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Ethan Slater<\/b> became an ultra-famous name overnight after reports surfaced that he is dating his Wicked<\/i> costar<\/a> Ariana Grande<\/b><\/a>. However, he has been in the spotlight for years, having starred on Broadway before switching to larger budget productions. Thanks to the support from his parents, estranged wife and the rest of his family, Ethan was able to prosper in his acting career. He also credited his late mother, in particular, after he began booking more jobs in theatre and film.<\/span><\/p>\n Ethan\u2019s father is Jay Slater<\/b>, who works for the Food and Drug Administration. His late mother, Ellen Goldmuntz, worked as a lawyer but died when Ethan was just a child. When he discussed his concept album, Edge of the World<\/i>, in August 2021, Ethan opened up about how the loss of his mother inspired him to write from that perspective.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was thinking about the things that excite me as a writer, and one of the biggest things is imagination,\u201d he explained in an interview. \u201cI was a kid who had a really active imagination, and so I wanted to write about a kid growing up in isolation and using his imagination to cope with his loneliness. \u2026 One of the big things is the mining [of] my personal experience for writing. When I was 7 years old, my mom died, and so that\u2019s been a really big, formative thing in my life. She had left this huge imprint on me, even though I had so few memories. And that\u2019s what happens to this character, Ben. He grows up not knowing his mom, being raised by a single dad, and yet the impact she has on his life and his life trajectory is immeasurable. So, those are the two inspirational elements that came together.\u201d<\/p>\n Ethan was born and raised by his parents in Washington D.C.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ethan married his high school sweetheart, Lilly Jay, in November 2018. In November 2022, the estranged spouses celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary anniversary, with Ethan taking to Instagram to share photos of them together. In his caption, the Broadway alum called Lilly his \u201cbest friend.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The pair ultimately split, though, after nearly five years of marriage after Ethan filed for a contested divorce from Lilly on July 26, 2023, Life & Style <\/i>confirmed. He did not provide an explanation for the dissolution of their marriage, though, according to court records viewed by Life & Style.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ethan and Lilly\u2019s split took place just days after reports surfaced that he had begun dating Ariana after the two started working together on the set of Wicked<\/i> in late 2022. In early July 2023, Ariana\u2019s split<\/a> from her estranged husband, Dalton Gomez<\/b>, made headlines, and a source exclusively told Life & Style <\/i>that the two had been \u201cdrifting apart\u201d<\/a> because Ariana was thousands of miles away from Dalton when she was working on Wicked<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n One day after Ethan filed for divorce, Lilly broke her silence on the matter by saying, \u201c[Ariana\u2019s] the story really. Not a girl\u2019s girl. My family is just collateral damage. \u2026 The story is her and Dalton.\u201d<\/p>\nWho Are Ethan Slater\u2019s Parents?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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