Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater End Three-Year Relationship
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater, her Wicked co-star, have ended their three-year relationship, with the breakup occurring several months ago according to TMZ. The couple's relationship began in 2023 while filming Wicked in London and was controversial due to allegations that both were still married to other people at the time. The breakup marks an anticlimactic end to a relationship that generated significant public scrutiny and appears to have greater career implications for Slater than for Grande.
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater have ended their three-year relationship, according to reports from TMZ and other news outlets. The breakup occurred several months ago, though the news was only recently made public. Their relationship began in July 2023 while filming the first Wicked movie in London and was immediately controversial, as both Grande and Slater were reportedly still married to other people at the time—Grande to real-estate agent Dalton Gomez and Slater to his high school sweetheart Lilly Jay. While both their camps denied any overlap in their relationships, the timeline remained unclear and generated significant public backlash. Despite the scandal, the couple successfully promoted two blockbuster Wicked films together and maintained a relatively low profile. The breakup appears to have asymmetrical career consequences, with Slater facing greater professional and reputational damage than Grande, who is launching a new tour and has an album coming in July.
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