Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater split after three years: Singer has been single for months after amicable breakup

Ariana Grande and her boyfriend Ethan Slater have called it quits on their relationship after three years, the Daily Mail has learned.

A source revealed that Grande, 32, and Slater, 34, had decided to go their separate ways after a significant amount of consideration and lengthy deliberation.

They described the breakup – which happened several months ago – as amicable, and stressed that the singer and her Wicked costar are still friends. 

Grande – who stoked fan concerns for her health with the release of her music video for her new single Hate That I Made You Love Me – was said to be doing well in the wake of their breakup.

The Daily Mail's source shared that the hitmaker has been focusing her energy on her ongoing Eternal Sunshine tour, which kicked off on June 6 in Oakland, California, and will wrap up on September 1 in London.

Notably, Slater wasn't spotted at her opening weekend performances. 

Grande has also been throwing herself into the recording of her upcoming studio album, Petal, which is set to be released on July 31. 

Ever since their split months ago, Grande and Slater have been keeping a low public profile.

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Grande and Slater for comment. 

The two struck up their romance after meeting during the filming of their blockbuster musical adaptation of Wicked, which was released in 2024, with its second half, Wicked: For Good, following in 2025.

Grande was one of the film's two leads, playing Galinda, while Cynthia Erivo starred as the green-skinned outcast Elphaba.

Slater played a supporting role as Boq, a munchkin infatuated with Galinda who is later turned into the Tin Woodman. 

Their romance was first reported in July 2023, just days after news broke of Grande's buzzy separation from her husband, Dalton Gomez, though they were said to have split in January of that year.

Slater had also recently separated from his wife, the clinical psychologist Lilly Jay, with whom he welcomed a son in August 2022.

At the time, sources claimed that Grande and Slater didn't start dating until both had separated from their spouses. 

However, their relationship progressed quickly, and Grande and Slater – an actor and singer equally known for his work in the theatre, on television and in films – had moved in together in New York City by late 2023. 

As the two have tended to keep their relationship out of the spotlight, they have made few public comments referencing each other.

One of Slater's most recent comments in support of Grande came in November of last year, when he raved to Extra after the Wicked: For Good premiere that 'Ariana's performance is out of this world...'

In addition to praising the rest of the main cast, he also spoke about his then-girlfriend's rapport with Erivo. 

'They really do just communicate off camera even more than they do on camera. And I think that that's what makes their friendship really beautiful to witness is the ways that they help each other through… the craziness of this,' he said.

More recently, Grande celebrated Slater's off-Broadway show Marcel On The Train – which he co-wrote and starred in as the legendary French mime Marcel Marceau – in late March after it finished its run, though she didn't explicitly mention him.

'congratulations on a beautiful run of this very beautiful show,' Grande wrote on March 22 in her Instagram Stories over a photo that Slater had previously posted on social media, according to People. 'so very proud.'

Prior to Grande's relationship with Slater, she had been married to the real estate agent Dalton Gomez.

The two were linked in March 2020 and got engaged in December of that year, before tying the knot in May 2021. 

After their separation was reported in July 2023, their divorce was finalized in March of the following year. 

Prior to her marriage, she had a high-profile relationship with former Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson from May to October of 2018.

She had previously dated the rapper Mac Miller from late 2016 to April 2018. 

Miller had been a guest artist on Grande's 2013 single The Way, and she later contributed vocals to his 2016 song My Favorite Part. 

In September 2018, just four months after they were reported to have broken up, Miller died of an accidental drug overdose at 26.