{"id":139403,"date":"2024-12-19T19:43:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/ethan-slaters-ex-wife-opens-up-about-divorce-but-does-not-mention-him-or-ariana-grande-by-name\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T19:43:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:43:34","slug":"ethan-slaters-ex-wife-opens-up-about-divorce-but-does-not-mention-him-or-ariana-grande-by-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/19\/ethan-slaters-ex-wife-opens-up-about-divorce-but-does-not-mention-him-or-ariana-grande-by-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Slater\u2019s Ex-Wife Opens Up About Divorce, but Does Not Mention Him or Ariana Grande by Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">When news first broke that pop star <strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong> and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/wicked-movie-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wicked<\/em><\/a> costar <strong>Ethan Slater<\/strong> were an item <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/07\/ariana-grande-and-ethan-slater-wicked-spongebob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in July 2023<\/a>, Slater\u2019s estranged wife <strong>Lilly Jay<\/strong> described the relationship with a few choice words. Grande \u201cisn\u2019t a girl\u2019s girl,\u201d Jay told <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/27\/ethan-slaters-estranged-wife-lilly-jay-blasts-ariana-grande\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/27\/ethan-slaters-estranged-wife-lilly-jay-blasts-ariana-grande\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/07\/27\/ethan-slaters-estranged-wife-lilly-jay-blasts-ariana-grande\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Page Six<\/a>. \u201cMy family is just collateral damage.\u201d The former couple has one son together. Now, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/wicked-ariana-grande-cynthia-erivo-cover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than a year of <em>Wicked<\/em>-mania<\/a> later, Jay, a clinical psychologist, has published a lengthy essay for <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/lilly-jay-divorce-essay-therapy.html\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/lilly-jay-divorce-essay-therapy.html&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/lilly-jay-divorce-essay-therapy.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Cut<\/em><\/a> about what happened when her personal life became tabloid fodder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn eYeNYz callout--has-top-border\" data-testid=\"GenericCallout\">\n<figure class=\"AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed\">\n<div class=\"AssetEmbedAssetContainer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-container\"><span class=\"SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB responsive-asset AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset\"><picture class=\"ResponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedResponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__responsive-asset responsive-image\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/picture><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"CaptionWrapper-jSZdqE cmter caption AssetEmbedCaption-fNQBPI fmQnYP asset-embed__caption\"><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionText-bHjzlu iUEiRd jSwmTa iXWezO caption__text\"><\/p>\n<p>Jay and Slater attend the Tony Awards in June 2018.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ CaptionCredit-ejegDm iUEiRd cvffOM fNaHcW caption__credit\">Getty Images.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Jay writes that Slater was her \u201chigh-school sweetheart,\u201d and for years, she avoided social media. As Slater began to work as an actor, the divergence between their chosen careers grew stark. \u201cIt was a tenuous balance\u2014my profession, which requires privacy, and his, which is measured in applause\u2014but it worked well while life was unfolding according to our plans,\u201d she writes. Ahead of filming for <em>Wicked,<\/em> Jay moved to London with Slater and their then two-month-old son. \u201cConsumed by the magic and mundanity of new motherhood, I didn\u2019t understand the growing distance between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Jay wrote that she and Slater have worked out a co-parenting relationship, but the promotional cycle for <em>Wicked<\/em> wore on her. \u201cWhile our partnership has changed, our parenthood has not. Both of us fiercely love our son 100 percent of the time, regardless of how our parenting time is divided,\u201d she said. \u201cAs for me, days with my son are sunny. Days when I can\u2019t escape the promotion of a movie associated with the saddest days of my life are darker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><em>Wicked: Part One<\/em> opened in theaters on November 22, earning <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/box-office\/box-office-wicked-shatters-expectations-gladiator-2-starts-strong-1236221979\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/box-office\/box-office-wicked-shatters-expectations-gladiator-2-starts-strong-1236221979\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/box-office\/box-office-wicked-shatters-expectations-gladiator-2-starts-strong-1236221979\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$114 million in its opening weekend<\/a>, but the promotional tour is ongoing. On Monday, Universal Pictures <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/wicked-2-title-for-good-1236250920\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/wicked-2-title-for-good-1236250920\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/film\/news\/wicked-2-title-for-good-1236250920\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that the sequel would officially be titled <em>Wicked: For Good,<\/em> and is set to be released in November 2025. As for Slater and Grande, their relationship is still going strong. <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/18\/celebrity-news\/ariana-grande-gushes-over-boyfriend-ethan-slater-on-instagram-in-rare-comment\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/18\/celebrity-news\/ariana-grande-gushes-over-boyfriend-ethan-slater-on-instagram-in-rare-comment\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/12\/18\/celebrity-news\/ariana-grande-gushes-over-boyfriend-ethan-slater-on-instagram-in-rare-comment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earlier this week<\/a>, Grande took to Instagram to respond with a heart emoji to a black-and-white photo Slater shared from a photo shoot with UK-based <em>Sch\u00f6n Magazine.<\/em> In another comment, she added that Slater is \u201cthe Buster Keaton of today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Representatives for Slater and Grande did not immediately respond to <em>Vanity Fair.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/ethan-slaters-ex-wife-opens-up-about-divorce-but-does-not-mention-him-or-ariana-grande-by-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When news first broke that pop star Ariana Grande and her Wicked costar Ethan Slater were an item in July 2023, Slater\u2019s estranged wife Lilly Jay described the relationship with a few choice words. Grande \u201cisn\u2019t a girl\u2019s girl,\u201d Jay told Page Six. \u201cMy family is just collateral damage.\u201d The former couple has one son [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[211,1305,515,169,6448],"class_list":{"0":"post-139403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity","8":"tag-ariana-grande","9":"tag-divorce","10":"tag-relationship","11":"tag-wicked","12":"tag-wicked-movie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}