PEOPLE confirmed Slater and Grande were dating in July 2023, some six months after production on Wicked first began. This came after Grande separated from her ex-husband, Dalton Gomez, and Slater separated from his ex-wife, Lilly Jay.

Funny enough, Ethan Slater looked back right after his fall (perhaps to see if the moment was filmed) before giving a crowd of fans the thumbs up. Along with quipping that he felt like Jason Derulo out there when it happened, he also said this:

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s relationship has been, since its inception, a point of controversy. We can’t definitively say what the timeline was, but, to many online, it sure looked like Slater left his wife,

Ethan Slater's got something to confess-ah: He really loved working on Wicked with Ariana Grande.

Ethan Slater joins TODAY to talk about landing the role of Boq in “Wicked,” getting his start playing Toto in a community production of the “Wizard of Oz” when he was 4, reveals the advice he received from Ariana Grande and other members of the cast,

"To say I’m honored to be a part of this movie is the understatement of the century. I cannot wait for you to see it," the actor wrote