As fans wondered whether Ariana Grande’s opus “Imperfect for You” was written astir her boyfriend, Wicked costar Ethan Slater, the Broadway histrion responded to the mentation successful a caller interview.
By Will Reid Oct 30, 2024 6:51 PMTags
Ethan Slater Addresses His Relationship With Ariana Grande for the First Time
Ethan Slater is blessed being Ariana Grande’s eternal sunshine.
Amid speculation that Ariana wrote her caller opus “Imperfect for You” astir her romance with her Wicked costar, whom she met connected acceptable of the upcoming movie musical, the SpongeBob Musical alum was asked for his thoughts connected the instrumentality theory—though helium didn’t precisely springiness a consecutive answer.
“She’s specified an astonishing performer,” the Broadway prima told GQ successful an interrogation published Oct. 30, “and I deliberation everyone knows however bully she is [as] a signaling creator and each that—but I’m conscionable truly blown distant by the songwriting.”
As for the way itself—off Ariana’s seventh workplace album, eternal sunshine, which was released successful March—Ethan gushed, “I emotion that song.”
News of their romance came soon aft E! News confirmed Ariana, 31, had divided from ex-husband Dalton Gomez successful July 2023. At the time, Ethan, 32, was besides separated from his now-ex-wife Lilly Jay—with whom helium shares a 2-year-old son—leading immoderate to wonderment astir the timeline of the relationship.
“There were a batch of large changes successful backstage lives that were truly happening,” Ethan explained, “so it’s truly hard to spot radical who don’t cognize thing astir what’s happening commenting connected it and speculating, and past getting things incorrect astir the radical you love.”
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“But, of course,” the Tony nominee added, “it was an astonishing twelvemonth and a truly beauteous thing, and I’m conscionable truly excited.”
Meanwhile, Ari besides came to her boyfriend’s defense successful a caller interview.
“No 1 connected this world tries harder oregon spreads themselves thinner to beryllium determination for the radical that helium loves and cares about,” the vocalist told Vanity Fair successful September. “There is nary 1 connected this world with a amended heart, and that is thing that nary bulls--t tabloid tin rewrite successful existent life.”
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