Ariana Grande gets closer to her boyfriend Ethan Slater as Wicked wins the award


Ariana Grande gets closer to boyfriend Ethan Slater as 'Wicked' wins award
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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater are enchanted by each other!

The Wicked costars who were dating july 2023put their favorite exhibit on display at the National Board of Review Awards in New York City on Tuesday, January 7, as they celebrated their film’s Best Picture win.

Grande, 31, put her arm around Slater as they took the stage to accept the award with the costar Cynthia Erivo. The pair were also photographed clinging to each other during the ceremony, with Grande resting her face against Slater’s. At one point they seem to enjoy chatting with other guests Kieran Culkin.

For the occasion on the red carpet on Tuesday, Grande continued to channel it Wicked character, Glinda, in a baby pink dress with spaghetti straps. She wore her hair in a sleek ponytail. Meanwhile, Slater looked dapper in a sleek black suit.

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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s whirlwind romance is moving fast, and the new couple is proving that family matters when it comes to their budding relationship, a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Ethan and Ariana’s relationship is going really well and they’re both very involved in each other’s lives,” says the insider, sharing, “Ethan met (…)

Grande and Slater first met on set Wicked in December 2022 Us Weekly confirmed they were dating in july 2023 after the end of their respective marriages. (Grande was married to Dalton Gomezwhile Slater shares a son with his ex Lily J.)

In December, a source said us that the couple is completely head over heels for each other as they celebrate Wickedbox office success of. (The film grossed over $450 million in the US)

Ariana Grande gets closer to boyfriend Ethan Slater as 'Wicked' wins award
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“Ariana and Ethan wrote a whole new book together,” the source said us extremely. Despite being together for more than a year, they’re “still in the honeymoon phase of pure bliss,” shared a second insider.

“The Wicked press tour made their relationship even stronger and Ariana is over the moon for Ethan,” the source continued. “They have so much in common, which is something Arie has never had with past relationships.”

Grande’s romance with Slater is a “new dynamic” for the singer, the second insider said us. The first source added that the couple are “living in bliss” since the release of Wicked, adding that their “friends are totally supportive.”

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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s romance didn’t defy gravity, but it grabbed attention from the start. Us Weekly confirmed in July 2023 that Wicked stars Grande and Slater were in a “pretty new” relationship after their split. That same month, news broke that Grande and Dalton Gomez had called it quits after two years (…)

In an interview with GQ in October, Slater revealed his relationship with the “Into You” singer, which began soon after they both split from their husbands. Both actors denied cheating on their then-partners amid widespread speculation.

“Obviously it’s been a really super big year and I think there was something that was really difficult about having things in your personal life being commented on and viewed by the public,” he said. “There were a lot of big personal life changes that were really going on, so it’s really hard to see people who don’t know anything about what’s going on commenting on it and speculating and then getting things wrong for people you love. So just dealing with that part of it, it feels really hard.