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Lilly Jay’s essay on her divorce is now making headlines and it appears to be bad news for Ethan Slater and Ariana Grande. Even though the clinical psychologist refrains from blaming Slater or Grande, netizens reading through her story bashed theWickedstars for their relationship. They also found a subtle hint in the essay that Jay might not be okay with her ex-husband and theProblemsinger’s relationship.
Slater’s role as Boq inWickedis his first major role away from Broadway. Slater and Jay were high school sweethearts and met in 2012. They married in 2018 and separated in 2023. Netizens were particularly not happy about the fact that their divorce happened just within a year of their first son being born.
Did Lilly Jay’s essay mention Ethan Slater and Ariana Grande cheating?
Lilly Jay’s essay onThe Cutreflecting her divorce fromEthan Slateris making the rounds on the internet. Slater has moved on to a high-profile relationship with hisWickedco-starAriana Grande. While Jay’s essay neither mentions Slater nor Grande, people on social media are slamming the new couple and accusing them of cheating.
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Most of her essay deals with her struggles as a new mom, especially after the divorce. She shared that her essay is a“bottled message”and hoped that it finds all the new moms out there. Jay is a clinical psychologist who specializes in perinatal mental health and child development.
However, netizens believe that one of her lines from the essay allegedly hints at an affair between Slater and Grande. Jay shared that she never thought she would get divorced. She further added that she didn’t expect it to happen right after her first son was born and neither did she expect her husband’s new relationship to overshadow it. She shared:
No one gets married thinking they’ll get divorced, in the same way we don’t board a plane expecting to crash. But I really never thought I would get divorced. Especially not just after giving birth to my first child and especially not in the shadow of my husband’s new relationship with a celebrity.
One netizen onXshared that Jay’s last line was a hint, sharing,“obviously she saying he cheated.”However, Jay has yet to comment on the controversy that erupted after her essay was published.Grande and Slater’s relationshipwas confirmed in July 2023, just a few days after the singer and Dalton Gomez announced their separation. Jay further shared in her essay:
As a perinatal psychologist, I knew all the statistics — how vulnerable a marriage is in the postpartum period, how vital community connection is in preventing depression and anxiety, how new parenthood impacts a whole family. But I confidently moved to another country with my 2-month-old baby and my husband to support his career.
Jay did not address when and how her marriage ended with Slater. She further shared that Slater is still a huge part of her son’s life and loves him one hundred percent.
Both Ethan Slater and Ariana Grande briefly addressed the rumors
It appears that all the comments against their relationship are reportedly affecting Ethan Slater and Ariana Grande. Slater shared in an interview with GQ that the rumors about their relationship posed some difficulties during his“really super big year”in his career. Slater shared withGQ:
Obviously, it was a really super big year and I think there was something that was really difficult about things in your private life being commented on and looked at by the public.
According toVanity Fair, Grande is not happy about things either. She isdisappointed about how her relationship is being perceivedin the public eye. She shared:
The most disappointing part was to see so many people believe the worst version of it. There couldn’t be a less accurate depiction of a human being than the one that the tabloids spread about him.
However, Slater and Grande have yet to react to Jay’s essay and how the public reacted to it.
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