers, – Latest News
Reports are flying that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez broke up together with her long-term fiancé Riley Roberts.
But the Congresswoman all of a sudden grew to become tight-lipped. When requested by The Post Wednesday in regards to the break up, she smiled. And she mentioned with a straight face, “I don’t comment on my private life – thank you.”
I don’t imply to nitpick, however aren’t the inside of one’s ovaries non-public?
Rep. AOC walks her French bulldog, Deco, outdoors her Elmhurst residential building on Aug. 12, 2026. Paul Martinka for NY Post
It’s fairly disingenuous to say this when solely days in the past, the 36-year-old was on an Instagram video saying she was freezing her eggs, whereas pulling up her shirt, capturing a needle into her abdomen and teasing her political future.
Fertility is maybe essentially the most intimate facet of a lady’s life.
Not because the Sussexes have we seen such a farce made of the phrase “privacy.”
Back in 2020, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry demanded it after which spilled their guts and grievances to Oprah, filmed an “intimate” Netflix docuseries about their relationship and, within the case of Harry, complained in his memoir that his room at Balmoral was smaller than his brothers.
While their lives have been for sale to the very best bidder, AOC’s personal revelations are deployed in pursuit of her lofty political ambitions. It’s transactional and performative, like the time she cried outdoors the immigration facility.
In a latest instagram video, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced she freezes her eggs and caught a needle in her stomach. So a lot for privateness. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / Instagram
In the 2019 Netflix docuseries, “Knock Down the House” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared together with her now ex- boyfriend, Riley Roberts. Netflix
Will she run for president in 2028? She’s planting the seed with a slight nod to the far left sisterhood. Egg freezing is the following pantsuit.
“This is a choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,” she mentioned. “I feel empowered to make this choice.”
Remember, the Squad member has been a trailblazer within the fusion of shameless politician and shameless influencer: cooking dinner in a “Tax the Rich” shirt or enjoying the sport “Among Us” whereas urging viewers to “get out the vote.” Accessibility and skillful oversharing have been central to her distinctive model.
After declaring their want for privateness, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did a tell-all with Oprah, and a docuseries with Netflix. VIA REUTERS
New privateness advocate, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is understood for livestreaming mundane moments like this Cooking Q&A on Instagram Live. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / YouTube
Roberts, whom she met whereas the pair have been college students at Boston University, is the one who truly stored a low profile. However, their love story has offered loads of fodder for fawning profiles in shiny fashion magazines like Vogue and GQ.
And when the socialist Cinderella arrived on the Met Gala in 2021, carrying a “Tax the Rich” costume, he was at her aspect.
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He additionally appeared alongside her within the 2019 Netflix documentary, “Knocking Down the House.”
Roberts was undoubtedly half of her model building and distinctive origin story. Now?
The ginger dude is off limits.
Words imply little or no as of late.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez desires privateness but additionally to have an egg freezing vlog. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / Instagram
It’s like what she informed ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday: “woke 1 was crazy.” She dismissed it as a whoopsie second with out explaining the shift. Words like defund, abolish and decolonize apparently meant completely nothing to a motion that demanded fealty and purity and punished those that didn’t bow down.
Why ought to “private” be any totally different.
It’s like Mamdani calling his spouse a “private person” whereas his workplace mentioned she’d get NYPD security for personal journey abroad.
They need it each methods.
But Ocasio-Cortez isn’t a notably critical or substantive politician. She’s an influencer with good political instincts. I’d applaud her if she’s all of a sudden embraced discretion. We ought to know much less about every other on this vapid TikTok period.
But Ocasio-Cortez? She’s simply ready for the proper time to drop her new hinge profile with the accompanying slogan: Who desires to marry a Marxist?
