DESPITE claims Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater had called it quits after two years, I can confirm they are very much still together.
But the speculation surrounding their relationship is taking its toll.
Insiders have told me the pair were aware of the talk around their romance and spent the night after the Wicked: For Good premiere in London holed up in her suite at the Mandarin Oriental hotel.
A source said: “Ariana and Ethan are still a couple but they’ve seen the chatter online and it’s not been easy.
“They were both at the Leicester Square premiere and the after-party at Brasserie Zedel but made sure they weren’t seen together.
“Obviously it fuels the speculation around them but they don’t want their relationship to play out in public.
“When Ariana left the after-party, she went back to her hotel suite.
“Not long after, Ethan was taken there and went up to see Ariana to spend time with her.
“They are aware of what is being said and it’s not easy for them but they’re doing the best they can to snatch some quiet moments when no one is watching.”
Yesterday they rejoined the rest of the cast, including Cynthia Erivo, to fly to Singapore for the next leg of the promo run ahead of the second movie’s release next Friday.
It has been a couple of months since speculation about their relationship went into overdrive, with fans questioning why Ethan didn’t join Ariana at the MTV VMAs in New York in September.
The pair, who met on the set of Wicked in 2022, have also not been photographed together since before the summer, leading to an explosion of rumours on social media.
My insider added: “Once this next round of promo is completed for Wicked: For Good, Ariana and Ethan will be spending some time together out of the public eye.
“They’ve always preferred to be low-key and are happier just chilling at home together.
“No one is saying the past few months have been totally rosy but their relationship is still very much on.”
Hopefully this will shut down the TikTok trolls for a while.
Jacob Elordi – the star of Saltburn and Frankenstein – will next year star in a Wuthering Heights remake opposite Margot Robbie.
But the Australian actor admits his own film tastes are much simpler.
He told French website brut.media: “I watch a lot of Scooby Doo.
“I love the Scooby Doo movie Spooky Island so much.
“It’s a great film – a great whodunnit.”
Bonehead teases Oasis tour return
Oasis guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs is back with the band and raring to go.
I’m thrilled he is returning to the reunion tour after he dropped out of the global jaunt to undergo cancer treatment.
He will be on stage in Buenos Aires this Saturday, having missed the legs in Asia and Australia.
He had to step away from the gigs last month for prostate cancer treatment.
Bonehead was diagnosed with the disease before the tour kicked off in July and was “responding well” to treatment.
He then took a planned break for the next phase of his care.
Teasing his return, he tweeted an image of a flight path from London to Rio de Janeiro with the caption, “Incoming”, which was then reposted on Oasis’s official website.
The band have pulled off the seemingly impossible by making it through the tour without a mammoth bust-up between Liam and Noel Gallagher.
With that success, I’m sure these final five shows in Argentina, Chile and Brazil won’t be the last we hear from them.
You too can now look like Shakira – well, get locks like her anyway – as she has launched her award-winning haircare brand Isima in the UK.
It has been made available for the first time in Selfridges stores in London, Birmingham and Manchester after winning a string of awards in the States.
Kelly blasts boss’s boob
Kelly Clarkson has revealed she was once told to get a boob job by her manager.
Speaking on stage during her Las Vegas residency, the US singer said: “I had some d**k manager one time tell me to get a boob job. I was like, ‘Why don’t you get a d**k job?’
“Like, what? I’m fine with my itty-bitty t*tties. Get out of here. Who says that s**t? People say that s**t.
“They say it all the time to people in the industry. They say the craziest s**t.”
On how many stars in the music business have had cosmetic surgery, Kelly continued: “I’m like, ‘This is not normal. You’ve normalised crazy’ . . . everybody’s out here looking like they’re in The Capitol in The Hunger Games.
“[Just] do you. Don’t make me do you. I like my itty-bitty t*tties. They’ve served me well.”