Ariana Grande and boyfriend Ethan Slater split after three years

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater called it quits three years ago after initially making headlines together.

The couple reportedly had a “quiet breakup” “several months ago,” a source said Entertainment weeklyadding that the split is “amicable.”

“They put a lot of time and thought into it and decided to go their separate ways,” the source added. “They are still friends and very supportive of each other. They have quietly separated for several months.”

They met on the set of the 2024 movie musical Badin which Grande played Glinda the Good. He played the character Munchkin Boq, who turns into the Tin Man. Both split from their then-husbands – Dalton Gomez and Lilly Jay, respectively – in July 2023. Their relationship became tabloid fodder, especially after Slater’s ex wrote a candid essay for The cutin which she writes that she never imagined she would divorce so soon after having a child, “especially in the shadow of my husband’s new relationship with a celebrity.”

Grande pushed back. “There is no one on this earth with a better heart, and that is something that no tabloid can rewrite in real life,” she said of Slater in a 2024 interview. Vanity fair interview.

News of the split comes just as Grande embarks on her Eternal Sunshine tour to promote her new album. petal. The tour kicked off Saturday in Oakland, California and will continue through major North American and British cities throughout the summer. Petal will be released on July 31.

Sources close to her shut down speculation that her and Slater’s breakup served as source material or inspiration petal. “Ariana’s new album isn’t inspired by the breakup at all, and the music isn’t about her relationship with Ethan,” a source said. TMZ.

So if Grande doesn’t come back from a breakup petalwhat can fans expect from the pop star’s new album? The first single, “Hate That I Let You Love Me,” started the hit petal era in a fun, bubbly, sardonic way. She sings about being “sorry” for making her lover obsessed with her by “barely” trying. It seems to evoke parasocial fans obsessed with Grande.

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Other potential collaborators could include Drake, Zara Larsson, Imogen Heap, Troye Sivan, Doja Cat or Olivia Rodrigo, according to Polymarket.

Fans will have to wait until Grande releases another single or until July 31 when the full album drops.

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