Ariana Grande is letting everyone know how she feels about the negative rumors that came out about her relationship with Ethan Slater.
“I feel like we don’t need to go into any specifics, but, of course, there’s like an insatiable frustration, inexplicable, hellish feeling with watching people, misunderstand the people you love and you and anything,” Grande, 30, shared, on the Monday, February 26, episode of the “The Zach Sang Show” on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch.
Grande’s comments were in reference to the turmoil she faced in her personal life in the last year. As many recall, the singer split from her ex-husband, Dalton Gomez, with news shortly breaking after that she had begun dating her Wicked costar, Slater, 31.
Just a few short days later, the star divorced from his wife Lilly Jay, whom the two share a son. Back in August 2023, sources came forward claiming that there was no overlap between the relationships.
Grande filed for divorce from Gomez, 28, in September 2023, and their split was finalized one month later. A source exclusively told Us earlier this month that Slater and Jay are “still in the mediation phase” of their divorce, adding, “[Things] haven’t been finalized yet.”
Earlier this year, Grande seemingly called out critics of her new romance in “Yes, And?,” the first single from her upcoming album, Eternal Sunshine. In the track, she sings, “Your business is yours and mine is mine / Why do you care so much whose d–k I ride?”
On Monday, Grande jokingly called releasing her new album in the midst of her and Slater’s relationship drama “the absolute worst idea.” She added: “I’m so nervous, because pieces of it touch on things that are real and then pieces of it are also just, like, part of the concept. So, what is that separation?”
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Grande continued: “It’s so scary to leave it up to these selective memory people to decipher. It’s scary, but I digress. Too late. The vinyls have been printed.”
Grande was seen many times at the Broadway show for Slater, Spamalot. The star even took her dad, Ed, Butera, to see the production on Christmas Eve.
“Things between Ariana and Ethan have grown more serious in the past few months, and they’re pretty much inseparable,” an insider shared exclusively with Us in January. “Ariana cares deeply for Ethan and absolutely sees a future with him. She’s looking forward to a fresh start in the new year and can’t wait to see how things continue to grow for them.”
Grande and Slater will share some on screen time together as the release of Wicked: Part One is set to debut later this year. Based on the Broadway musical, Grande stars as Glinda the Good Witch while Slater portrays Boq, a college classmate who has a crush on the singer’s character.
