Should you’re even an informal fan of Ariana Grande, it’s laborious to not be up-to-date on her private life (or a minimum of the elements of it that she writes into songs; all these years later, I nonetheless have “Thought I’d find yourself with Sean, however he wasn’t a match / Wrote some songs about Ricky, now I hear and snort” taking part in on a loop in my head). In the mean time, although, Grande’s relationship agenda is receiving a bit extra scrutiny than standard, due to a current breakup from husband Dalton Gomez and a brand new (alleged) romance together with her Depraved costar Ethan Slater—he who performed SpongeBob SquarePants within the Broadway adaptation of the favored Nickelodeon cartoon. Learn on for all the main points.
How lengthy have Grande and Slater reportedly been collectively?
Information broke in late July that Grande and Slater had begun a relationship about six months after Grande and Gomez allegedly referred to as it quits. (Nonetheless, most people didn’t discover out in regards to the Grande-Gomez separation till this month.)
Why is their pairing off inflicting a lot drama?
Grande and Slater’s relationship timeline is difficult by the truth that Slater is at present estranged from his spouse, Lilly Jay. The 2 married in 2018 and have a child son, born simply final 12 months; and though it’s been reported that Slater didn’t begin relationship Grande till after he’d separated from Jay, Web page Six reports that Jay was “utterly blindsided” by the information of her ex’s new relationship. (Heartburn, anybody?)
Have both Grande or Slater commented on their relationship?
No, however Grande’s ex Dalton Gomez is outwardly nonetheless within the combine (or want to be). “Dalton is admittedly hoping to make issues work with Ariana,” a supply told Us Weekly, including: “Regardless of the rocky patches they’ve been via, he isn’t prepared to surrender on their marriage. He noticed himself spending the remainder of his life with Ariana and can do something to get previous this.” Hilariously, Jill Talley—the spouse of actor Tom Kenny, who voices SpongeBob on the TV present—additionally chimed in; she would like you to know that, no, her husband didn’t go away her for Grande.
Do I’ve to care about any of this?
No. 
