Who is Ethan Slater? | The US Sun

Publish date: 2024-05-09

ETHAN Slater is best known for his portrayal of SpongeBob SquarePants in the Broadway musical, gaining a Tony Award nomination for the part.

He also stars in the film adaptation of Wicked, alongside his girlfriend, superstar Ariana Grande.

Who is Ethan Slater?

Ethan Samuel Slater is an actor and singer born on June 2, 1991, in Washington, DC.

The rising star grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and has two older sisters, Sara and Tamara.

His mom died when he was just seven.

He has two step-brothers since his dad remarried.

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Slater was educated at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and the Georgetown Day School before attending Vassar College.

What TV shows and movies has Ethan Slater been in?

Ethan Slater began his acting career in 2012.

He landed his first recurring role in 2015 with the television show, Redheads Anonymous.

The actor later went on to book gigs on hit series such as Law & Order: SVU, Murphy Brown, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

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In 2019, Slater landed his breakout role as SpongeBob SquarePants in The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

He was nominated for a Tony Award for his role.

Following his success with the musical, Slater landed a role as Boq in the film adaptation of Wicked alongside Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, and Michelle Yeoh.

Part one of the adaptation is slated to be released in 2024 with part two coming out the following year.

Slater is also set to appear in Lost on a Mountain in Maine which is currently in post-production and due to be released in 2025.

Who has Ethan Slater dated?

In 2012, Ethan Slater began dating his high school sweetheart, Lilly Jay.

The two dated for six years before tying the knot in November 2018.

In January 2023, the couple announced they had welcomed a son together the previous year.

Not long after reports of Slater's sudden romance with Ariana Grande surfaced, he filed for divorce from his wife.

Is Ethan Slater dating Ariana Grande?

On July 20, 2023, TMZ reported Ariana Grande moved on with Ethan Slater following her split from Dalton Gomez.

Sources told the outlet the two began dating shortly after Ethan split from Lilly.

In March, the two were photographed together on a night out celebrating their cast member Michelle Yeoh's Oscar victory.

Ethan filed for divorce from Lilly on July 26, 2023, in New York.

In September 2023, both Ariana and her estranged husband, Dalton Gomez, filed for divorce.

The filings cite their separation date as February 20, 2023.

Both Ariana and Ethan have initially chosen to be tight-lipped about their relationship, but in March 2024, Ariana finally broke her silence.

In an interview on the Zach Sang Show, the two-time Grammy winner aired her grievances about the media's treatment of her, presumably regarding her connection to her Wicked co-star.

"The thing is, we know this about the tabloids and about the media. Am I crazy? Don’t we know this? We selectively remember that this is what the tabloids do to people, especially women, based on whether or not we like the person. We selectively remember that. We selectively leave space for humanness, for nuance," she said.

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“[The media leaves space for] their friends and family, but they turn it off when that aligns with the version of a person that they have in their head that they want to believe is true.

"I feel like we don’t need to go into any specifics, but of course there’s an insatiable frustration, inexplicable hellish feeling, watching people misunderstand the people you love, and you.”

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