Ariana Grande has already moved on, according to the Daily Mail.
We recently reported that she was separated from her husband Dalton Gomez after just two years of marriage.
The Thank You Next singer, is now dating her Wicked co-star, Broadway actor Ethan Slater, according to a new report.
Sources confirmed Ariana and Ethan — who plays Boq in the film adaption of the Broadway musical — recently started dating during production of the film, reports TMZ.
Ethan was married to singer Lilly Jay, who he wed in 2018 and they welcomed a son last year. Ariana and Ethan did not start dating until he separated from Lilly.
DailyMail.com has contacted representatives for Ariana and Ethan for comment.
This comes amid claims Ariana’s now-estranged husband Dalton isn’t handling their split as well as the singer.
According to TMZ’s sources, Ariana and Ethan began dating ‘several months ago.’
Ethan, 31, has had a few small film roles up to this point, but the two-part adaptation of Wicked appears to be his most substantial film role to date.
He also appeared in a single episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel earlier this year, and he played the real-life actor Joel Gray — best known for playing the Emcee in the original Broadway production of Cabaret and the 1972 film adaptation — in the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon.
The show starred Sam Rockwell as the choreographer and dancer Bob Fosse, who later graduated to directing classic films including Cabaret and All That Jazz, while Michelle Williams played his third wife, Gwen Verdon, who danced in many of his works and served as his artistic muse.
Ethan was previously seen in a photo with Ariana that was snapped in March at a party in London honoring their Wicked costar Michelle Yeoh after she won the Oscar for Best Actress for her acclaimed film Everything Everywhere All At Once.
The two lovebirds were seen sitting at a round table and beaming ear to ear while surrounded by Wicked costars and friends.
Cynthia Erivo, who plays the lead role as the green-skinned Elphaba opposite Ariana as Glinda the Good, leaned in to her costar and showed off an infectious smile.
The gathering also included Michelle’s former costar Anya Taylor-Joy, who appeared with her in the 2016 horror-thriller Morgan.
The film’s stars could be seen gathering around a table in a short clip from the event as a cake honoring the Malaysian actress, who initially starred in a string of classic Hong Kong action films before moving to the US and breaking into Hollywood productions.
Although Ethan’s list of film credits isn’t long, he has already established himself as a stage veteran.
Musical fans probably know him for playing the title character in the SpongeBob SquarePants musical. The role earned him a Drama Desk Award, as well as a prestigious Tony Award nomination.
Despite the report of Ariana and Ethan’s new romance, the timing of his apparent separation with his wife Lilly Jay is somewhat fuzzy.
The couple, who were high school classmates, were married in 2018, and they welcomed their first child, a son, in August of 2022.
‘[Ariana] and Ethan recently began dating, and he is separated from his wife,’ a source told People on Thursday.
In January of this year, Ethan revealed his wife Lilly had welcomed a child together by posting a photo of a positive pregnancy test and a ‘Wicked Cute’ baby’s onesie, and he commented, ‘Super vague post, but we have a baby now.’
A subsequent post Ethan shared on Mother’s Day confirmed that they had a baby boy. He was later reported to be named Ezra.
‘Happy first Mother’s Day to the most loving caring and wonderful mom/person in the world,’ he wrote, signing it ‘- from me and this little guy.’
Ariana is reported to have given up on her marriage to Dalton for good in January 2023, but it’s unclear when exactly she and Ethan began dating.
However a source claimed to TMZ that he had already separated from his wife before the relationship with Ariana began, and they also claimed the two began dating ‘several months ago,’ suggesting that Ethan may have already separated from his wife Lilly at the time that he was praising her on Mother’s Day.
In November, Ethan celebrated his fourth wedding anniversary on Instagram, where called called his wife, ‘My best friend.’
He added, ‘4 years married, 10 years together.’
It was previously reported that Ariana’s real-estate agent husband Dalton is ‘devastated’ that their two-year marriage has come to an end after he hoped that they would be a forever couple.
‘Dalton has been devastated by it,’ an insider dished to Us Weekly this week.
‘A separation is not what he wanted. He wanted the fairy tale, happy ending, and it’s not looking that way.’
Though it was recently reported that Ariana is looking to ‘move forward,’ another source claimed that Dalton still has hope they will reconcile.
‘Dalton is really hoping to make things work with Ariana. Despite the rocky patches they’ve been through, he isn’t ready to give up on their marriage.
‘He saw himself spending the rest of his life with Ariana and will do anything to get past this.’
Us Weekly also reported this week that Ariana is ready to put her failed marriage behind her and ‘determined to move forward.’
