In the same month, news broke that Grande and Dalton Gomez called it an exit after two years of marriage. Slater, meanwhile, filed for divorce from his wife Lily Jay shortly after his affair with Grande hit the headlines.
In the summer of 2023, Grande and Slater kept their relationship under the radar, and in September of that year they started going out together. “They’re a little goofy and (both) theatrical coins at heart. She loves that about him. It’s mutual.” The insider told exclusively uspairs in November 2023. “Their relationship is thriving. It’s easy and drama-free.”
Scroll down to relive Grande and Slater’s relationship from the beginning:
December 2022
Slater was cast as Bock in the two-part film Angry shortly before filming began in London in December. Grande, meanwhile, was announced as Glinda in November 2021.
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July 2023
us confirmed it Grande and Gomez split earlier this year. The insider told us while they split in January after issues “that they couldn’t resolve” arose before Grande went to London for filming Angry. The source noted that their marriage “wasn’t helped by the distance.”
“Ariana and Ethan are dating,” a separate source said us in July, noting that Grande and Slater were separated when their affair began. “Ariana and Ethan have only recently started dating, but they are having so much fun together and enjoying each other’s company.”
Two went on a date to Disneyland September 22, a few days later Grande filed for divorce from Gomez. “They went (to Disneyland) with a big group of friends, including her mom and brother, and are very happy,” the source said. us walks. “All her friends love him.”
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October 2023
The couple took the next step in their romance by moving in together in the Big Apple. The insider told exclusively us October 4. “Ethan has told his friends and soon-to-be ex-wife that he lives with Ariana in New York all the time,” the source shared, noting that Grande and Slater are “very happy and very good to each other.”
two days later us confirmed it Grande and Gomez divorced. After the divorce, Grande and Slater made their relationship even more public. The Grammy winner was spotted supporting Slater on Oct. 31 at his first preview night Broadway musical Spamalot in New York.
In addition to spending time with her theater friends, Grande and ex SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical performers met each other’s loved ones. “Ethan and Ariana’s relationship is going really well and they’re both very involved in each other’s lives,” an insider said exclusively us November 14. “Ethan met her family. And she met his family.”
After they met, a source said, “Ariana’s entire family gave (Ethan) their seal of approval,” adding that Grande’s inner circle “adores him and thinks he’s perfect for her.”
December 2023
Grande continued to support Slater during his run Spamalot by bringing her father, Ed Buterafor a Christmas performance. On New Year’s Eve, she appeared to respond to her romance with Slater in long Instagram Story post.
“I have never felt more proud, happy or loved while feeling so misunderstood by people who don’t know me, who whisper and do what they want with me and their assumptions about my life,” she wrote in time “I realized how much one of those things is more important than the other.”
January 2024
“Things between Ariana and Ethan have gotten more serious over the past few months and they’re pretty much inseparable,” the source said usadding: “Ariana really cares about Ethan and sees a future with him. She is looking forward to a fresh start in the new year and can’t wait to see how things develop for them.”
Another insider told us That same month, Slater told his ex-wife about the affair between him and Grande, days before their relationship became public. A third source revealed that Grande and Slater are “very much in love.” “were not careful” about hiding your feelings while filming Angryeven holding hands between takes.
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February 2024
“I feel like we don’t need to get into any specifics, but there’s certainly an insatiable frustration, inexplicable, a hellish feeling watching people misunderstand the people you love and yourself and whatever,” Grande said of her relationship in the episode “The Zac Sang Show” on Amazon Music’s Twitch channel.
She also joked that she is releasing her album Eternal sun amid the drama surrounding her love life, was “the absolute worst idea,” adding: “I’m so nervous because bits of it touch on things that are real, and then parts of it are also just, like, part of the concept. So what is this separation?’
March 2024
Grande released her seventh studio album, Eternal sunin which many songs were played it is assumed that it is a her breakup with Gomez and her relationship with Slater. “Ariana thinks these songs will give a lot of insight to her fans,” the source said us at that time. “(This is) her side of the story regarding Dalton and Ethan.”
The album’s lead single, “Yes, and?” appeared to directly call out the haters. “Don’t comment on my body, don’t answer,” Grande sings in the track’s bridge. “Your business is your business, and mine is mine / Why do you care so much whose car I ride?”
April 2024
Grande and Slater were in attendance CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas to promote Angryafter which they were noticed packaging on the PDA while dining at Nobu Caesars Palace. Grande was seen leaning in to kiss her boyfriend while Slater lovingly placed his hand on the back of her chair.
June 2024
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Grande and Slater rarely appeared in public Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Florida. They wore matching Florida Panthers jerseys.
October 2024
GQ reported that Slater visibly blushed when asked about falling in love with Grande on set Angry.
“That’s a really sweet question,” Slater said. “It’s very nice of you to ask. That’s a really sweet question.”
He continued: “Obviously it’s been a very big year and I think there’s been something very difficult about having things in your personal life commented on and scrutinized by the public. There were a lot of big changes in private life that were really happening, so it’s really hard to see people who don’t know anything about what’s going on comment on it and speculate and then be wrong about people you love. So just solving that part of it feels really hard.”
However, not everything was bad. “But of course it’s been an amazing year and a really beautiful thing and I’m just excited,” Slater concluded.
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November 2024
During the promotion, Slater turned on his girlfriend Angry on The Jennifer Hudson Show. “She’s a comedic genius,” Slater said. “She’s so funny. I mean, she’s amazing in this movie.’
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He added: “I’m just really, really proud of Ari and the work she’s done on this. She poured herself into it. I’m very proud to have been a part of this, and I’m excited to be there for the next phase when the world sees the amazing things she’s done.”
Later that month, the pair made their unofficial red carpet debut Los Angeles premiere Angry. Although they didn’t stand for press photos as a duo, Grande and Slater posed together in group photos. In a sweet candid moment, Grande was lovingly photographed adjusting his boyfriend’s tie as he smiled back.
December 2024
Grande has shown her support for Slater on rare occasions Instagram comment. After he posted photos from the shoot with Shion! The magazine, she wrote, “is a modern-day Buster Keaton!” and “!!! ♡.”
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