Lilly Jay: 5 Things to Know About the Estranged Wife of Ariana Grande’s Boyfriend Ethan Slater

split up from his wife of five years following reports from multiple outlets that the Tony nominated actor, 31, his co star , 30. With the news that Ethan and the popstar it was also reported that the Broadway star and his wife separated, according to The news of Ariana and came out on July 20, 2023.

On July 26, 2023, Ethan from Lilly in New York after five years of marriage, per documents reportedly obtained by . Lilly about Ethan and Ariana’s romance on July 27, 2023. “[Ariana’s] the story really. Not a girl’s girl. My family is just collateral damage,” Lilly said. At the time, she also said, “The story is her and Dalton,” speaking about Ariana and her estranged husband .

Lily also told that she’s currently focused on being “a good mom” to her and Ethan’s son. Nearly six months later, Ariana seemingly addressed the backlash she and Ethan faced from their romance in her 2024 song Find out more about Lilly and her relationship with Ethan here. While Lilly and Ethan got married in their 20s, they were actually together from a much younger age.

It was revealed that they were high school classmates in a 2018 story about Ethan starring in the on Broadway, per The pair were engaged at the time. The Drama Desk Award winner revealed that they’d been dating since 2012 in an Instagram post in November 2022. “My best friend. Four years married, 10 years together,” he wrote in the tribute.

After six years together, Lilly and Ethan tied the knot in 2018. At the time, Ethan was starring in as the title character. He also made occasional TV appearances at the time in shows like and Lilly had also been his date to plenty of red carpet events, like the 2018 Tony Awards, where he was nominated for Best Actor In A Musical.

After four years of marriage, Lilly and Ethan welcomed their son together in August in an Instagram post with a photo of a “Wicked Cute” onesie. In May 2023, he paid tribute to his wife on Mother’s Day. “Happy first Mother’s Day to the most loving caring and wonderful mom/person in the world, from me and this little guy,” he wrote on Instagram.

After nearly 5 years of hard work, hundreds of hours researching and writing over 200 pages worth of paradigm shifting thought in the field of psychology, my wife finally defended her dissertation. I am so proud of her, and cannot wait to introduce her at parties as kiddo. — Ethan Slater (@ethansaslater) While Ethan has mostly kept his relationship with Lilly private, he did congratulations for her after she completed work towards a psychology degree in December 2020.

“After nearly 5 years of hard work, hundreds of hours researching and writing over 200 pages worth of paradigm shifting thought in the field of psychology, my wife finally defended her dissertation. I am so proud of her, and cannot wait to introduce her at parties as kiddo,” he wrote. News broke that the two actors on July 20, 2023, shortly that Ariana and her now ex had together.

“Ariana and Dalton separated in January. She and Ethan recently began dating, and he is separated from his wife,” an insider told Before reports that Ethan and were seeing each other came out, there was a photo of them seen on the on May 31 released. Ariana and Ethan were costumed as their characters Glinda and Boq, respectively..