Ariana Grande defends ‘loving’ boyfriend Ethan Slater over claims he left wife and baby for her

Ariana Grande has fiercely defended her boyfriend, Ethan Slater, implicit the aggravated scrutiny of their relationship.

The We Can’t Be Friends vocalist near galore shocked past twelvemonth erstwhile she was linked to her Wicked co-star, 32, soon after splitting from hubby Dalton Gomez.

The 31-year-old raised eyebrows with the timing of her caller romance, which coincided with her beau filing for divorce from his wife, Lilly Jay, months aft they welcomed a kid together.

Although the pair, who were rumored to person moved successful unneurotic astatine the extremity of past year, had not spoken publically astir their bond, Ari appeared to shadiness the play successful her song, Yes, And?, which contained immoderate precise absorbing lyrics.

In a caller interview, she has present touched connected the disapproval of their relationship, refuting the perceived timeline of events and sharing her ‘disappointment’ that radical rushed to judge the antagonistic speculation.

‘It decidedly doesn’t get immoderate easier, seeing immoderate of the negativity that was birthed by disreputable tabloids,’ she told Vanity Fair. ‘The astir disappointing portion was to spot truthful galore radical judge the worst mentation of it.’

While the Thank U, Next vocalist vowed that she will ‘never spell into definite details’ astir their romance, she besides insisted that ‘there couldn’t beryllium a little close depiction’ of her partner.

‘No 1 connected this world tries harder oregon spreads themselves thinner to beryllium determination for the radical that helium loves and cares about,’ she continued. ‘There is nary 1 connected this world with a amended heart.

‘Honestly, it’s taken maine a batch of hard enactment to beryllium capable to past this agelong and to heal definite parts of my narration to fame and to what I bash due to the fact that of these tabloids that person been trying to destruct maine since I was 19 years old.’

Ariana besides explained that she wouldn’t ever fto the media ‘ruin her life’ oregon her ‘perception of what is existent and good’, adding: ‘I’m 31 years aged and I’m not a cleanable person, but I americium decidedly profoundly good, and I’m arrogant of who I’m becoming.’

She archetypal met Ethan connected the acceptable of Wicked successful December, 2022, with the brace some joined to others erstwhile filming for the philharmonic adaption began.

However, cracks successful her matrimony to Dalton began to signifier and they were incapable to prevention their marriage, going their abstracted ways past July.

At the aforesaid time, Ethan filed for divorcement from his wife, Lilly Jay, leading to aggravated disapproval from each corners of the internet.

Amid the confusion, determination were conflicting reports which claimed that the Hollywood co-stars were ‘separated erstwhile they started dating’.

Lilly, who gave commencement to their lad successful August, 2022, aboriginal slammed the concern successful scathing nationalist remarks.

‘[Ariana’s] the communicative really. Not a girl’s girl,’ she told Page Six astatine the time. ‘My household is conscionable collateral damage.’

She besides added to DailyMail.com: ‘I americium focused connected rebuilding a beingness for our lad and rebuilding a beingness for him.

‘This is what I americium trying to bash and this is my lone focus.’

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