Ethan Slater's Estranged Wife Finally Spoke On His Relationship With Ariana Grande

After posting a TikTok makeup tutorial without her ring in August 2022 ("It's getting cleaned. I'm not getting a divorce," Grande said at the time), the singer was seen at Wimbledon this past weekend without her engagement ring and wedding band.

Since the news of their separation broke, People heard that the exes "have been quietly and lovingly working on their friendship."

Grande and Gomez got engaged at the end of 2020, and Grande posted about the celebration with the caption "Forever n then some." It appears that this post, as well as a few others about their relationship have since been hidden, while others featuring the couple are still on Grande's Instagram.

When May of 2021 rolled around, the couple married at their home in Montecito, California, with less than 20 people present. Since then, they've been consistent about keeping their relationship more private.

Ariana Grande is juggling quite a few projects at the moment, from her r.e.m. beauty line to the Wicked movie — even though the latter was just put on hold by the SAG-AFTRA actors' strike. Whatever project Grande tackles next, we are wishing her the best!

Though, it does seem like things are heating up for Ariana's dating life in the midst of her divorce news.

She's recently been linked to Wicked co-star Ethan Slater and, according to People, a source said their relationship began some time after separating from their former spouses.

For context, Ariana and Dalton didn't separate until January of this year but, in a now deleted Instagram post, Ethan shared that he and his estranged wife Lilly Jay had quietly welcomed a baby boy.

And guess what? That post was shared in — take a wild guess — January.

A source told Page Six that Lilly Jay is "a wreck," and there are rumors she and Dalton are "devastated."

One of Ethan's former Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical co-stars recently shared her thoughts about the breaking news. Lilli Cooper - who played Sandy Cheeks alongside Ethan's Spongebob Squarepants - told Page Six she was unaware of his new romance with Ariana.

She said, "It's an interesting coupling, for sure, unexpected."

That reads like the delicate version of "It's not my business, but WTF." Same Lilli, same.

To make matters even more ~interesting~, Ethan reportedly came clean to his estranged wife about him dating Ariana before the media caught wind of it. According to US Weekly, a source said, "Ethan sat Lilly down a few days before the news broke about him and Ariana and said that he wanted a divorce."

It's also being reported that Ethan and Ariana had zero problems flaunting their romance on the set of Wicked. A third source said, "They’d hold hands on set in between takes. They were sloppy and not hiding it."

It was only a matter of time before one of the ex-spouses addressed the sticky situation. Jay has broken her silence and she's not here for the public antics of Ariana.

She told Page Six she doesn't think the "Thank U, Next" star is a "girl's girl" and that her family is "just collateral damage." Based on different reports, it seems like Jay could have more to say in the coming days.

A source told Page Six in another report that Ethan is trying to be "mature" about things since he and Jay share a young son, but that's hard to do when wounds are still fresh.

It's not hard to understand that love and relationships can be complicated, but this adds a whole other layer.