Ariana Grande’s Glinda Tattoo Fuels Speculation Amid Romance with ‘Wicked’ Co-Star Ethan Slater
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Ariana Grande has recently been in the news for a variety of reasons, including her reported divorce from her husband Dalton Gomez and an alleged infidelity scandal with her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater. Neither rumor has been confirmed by the singer, but offscreen images of her and Slater, who is known for playing Spongebob Squarepants in a Broadway musical, have surfaced. Lilly Jay, Slater’s former wife, accused Grande of treating her family as “collateral damage” and stated she was not a girl’s girl. Furthermore, the Positions hitmaker has repeatedly stated how much she enjoyed working on Wicked, which is set to be released in 2024. Grande was inked in honour of her role as Glinda the Good Witch in the musical picture.
The 30-year-old received a tattoo of L. Frank Baum’s beloved character from his Wizard of Oz novel series. According to the pop sensation, playing the character in the upcoming live-action adaption has been “one of the most profoundly special, transformative, and fulfilling experiences” of her life. Grande explained her thought process in an interview with Allure. “When they come to me, I just get them,” she explained of her tattoos. Slater has been married to his high school lover Lilly Jay since 2018, & the two have a son together. Grande married Dalton Gomez in 2021. Slater filed for divorce from his wife weeks after the news of Slater and Grande’s relationship broke. According to reports, the Wicked co-stars cheated on their spouses, despite the fact that both of them were married when they first met. According to insiders, Slater divorced his wife two months before he began dating Grande.
Ariana got the Glinda tattoo on her right hand which she says is the replication of illustration from the original Frank Baum's book🫧 i swear when i saw this exact image on wikipedia last year my first thought was 'she kinda looks like ariana'😭 pic.twitter.com/edK3QPZhyi
— g · (@ohmymotive) August 21, 2023
Actress And Singer Ariana Grande Gets A Tattoo Of Glinda Amidst An Alleged Cheating Scandal With Her Wicked Co-Star Ethan Slater
The “7 Rings” singer inked a tattoo of her character, Glinda, on her right hand to commemorate her time on the Jon M. Chu-directed musical adaption. In an interview released on Monday, she told Allure that she had wanted the tattoo “for a very long time.” “I waited an eternity to fill up this hand.” “And I thought to myself, ‘I’m going to wait for the right thing to come along,'” she explained. “That felt very right.” The cast of “Wicked” includes Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Marissa Bode, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, and Bowen Yang. Ethan Slater, who is rumoured to be dating the singer, also appears in the musical. On the set of the film, she met Ethan Slater. Slater plays Boq in Wicked, while the former Disney actress plays Glinda. The purported romance between the co-stars was revealed in July, less than a week after TMZ claimed that Grande’s husband, Dalton Gomez, had filed for divorce. Grande and Gomez got married in 2021.
Slater also filed for divorce from his wife, singer Lilly Jay, with whom he has a 1-year-old kid, The Times reported. Slater filed for divorce from his wife weeks after the news of the Slater and Grande’s relationship broke. According to reports, the Wicked co-stars strayed from their spouses, despite the fact that both of them were married when they initially met. According to insiders, Slater divorced his wife two months before he began dating Grande. While it is unknown whether their divorce was caused by Slater’s alleged connection with his co-star, Jay told Page Six, “My family is collateral damage.” Due to the continuing writers’ and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the first instalment of “Wicked” is currently scheduled for November 2024 release. In an announcement made in April 2022, Chu stated, “It would be impossible to wrestle the story… into a single film without inflicting some real damage to it.” The sequel will be released on Thanksgiving 2025. While Grande was unable to discuss the project directly with Allure due to SAG-AFTRA strike protocols, she did describe it as “one of the most deeply special, transformative, & meaningful experiences of [her] creative life” in recent years.
Ariana has a new tattoo of Glinda! I hope we get to see it soon. pic.twitter.com/HU8DDRiZD1
— nora 🫧 ~ she/her (@notearsnora) August 21, 2023
