Love impends — levitating, one can state — on the collection of Wicked. According to several records, Ariana Grande is dating her 31-year-old costar Ethan Slater following her just recently reported split from other half Dalton Gomez.
Slater, that starred on Broadway as the titular personality in the SpongeBob SquarePants music, is likewise apparently divided from his partner, vocalist Lilly Jay, with whom he commemorated his four-year wedding anniversary in November 2022. Both TMZ and also People record that he and also Grande began dating after both of their previous partnerships mored than; the “Thank U, Next” vocalist apparently called it quits with Gomez in January, though they have yet to reveal their split.
Billboard has actually connected to representatives for Grande and also Slater for remark.
Grande plays Glinda contrary Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba (also known as, the Wicked Witch of the West) in Jon M. Chu’s upcoming set of live-action movies based upon the Broadway program Wicked, which itself was motivated by the very successful book of the exact same title by Gregory Maguire. Slater is playing Boq, a munchkin kid that, actually, nurtures a crush on Glinda. He was found with Grande and also others in a picture posted on Instagram in March by Michelle Yeoh, an additional Wicked costar.
The reported love comes simply days after records appeared that Grande and also Gomez, that wed in 2021, were dividing. One day prior, the pop celebrity was found at Wimbledon with Andrew Garfield, Tom Hiddleston and also other Wicked celebrity Jonathan Bailey, her left hand noticeably missing her wedding event ring.
The pop celebrity is apparently on great terms with her future ex-husband.