{"id":321053,"date":"2026-08-14T05:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321053\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T05:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T05:44:59","slug":"aoc-doesnt-deny-breaking-up-with-fiance-riley-roberts-after-posting-egg-retrieval-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/321053\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC doesn’t deny breaking up with fianc\u00e9 Riley Roberts, after posting egg retrieval video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Far-left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez haughtily proclaimed she doesn\u2019t discuss her personal life just days after posting a video showcasing every step of her ongoing fertility treatment<\/a> in excruciating detail.<\/p>\n

She declined to answer when a Post reporter asked about her split from longtime fianc\u00e9 Riley Roberts<\/a> as she exited her Queens apartment building Wednesday morning to walk her French bulldog, Deco, whom she shared with Roberts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t comment on my private life \u2013 thank you,\u201d the Democrat darling said with a smile \u2014 and sans engagement ring \u2014 before clamming up and refusing to respond to any follow-ups.<\/p>\n

Later on Wednesday, the pol\u2019s former deputy chief of staff Naureen Akhtar appeared to have flowers delivered \u2014 a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers and yellow roses addressed to \u201cSandy,\u201d AOC\u2019s nickname.<\/p>\n

\u201cThinking of you!\u201d the note said. \u201cHope these flowers bring some light to your day. Love, Naureen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez walks her French bulldog, Deco, outside her Elmhurst apartment building on on Aug. 12, 2026, Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez refused to answer a Post reporters question about her relationship with Riley Roberts. Paul Martinka for NY Post<\/p>\n

But for the past week, Ocasio-Cortez, 36, has taken to Instagram to give her 9.6 million followers a look into her private life \u2014 as she publicly documents the process to freeze her eggs.<\/a><\/p>\n

One video showed her entire home treatment setup, with vials, syringes and other implements.<\/p>\n

The video culminates with the congresswoman \u2013 who many believe is gearing up for a White House run in 2028<\/a> \u2013 lifting up her shirt and wiping her stomach with an alcohol wipe before injecting herself.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be weird about this,\u201d she said right before taking the shot.<\/p>\n

The Bronx and Queens congresswoman said undergoing the treatment was \u201ca choice that I am making to feel more in control of my life,\u201d brushing off any critiques or assumptions, including that the move was the result of breaking things off with her fianc\u00e9 or an indicator she plans to defer motherhood to pursue a run for president.<\/p>\n

AOC and Riley Roberts leave the 2021 Met Gala on Sept.14, 2021 in New York City. GC Images<\/p>\n

AOC went on Instagram this week to give her fans an inside look at the process she\u2019s undergoing to have her eggs frozen \u2014 declaring herself a \u201cbadass.\u201d Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \/ Instagram<\/p>\n

She groused in another video that her government-provided insurance \u201cdoes not cover one penny\u201d of the procedure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is 100% out of pocket \u2026 it covers nothing,\u201d she said, noting she \u201csaved for a long time\u201d to cover the estimated $8,000 cost.<\/p>\n

The congresswoman said storing the frozen eggs will cost an additional $1,200 annually.<\/p>\n

AOC has been engaged to Roberts<\/a>, who has worked in marketing and web development, since 2022. They were in a relationship when she became the youngest person ever elected to Congress in 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people want to make assumptions about my decision, let them make those assumptions. I feel empowered to make this choice,\u201d she insisted.<\/p>\n

Rumors have\u00a0swirled for some time<\/a>\u00a0that the couple\u2019s relationship may be on the rocks.<\/p>\n

In a 2018 GQ interview, Ocasio-Cortez made the baffling assertion that being engaged to Roberts, who is white, has made her question whether she wants to be in an interracial relationship, and said she believed men only think they want to be with a successful woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moment you start being yourself, they kind of freak out,\u201d she explained. \u201cI think it causes a conflict within them that they didn\u2019t even anticipate. It\u2019s not even a deception. It\u2019s just, they uncover insecurities that they didn\u2019t know were there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The marquee Democratic Socialists of America New York City\u00a0member has also been spotted several times without her engagement ring, most notably when they were photographed together at a Manhattan burger joint in May.<\/p>\n

When asked specifically if Roberts was supportive of her pursuing egg freezing, AOC sidestepped the question, saying only \u201cAll of my loved ones have been very supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n

One Democratic operative who has encountered the couple in years past had a brutal assessment of their courtship, describing Roberts as \u201can awkward guy as a partner for a dynamic woman\u201d like AOC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever he was around at events, he never spoke,\u201d the source said. \u201cNo one thought she actually liked him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Far-left Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez haughtily proclaimed she doesn\u2019t discuss her personal life just days after posting a video…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[878,7467,33341,9,11,10,87,20225,122,58],"class_list":["post-321053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-breakups","tag-fertility","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-politics","tag-progressives","tag-queens","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}