Ariana Grande and boyfriend Ethan Slater have broken up, according to reports.
The couple, who starred in both Wicked films, had been together for three years.
TMZ reports that the separation is amicable and the pair remain good friends.
Unlike Lily Allen’s searingly personal music after her split rom husband David Harbour, the publication writes that Ariana’s new upcoming album, Petal, isn’t inspired by her own split.
Meanwhile People claims the pair “have been quietly broken up for several months.”
This tallies with rumours that had been swirling around the relationship prior to the split that the pair were struggling to make their busy schedules work.
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The Sun has contacted representatives for Ethan and Ariana for comment.
Just this weekend, on the very first night of Ariana’s Eternal Sunshine Tour at the weekend, her fans thought she’d put the speculation to bed by alluding to an engagement.
While singing her hit Thank U, Next, she changed the lyrics from “Only wanna do it once, real bad” to “twice” as she playfully held up two fingers and laughed.
It sent fans wild, but now it’s clear it was a red herring.
The couple got together in controversial circumstances.
Ariana, 32, split from her ex-husband Dalton Gomez in 2023 after almost three years of marriage.
Around the same time, Ethan went through a messy divorce from Lilly Jay, his wife of five years, just a year after the birth of their son, Ezra.
Despite rumours alleging Ethan’s romance started with Ariana on the set of Wicked while he was still married to Lilly, sources close to the pop star insist the couple had been separated for two months.
“Ariana’s the story really. Not a girl’s girl,” Lilly previously said.
“My family is just collateral damage… The story is her and Dalton.”
She added: “As for me, days with my son are sunny. Days when I can’t escape the promotion of a movie associated with the saddest days of my life are darker.”
Ethan and Ariana moved in together in New York in 2023 — before her divorce was finalised.
She defended her man publicly in a Vanity Fair interview in 2024 amid criticism of the way his previous relationship ended.
Ariana said: “No one on this earth tries harder or spreads themselves thinner to be there for the people that he loves and cares about.”
And she admitted that the narrative had hurt her, adding: “The most disappointing part was to see so many people believe the worst version of it.”