Ariana Grande enjoyed a reunion with her boyfriend Ethan Slater at the National Board of Review’s Annual Awards Gala in New York on Tuesday.
The Wicked star, 31, reached out to his other half, 32, in a rare public appearance, a month after his ex-wife Lilly Jay, 32, broke her silence about their split.
Ariana and Ethan enjoyed a date night at the awards party, after she recently attended the 2025 Golden Globes without him.
Inside the gala, the couple was seen exchanging a warm hug before heading to their table.
Ariana showed off her slender figure in a stunning backless baby pink dress by Loewe. Around her neck shone a spectacular diamond necklace.
Ariana and her other Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo received the NBR Spotlight award at the event, while Wicked took home the Best Picture award. The film’s director, Jon M. Chu, also won Best Director.
Ariana Grande, 31, enjoyed a reunion with boyfriend Ethan Slater, 32, at the National Board of Review’s Annual Awards Gala in New York on Tuesday.
Ariana and Ethan enjoyed a date night at the awards party, after she recently attended the 2025 Golden Globes without him.
Ariana showed off her slender figure in a stunning backless baby pink dress by Loewe. Meanwhile, Ethan looked dapper in a gray suit and white shirt, opting to go tieless for the occasion.
She completed the outfit with white shoes and wore her hair in a ponytail.
Meanwhile, Ethan looked dapper in a gray suit and white shirt, opting to go tieless for the occasion.
The couple’s appearance comes a month after Slater’s ex-wife Lilly, with whom he shares a two-year-old son, broke her silence about her romance with her Wicked co-star.
In the essay published for The Cut, Jay also spoke emotionally about his divorce and the “public downfall of his marriage.”
She wrote about moving to London with her two-month-old baby while Slater was filming Wicked, before he dumped her for Grande after they met on the film’s set.
Lilly further reflected on how she never expected to get divorced after marrying her high school sweetheart, but emphasized that both she and her ex are focused on positively co-parenting their son.
Both she and Slater had been married for five years and welcomed their baby into the world in August 2022. However, the divorce was finalized three months earlier, in September.
Grande was also previously married to Dalton Gomez for two years until her divorce was finalized in March of this year.
The Wicked star reached out to his other half in a rare public appearance, a month after his ex-wife Lilly Jay broke her silence about their split.
Inside the gala, the couple was seen exchanging a warm hug before heading to their table.
They showed bright smiles at the event.
Around her neck shone a spectacular diamond necklace.
She completed the outfit with white shoes and wore her hair up in a ponytail.
Delicate makeup highlighted her features.
‘I confidently moved to another country with my 2-month-old baby and my husband to support his career. “Consumed by the magic and mundanity of new motherhood, I didn’t understand the growing distance between us,” Jay wrote.
She expressed that there are “days when I can’t escape promoting a movie ᴀssociated with the saddest days of my life, they are darker,” while trying to “come to terms with the sudden public downfall of my marriage.”
“No one gets married thinking they will get divorced, any more than we board a plane expecting to crash.”
Lilly then seemingly referenced Ethan and Ariana with, “I really never thought I’d get a divorce.”
“Especially not right after giving birth to my first child and especially not in the shadow of my husband’s new relationship with a celebrity.”
“In this season of shock and mourning, more than a year after the end of my marriage was made public, I deeply miss the life of invisibility I created for myself as a psychologist specializing in women’s mental health.”
