{"id":2000430,"date":"2025-09-05T22:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2000430"},"modified":"2025-09-05T22:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T22:12:28","slug":"ariana-grandes-boyfriend-ethan-slater-spotted-out-with-ex-wife-lilly-jay-in-new-jersey-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ariana-grandes-boyfriend-ethan-slater-spotted-out-with-ex-wife-lilly-jay-in-new-jersey-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande\u2019s Boyfriend Ethan Slater Spotted Out With Ex-Wife Lilly Jay in New Jersey (Exclusive)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ethan Slater<\/strong> was spotted spending time with his ex-wife Lilly Jay<\/strong> and a child believed to be their son during an outing in Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 5, Star can exclusively report.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old actor, who plays Boq in Wicked alongside Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a>, arrived at the Newport Mall around 3 p.m. \u201cI made eye contact with Ethan while walking out of the parking garage,\u201d an eyewitness told Star.<\/p>\n

Dressed casually in a hat, Slater appeared upbeat as he pushed a stroller. \u201cHe looked really happy, just pushing the stroller like any other parent. Just a few steps ahead was a woman who looked exactly like his ex, Jay, helping a little kid ride in one of those toy wagons,\u201d the eyewitness said.<\/p>\n

At one point, a fan passing by gasped and shouted, \u201cI love you!\u201d \u201cEthan laughed and flashed this huge smile. You could tell he was loving it,\u201d the eyewitness added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere weren\u2019t many people around, but he definitely appreciated being recognized. Lilly, on the other hand, didn\u2019t even look up. She was focused on the child.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Slater and Jay, who wed in 2018, reportedly separated<\/a> in 2023. In July of that year, he began dating Grande, 32, who had split from Dalton Gamez<\/strong> after nearly two years of marriage.<\/p>\n

Online records viewed by Star show that Jay lives in downtown Jersey City, a neighborhood known for its family-friendly vibe. Locals describe it as \u201ca smaller version of New York City\u201d and sometimes call it the \u201csixth borough.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes sense for her,\u201d the eyewitness said about Jay\u2019s choice to raise her child there. \u201cIt\u2019s suburban enough for a kid but still close enough to Broadway for Ethan.\u201d<\/p>\n

The eyewitness added that Slater is no stranger to the area. \u201cHe\u2019s popped into a few shops here and there. One of my friends saw him earlier this year at The Hive, a local coffee shop, getting a drip coffee.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ethan Slater was spotted spending time with his ex-wife Lilly Jay and a child believed to be their son during an outing in Jersey City, New Jersey, on September 5, Star can exclusively report. The 33-year-old actor, who plays Boq in Wicked alongside Ariana Grande, arrived at the Newport Mall around 3 p.m. \u201cI made […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2000431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[24076,363487,363491,363490,363488,23360,363489],"class_list":["post-2000430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-ariana-grande","tag-ethan-slater","tag-eyewitness","tag-jersey-city","tag-lilly-jay","tag-new-jersey","tag-newport-mall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ariana-Grandes-Boyfriend-Ethan-Slater-Spotted-Out-With-Ex-Wife-Lilly.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}