“The most disappointing part was seeing so many people imagining the worst version,” she said. “That was definitely a troublesome trip.”
Ariana Grande is opening up about her relationship with Depraved costar Ethan Slater for the first time.
While sitting with another leader, Cynthia Erivo for him or her Honest self-importance In the photo shoot, the 31-year-old pop star set the record straight about Slater’s slander that made headlines throughout 2023.
“It definitely can’t be easier, seeing some of the negativity that has come from disreputable tabloids,” Grande told the publication.
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“I actually went through a lot of life adjustments while filming this movie. Many people who were involved in this did so. We had been apart for 2 years. So, of course, I understand why it was a topical day for the tabloids to come up with something that would pay their dues,” she continued.
“The most disappointing part was seeing so many people imagining the worst version,” she said. “That was definitely a troublesome trip.”
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Grande and Slater love story shocked popular culture world. THE Depraved costars found their names splashed across headlines in 2023 because their relationship quickly became public following Grande’s split from Dalton Gomez.
In July 2023 TMZ reported that Grande and Gomez split in January. A few days later, sources instructed the channel Grande and Slater began dating a few months earlier, with the first two meeting while taking photos Depraved.
Slater had also separated from his wife Lilly Jay, his high school sweetheart. Slater and Lilly filed for divorce six days after Slater was publicly linked to Grande. According to TMZ, the couple’s romance has just begun. after Slater’s separation from his now ex-wife, with whom he shares a son. Grande’s divorce from Gomez has been finished in October 2023, while Slater’s divorce was finalized in September 2024.
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The media and the general public have created this image of Slater as someone who, as the publication said, is survived by his wife and son, until now a pop star” — a story Grande vehemently denies.
“There could not be a less accurate representation of a human being than the one the tabloids publish about them,” Grande told Self-importance Honest, before telling the reporter she would “never go into certain details.”
“No one on this earth tries harder or tries harder to be there for those they love and care about. There is no one in this world with a better heart, and that is something no tabloid can rewrite in real life,” she said.
Grande then recalled her personal relationship with the tabloids, who she says have been “trying to destroy her” since she was “19.” Although she admits that he is “not an ideal person,” she is happy with who he is “becoming.”
“In no way will I allow evil, disreputable tabloids to ruin my life or my sense of what is real and good,” she added.
Along with the quilt photo shoot and in-depth interview with the publication before Depraved: Middle One Coming to theaters in November, Grande and Erivo took a look at the publication’s notorious celebrity lie detector. Grande was the first to sit in the hot seat, with Erivo making sure she ordered each question she received, which coated cosmetic surgery to his sophisticated relationship with his followers.
When asked if she loves her fans, the “Everlasting Sunshine” singer said “a lot.”
“I love them always, but sometimes I feel like they can hurt my feelings and sometimes I don’t love them, but I like them all the time,” Grande admitted.
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“I feel kind of weirdly parasocial, it feels very real to me so sometimes it’s hard, but I like them a lot,” she doubled down before revealing that she normally DMs her followers and how some have. turn into close friends over the years.
“Yeah, that happened three times,” Grande recalled of becoming “close” friends with fans.
“Very close friend, about seven to 12 years of friendship at this point,” she said of one before admitting that she’s not the biggest fan of her fan base, called “Arianators.”
“No, I don’t, I want to say I’ve accepted it, but if I would rather I really didn’t, that’s crazy,” she added.
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