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\n Related: <\/span>Inside Ariana Grande’s Split From Ethan Slater: What Went Wrong<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tAriana Grande and Ethan Slater\u2019s private split was far from dramatic. \u201cAfter their press tour [for Wicked: For Good] died down, they had been spending more time apart than usual,\u201d a source exclusively shared with Us Weekly of what led to the demise of the pair\u2019s relationship. \u201cThey both agreed they wanted different things and [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Us<\/em> reached out to reps for Grande and Alvarez for comment.<\/p>\nGrande met Alvarez when he joined her team as a backup dancer on her Honeymoon Tour in February 2015. The pair began dating that April and later called it quits in July 2016.<\/p>\n
Grande famously name-dropped Alvarez in her 2018 hit \u201cThank U, Next,\u201d singing, \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh.\u201d The track also featured nods to other exes, including Big Sean<\/strong>, Pete Davidson<\/strong> and the late Mac Miller<\/strong>, who died in 2018 of an accidental overdose at age 26.<\/p>\nGrande shared Alvarez\u2019s reaction to being featured in the song while discussing her Thank U, Next<\/em> album in 2019.<\/p>\n\u201cRicky loved it. He was proud. But Ricky was like, \u2018Why did I get the worst line?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018What do you mean?\u2019 He was like, \u2018Everyone else\u2019s line is so nice, and mine is like, \u2018Man, f*** him, he\u2019s trash.\u2019 I was like I could have said that,\u201d Grande recalled during her appearance on the Zach Sang Show at the time. \u201cI could\u2019ve said, \u2018Wrote some songs about Ricky, never mind he\u2019s trash.\u2019 \u2026 But I didn\u2019t. I said, \u2018Now I listen and laugh.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n Related: <\/span>Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tAriana Grande and Ethan Slater\u2019s romance isn\u2019t defying gravity, but it has turned heads from the start. Us Weekly confirmed in July 2023 that Wicked costars Grande and Slater were in a \u201cfairly new\u201d relationship following their respective breakups. News broke that same month that Grande and Dalton Gomez called it quits after two years [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Grande recently hinted at her rekindled connection with Alvarez by changing the lyric<\/a> during her Eternal Sunshine Tour stop in Austin, Texas, on June 26.<\/p>\n\u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, I know he still got my back,\u201d she sang.<\/p>\n
After her romance with Alvarez ended, Grande dated Miller from 2016 to 2018. She was also briefly engaged to Pete Davidson<\/strong> in 2018 and married to ex-husband Dalton Gomez<\/strong> from 2020 to 2024. Grande moved on with Wicked costar Slater, 34, following her separation from Gomez in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\")
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Grande met Alvarez when he joined her team as a backup dancer on her Honeymoon Tour in February 2015. The pair began dating that April and later called it quits in July 2016.<\/p>\n
Grande famously name-dropped Alvarez in her 2018 hit \u201cThank U, Next,\u201d singing, \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, now I listen and laugh.\u201d The track also featured nods to other exes, including Big Sean<\/strong>, Pete Davidson<\/strong> and the late Mac Miller<\/strong>, who died in 2018 of an accidental overdose at age 26.<\/p>\n Grande shared Alvarez\u2019s reaction to being featured in the song while discussing her Thank U, Next<\/em> album in 2019.<\/p>\n \u201cRicky loved it. He was proud. But Ricky was like, \u2018Why did I get the worst line?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018What do you mean?\u2019 He was like, \u2018Everyone else\u2019s line is so nice, and mine is like, \u2018Man, f*** him, he\u2019s trash.\u2019 I was like I could have said that,\u201d Grande recalled during her appearance on the Zach Sang Show at the time. \u201cI could\u2019ve said, \u2018Wrote some songs about Ricky, never mind he\u2019s trash.\u2019 \u2026 But I didn\u2019t. I said, \u2018Now I listen and laugh.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tAriana Grande and Ethan Slater\u2019s romance isn\u2019t defying gravity, but it has turned heads from the start. Us Weekly confirmed in July 2023 that Wicked costars Grande and Slater were in a \u201cfairly new\u201d relationship following their respective breakups. News broke that same month that Grande and Dalton Gomez called it quits after two years [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Grande recently hinted at her rekindled connection with Alvarez by changing the lyric<\/a> during her Eternal Sunshine Tour stop in Austin, Texas, on June 26.<\/p>\n \u201cWrote some songs about Ricky, I know he still got my back,\u201d she sang.<\/p>\n After her romance with Alvarez ended, Grande dated Miller from 2016 to 2018. She was also briefly engaged to Pete Davidson<\/strong> in 2018 and married to ex-husband Dalton Gomez<\/strong> from 2020 to 2024. Grande moved on with Wicked costar Slater, 34, following her separation from Gomez in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n\t\t\t
\n Related: <\/span>Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
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