Ethan Slater Shares Personal Photos of Ariana Grande: 'Very Merry Holidays'
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Madison E. GoldbergDecember 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Ethan Slater shared photos of Ariana Grande on his Instagram Story on Friday, Dec. 26
Grande snuggles with a dog in the rare personal photos
A source initially confirmed the couple's relationship to PEOPLE in 2023, and Slater was recently seen supporting Grande during her SNL hosting gig
Ethan Slater shared a rare glimpse of his relationship with Ariana Grande.
Slater, 33, shared photos of Grande, 32, cuddling with a dog and celebrating in a series of Instagram Story posts on Friday, Dec. 26. In the photos, Grande wears an all-black outfit featuring a turtleneck, wide-leg pants and platform heels. She completed the look with a white headband and pearl earrings to accessorize her sleek updo.
"Very merry holidays," Slater wrote over a photo of Grande sitting next to a man on the couch as they laugh at something off camera.
After meeting while filming Wicked in 2022, the couple's relationship was confirmed by a source in July 2023. While the couple often refrains from posting one another on social media, Slater previously shared an intimate photo of Grande celebrating her Oscar nomination for Wicked in January 2025.
Slater recently supported Grande when she hosted Saturday Night Live on Dec. 21. Slater appeared in photos that Grande's friend and former Victorious costar Liz Gillies shared on Instagram from the SNL set.
One photo showed Gillies, Slater and actor Aaron Simon Gross posing together on a couch backstage, while other photos show Grande in various costumes.
"Nobody does it like you, dingus. What a treat it is to watch you use your many talents and gifts and use them so effortlessly well," Gillies wrote in the caption. "Another brilliant episode. Not to mention- it was the marvelous @fayedunaway’s last episode. AND- CHER! PLUS CHRISTMAS! I fear my heart might’ve grown three sizes last night."
In a November interview with Extra at the New York City premiere of the second Wicked film, Slater said, "Ariana [Grande]'s performance is out of this world and Cynthia [Erivo]’s performance is unbelievable."
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Ethan Slater posts Ariana Grande to his Instagram story
The actor continued saluting his and Grande's costars, adding, "And Johnny [Bailey] is so beautiful, and Michelle [Yeoh] and Jeff [Goldblum] and I got to work with Marissa [Bode], you know, from this close away for this whole movie and yet getting to see her on the big screen, it's just so moving."
"I'm so proud of this movie and it’s so different from the first one, and yet it feels like the obvious true continuation of it," Slater added, before speaking on Grande's friendship with Erivo, who stars in the film as Elphaba Thropp, later known as the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Ethan Slater posts Ariana Grande to his Instagram story
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“They really do just communicate off camera even more than they do on camera. And I think that that's what makes their friendship really beautiful to witness is the ways that they help each other through… the craziness of this," Slater said at the time.
Wicked: For Good is now in theaters.
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