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Ariana Grande<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s brother Frankie<\/strong> is a huge fan of her romance<\/a> with Ethan Slater<\/strong><\/a>, as the fellow Broadway vet is a huge admirer of his sister\u2019s Wicked costar.<\/p>\n \u201cI love him, he\u2019s a very sweet guy. I\u2019ve been a fan of him ever since seeing him in SpongeBob [the musical],\u201d Frankie, 41, told TooFab<\/a><\/em> in an interview published on Wednesday, June 5. \u201cAnd I got to interview him when I was doing the SpongeBob SquarePants podcast. And the Broadway community is a tight-knit family.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a great guy. Ethan\u2019s a wonderful guy,\u201d the Big Brother alum continued, saying how Ariana\u2019s happiness is so important to him.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s very sweet. He\u2019s very very very sweet. I just, I adore him,\u201d Frankie continued about Ethan, \u200b32. \u201cI, honestly, I\u2019ve always just said this, all I want is for my sister to be happy and when she\u2019s happy I\u2019m happy. So I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n Ariana, 30, and Ethan met in late 2022 while filming Wicked<\/em> in England. At the time, she was married to Dalton Gomez<\/strong>, and he was wed to his high school sweetheart<\/a> Lilly Jay<\/strong> since 2018. The former couple welcomed an \u200b22-month-old son, Ezra, in \u200bAugust 2022.<\/p>\n News broke on July 17, 2023, that the \u201c7 Rings\u201d singer and Dalton, 28, had separated after two years of marriage. Three days later, it was revealed that Ariana and Ethan were dating. He filed for divorce<\/a> from Lilly, \u200b31, on July 26, 2023.<\/p>\n \u201c[Ariana\u2019s] the story, really. Not a girl\u2019s girl,\u201d Lilly told Page Six<\/em><\/a> the following day, adding about the split, \u201cMy family is just collateral damage.\u201d Ariana and Dalton simultaneously filed for divorce<\/a> in September 2023.<\/p>\n Four days after the filing, Ariana and Ethan were spotted out together as a couple for the first time, having a fun visit to Disneyland<\/a> on September 22, 2023.<\/p>\n By January, the pair were living together in New York City<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a seamless and organic transition, since they spend almost every day together.\u201d a source told Life & Style<\/em> exclusively, adding that adding that the \u201cThank U, Next\u201d singer was working on new music in the city, while Ethan was performing in Spamalot on Broadway. \u201cThey\u2019re both totally in this for the long run,\u201d the insider added.<\/p>\n The Grammy winner voiced her frustration<\/a> about her highly publicized love life during a February 26, episode of the Zach Sang Show<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like we don\u2019t need to go into any specifics, but, of course, there\u2019s like an insatiable frustration, inexplicable, hellish feeling with watching people, misunderstand the people you love and you and anything,\u201d Ariana said during the interview.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n