Topics: Ariana Grande, Celebrity, Social Media, Wicked, Mental Health
Ariana Grande has made a startling social media decision following the ex-wife of her partner Ethan Slater writing an explosive first person piece about the downfall of her marriage.
Lilly Jay was the partner of actor Slater for 12 years, and they were married in 2018, before divorcing earlier this year.
Grande met Slater on the set of John M. Chu's Wicked, within which the 31-year-old star played Glinda the Good, and Slater portrayed munchkin Boq, who is enamoured by Glinda.
In the lead-up to the release for Wicked, it became known that Slater had filed for divorce from his wife and started a relationship with 'Thank U, Next' singer Grande.
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Jay, who is the mother of Slater's child and a a clinical psychologist specialising in perinatal mental health and child development, wrote an essay for The Cut which has since gone viral.
She wrote: "Motherhood, I have learned, fills your time but not your mind. In the countless hours I spend rocking my son to sleep, pushing his stroller, marveling at his sweaty little hands grasping a crayon, I work diligently on my private project of accepting the sudden public downfall of my marriage."
"This, I tell myself, is nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to hide."
She continued: "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."
Seemingly referencing Wicked, she wrote: "Days with my son are sunny. Days when I can’t escape the promotion of a movie associated with the saddest days of my life are darker."
The internet has been set ablaze following the publication of the piece, with many people extending their sympathy to Jay in the wake of Slater's new relationship.
In an unprecedented move, hours on from the piece hitting the web, Grande uploaded a carousel of photos from her time on the Wicked set - and omitted Slater.
Grande captioned the post: "one month of @wickedmovie thank you for your overwhelming love and embrace ! i love you, we love you."
Grande's collection of photos included Wicked co-stars Cynthia Erivo and Bowen Yang, among more.
The star limited the ability for the public to comment on the post.
Defending his relationship, Slater told GQ prior to the release of Wicked: "I think there was something that was really difficult about things in your private life being commented on and looked at by the public.
"There were a lot of big changes in private lives that were really happening, so it's really hard to see people who don't know anything about what's happening commenting on it."
