Ariana Grande is defending her boyfriend Ethan Slater from the disappointing rumor mill.

While they were both purportedly single when they started dating last year , the two Wicked co-stars had just left their respective spouses at the time spurring rampant rumors of infidelity on Slaters behalf that Grande is now rebuking.

The most disappointing part was to see so many people believe the worst version of it, the Grammy winner told Vanity Fair in an expansive cover-story interview alongside Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo published Monday . That was definitely a tough ride.

That ride began last July when reports emerged that Grande and her ex-husband, Dalton Gomez, had called it quits after two years of marriage , and she was now dating Slater who separated from his high school sweetheart , Lilly Jay, five years after tying the knot.

Grande and Slater became an item mere months after he gave Jay a heartfelt shoutout for Mothers Day, as the former couple welcomed a son in 2022.

While sources told TMZ that Grande didnt start dating Slater until he was separated, Jay suggested otherwise at the time.

Not a girls girl, Jay told Page Six . Not a girls girl. My family is just collateral damage.

Grande said Monday that she will never go into certain details, but that there couldnt be a less accurate depiction of Slater than the one the tabloids spread about him.

No one on this earth tries harder or spreads themselves thinner to be there for the people that he loves and cares about, she told Vanity Fair. There is no one on earth with a better heart, and that is something that no bullshit tabloid can rewrite in real life.