Ariana Grande‘s relationship with Ethan Slater may have started off on rocky ground after his now-ex-wife, Lilly Jay, accused them of having an affair, but the 30-year-old singer is promising that 2024 is her year. She and her 31-year-old Wicked co-star are reportedly looking ahead to the future with their relationship.
Grande and Slater are enjoying all of the romance that New York City has to offer while he stars in the Broadway revival of Spamalot. “Things between Ariana and Ethan have grown more serious in the past few months, and they’re pretty much inseparable,” an insider told Us Weekly. Things are going so smoothly between them that the “Thank U, Next” singer “absolutely sees a future with him.” That future would include being a stepmother to his 16-month-old son from his marriage to Jay should the dynamic duo make it down the aisle.
After all of the headlines about their blossoming love while they were in London filming the movie musical, Grande is apparently very excited for “a fresh start in the new year and can’t wait to see how things continue to grow for them.” She is showing that she is all-in when it comes to their relationship, often popping into to see Slater’s show — she’s a total fangirl. It also helps that her family has embraced her new boyfriend as well. Ariana appreciates how her friends and family support their relationship,” the source continued. “Having their support has really helped and means the world to her.”
Grande alluded to her roller-coaster year on her Instagram Story just before 2023 ended. It was a year when she ended her marriage to Dalton Gomez, started something new with Slater, filmed the biggest role in her career, and started working on new music. Phew — that was a lot on her plate! “One of the most transformative, most challenging and yet happiest and most special years of my life,” she wrote, per Us Weekly. “There were so many beautiful yet polarizing feelings. I’ve never felt more at the mercy of and in acceptance of what life was screaming to teach me.”
She also referred to the weeks of tabloid headlines about her relationship with Slater, noting, “I have never felt more pride or joy or love while simultaneously feeling so deeply misunderstood by people who don’t know me, who piece whispers together and make what they want out of me and their assumptions of my life. I have learned how much more important one of those things is than the other.” For Grande, this year is all about “reacting to things that deserve my energy only and removing and protecting myself from things that do not.” It’s the perfect fresh start to the new year.
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