Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater split after nearly three years

News broke in June 2026 that singer and actor Ariana Grande and actor Ethan Slater had ended their relationship after nearly three years together. US outlets including People, Page Six and TMZ, citing unnamed sources, reported that the split had happened several months earlier and had not been announced publicly.

The two met while making the film adaptation of the musical Wicked, in which Grande played Glinda and Slater played Boq. Their relationship became public in July 2023, at a time when Grande was going through her divorce from real estate agent Dalton Gomez and Slater was separating from his wife. The pairing drew intense media attention.

Reports described the break-up as amicable, with the two said to remain close and to stay connected through their work on the Wicked films. Neither of them issued an official statement, so the exact timing rests on anonymous reporting.

The split mattered because it closed a high-profile relationship that had been tied to one of the biggest film franchises of recent years. It also set the stage for later public attention on Grande's new romance.