Are Peter Griffin And Ariana Grande Dating Now? The Viral 'Fortnite' Ship Pairing Meme Explained

The massively popular video game Fortnite recently added a much-requested Peter Griffin skin to the game, adding yet another iconic character to its massive roster. Among those icons is pop star Ariana Grande, who also has a skin in the game and is now being shipped with Peter through memes and fan art. But the shipping of the two characters actually started a lot earlier than this. Here's what you need to know.

What Is The 'Peter Griffin With Ariana Grande' Meme?

While Peter x Ariana memes are now viral thanks to Fortnite, they actually got their start years earlier. The earliest known meme to pair Peter Griffin and Ariana Grande was posted to the /r/AriHeads subreddit in 2019. It depicts the two walking hand-in-hand at sunset through a Minecraft world, adding an extra layer of weird to the artwork.

The meme spread around social media over the following years, where it became a bizarre cursed image and inspired a few more variations depicting the two as a couple between then and October 2023. Most notable is a November 2023 meme that shows Peter comforting Ariana on the Family Guy couch, both crying for an unknown reason.

How Are 'Peter Griffin And Ariana Grande' Used In Memes?

The memes saw a massive spike in interest in December 2023 after the rumors of a Peter Griffin skin coming to Fortnite were confirmed. This sent Fortnite, Family Guy and Ariana Grande fans into a spiral as they took the ship pairing to new heights. Only days after the confirmation, people began posting the memes to X (Twitter), along with one user who requested someone remake the iconic couch meme in Fortnite.

Ariana Grande has had a skin in Fortnite since 2021, meaning recreating the meme was entirely possible. X user @jennkittymeowww took the task very seriously and posted her recreation a few days ago, gaining hundreds of thousands of likes on the platform and further increasing the memes pairing the two as a couple.

For the full history of Peter Griffin With Ariana Grande, be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for more information.