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\u201cNot a girl\u2019s girl!\u201d Ariana Grande<\/b><\/a>\u2019s friends are ditching her in droves, a source dishes, after the estranged wife of her new boyfriend, Ethan Slater<\/b><\/a>, put her on blast.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAriana didn\u2019t just break girl code. She shattered it into a million pieces,\u201d the source says, adding, \u201cand that\u2019s going to be tough to bounce back from.\u201d While Ariana, 30, insists that she and Ethan, 31, didn\u2019t act on their feelings until after their marriages were over, the source still notes, \u201cthere\u2019s a very real sense of \u2018lock up your husband\u2019 when it comes to being around her now.\u201d<\/p>\n Ariana found herself in hot water after reports surfaced on July 20 that she and Ethan were dating<\/a>.\u00a0The news came just three days after reports surfaced about Ariana\u2019s split from her estranged husband, Dalton Gomez<\/b><\/a>. At the time that her relationship with Ethan was revealed, he was still legally married to his wife, Lilly Jay<\/b>.<\/a> The couple were high school sweethearts, got married in November 2018 and welcomed a child in August 2022. While it\u2019s unclear when Ethan and his wife split, the last time he mentioned her on social media was in a Mother\u2019s Day post in May.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Less than one week later, Life & Style<\/i> confirmed that Ethan had filed for divorce from Lilly after nearly five years of marriage. According to court records viewed by Life & Style<\/i>, Ethan filed for a contested divorce on July 26 but did not cite the reason for their separation.<\/span><\/p>\n One day after the filing, Lilly slammed Ariana in a statement to Page Six<\/i>, noting, \u201c[Ariana\u2019s] the story, really. Not a girl\u2019s girl. My family is just collateral damage.\u201d Lilly then explained that she is focused on being a \u201cgood mom\u201d to her and Ethan\u2019s son.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe story is [Ariana] and Dalton,\u201d Lilly added.<\/span><\/p>\n For Ariana\u2019s part, the \u201cBreak Up With Your Girlfriend, I\u2019m Bored\u201d artist split from estranged husband, Dalton, 28,\u00a0in January. At the time, Ariana had been in London filming Wicked<\/i>. With Dalton across the pond in California, the couple struggled to adjust to long-distance. After their initial split in January, Ariana and Dalton attempted to reconcile their marriage. However, their reunion was short-lived and they later decided to split for good.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cAriana and Dalton really tried to make things work,\u201d a separate source exclusively told Life & Style.<\/i> \u201cUnfortunately, it just wasn\u2019t meant to be. Ariana and Dalton found themselves drifting apart. They went to therapy, but in the end, they decided not to prolong the inevitable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ariana and Ethan met on the set of Wicked<\/i>; she is portraying the iconic character Glinda while he is playing Boq, the love interest of Elphaba\u2019s younger sister, Nessarose. The pair appeared to have established a strong friendship in late 2022 through early 2023, and Ariana even seemingly had a good rapport with Lilly. The Grammy Award winner \u201cliked\u201d Ethan\u2019s Mother\u2019s Day Instagram post in May, in which he called his estranged wife \u201cthe most loving, caring and most wonderful mom\/person in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n