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Ariana Grande she is glad that the world is getting to know her lover Ethan Slater.

While talking to Entertainment tonight during his Los Angeles stop River Press Tour on Saturday, November 9, the pop star, 31, shared her excitement for fans of the film to have the chance to meet her beau, 32.

In a joint interview with her co-star Cynthia ErivoGrande told the press that SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical alun is the perfect gentleman and always helps her out on the red carpet – even holding the trains of her flowy dresses.

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“Always this,” she said. “He’s always adorable and he’s so amazing in this movie, he’s such an amazing person, I’m so happy people know him. My heart is very happy.”

that same evening E.T we also spoke with Slater about what it was like working with Grande.

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“I’m so proud of Ariana,” said the actor, who plays Boq in the upcoming film. “She’s incredible in this movie, and then to be able to be a part of celebrating it, I’m just grateful.”

In a recent interview with GQ published on October 30, Slater opened up about the pair’s public relationship, admitting that there was “something that was really difficult about things in your private life being commented on and viewed by the public”.

“Some of the hard parts you talk about are the personal life stuff that everybody in the world goes through,” he continued. “And so I’m really focusing on the real people in my life that those things are affecting and doing right by every real person and not people on Twitter commenting on it.”

Slater and Grande met in late 2022 when they both started filming River.

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At the time, “yes and?” the singer was married to Dalton Gomezwhile Slater and his then-wife Lilly Jay had recently welcomed a baby boy. The actors eventually separated from their spouses and divorced and confirmed their love in July 2023.

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Grande and Slater also join them Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Bowen Yang, Peter Dinklage and Michelle Yeoh in Jon M. Chu-film directed.

River will be released in two parts, the first in theaters on November 22, and the second scheduled for November 26, 2025.