Ariana Grande’s Instagram account has liked several posts about leaving relationships amid reports that she has split from husband Dalton Gomez.
The singer, 30, is rumored to have moved on romantically with her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, who seems to want to stay out of the spotlight as he just went private on his Instagram account.
After reports of her rumored divorce and new romance emerged, eagle-eyed fans quickly noticed that the Grammy winner’s Instagram account liked a series of posts from Terri Cole, a psychotherapist and leading expert on mindfulness, meditation, relationships, and wellness.
The first ‘like’ found dated back to January this year, when TMZ claimed that her marriage had been secretly on the rocks.
The message read: “Never again will I have a relationship with anyone I fear.”
It is over? Ariana Grande’s Instagram account has liked several posts about leaving relationships amid reports she’s split from husband Dalton Gomez
New romance? The singer, 30, is rumored to have moved on romantically with her Wicked co-star Ethan Slater, who just made his Instagram account private
Another post that Ariana’s account liked read, “4 ways to de-escalate a situation with a difficult person.”
The next message was, “Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situations that threaten your peace of mind, self-esteem, values, morals, and self-worth.”
Another poignant message that Ariana’s account “liked” was, “Self-denial in the service of your relationship actually serves no one.”
MailOnline has reached out to Ariana’s representatives for comment.
While Ariana’s Instagram account is closely scrutinized by fans, the same cannot be said for her rumored new love.
Ethan’s Instagram account is now private, although he still has 84,000 followers.
Questions have been raised about when their relationship began, as TMZ reportedly started dating “a few months ago,” but Ethan shared a loving message on May 14 praising his now-estranged wife Lilly Jay, with no mention of a breakup.
Following reports that the two are dating, a Mother’s Day message from earlier this year that Ethan addressed to his estranged with Lilly Jay surfaced.
In the post, he also revealed that the couple’s first child, who was born late last year, was a boy. It was later reported that the boy’s name is Ezra.
“Happy First Mother’s Day to the most loving, caring and amazing mother/person in the world,” he wrote as he signed it “- from me and this little man.”
Likes: Eagle-eyed fans quickly noticed that the Grammy winner’s Instagram account liked a series of posts by Terri Cole, a psychotherapist and leading relationship expert
The post shared few details about Ethan’s or his son’s wedding, instead posting a blurry photo of the little boy from behind, with his much clearer shadow projected onto a wall in front of him.
A second photo showed an adult’s hand — presumably Ethan’s — feeding the little boy, whose hand was covered in food.
It’s unclear from the post, which got a like from Ariana, whether Ethan and Lilly were still together at the time.
The couple, who were high school classmates, tied the knot in 2018.
In January of this year, Ethan revealed that his wife Lilly had welcomed a child together by posting a photo of a positive pregnancy test and a “Wicked Cute” baby onesie, commenting, “Super vague post, but we’re having a baby now.”
Another photo in the post showed the shadow of one of the parents pushing a stroller, which fit the nebulous theme and his desire to share few details about his child.
Ethan, 31, started dating Ariana “a few months ago” while they were still filming Wicked, sources told TMZ on Thursday.
Ariana reportedly ended the relationship with her husband Dalton Gomez in January this year.
TMZ’s sources also claimed that Ethan only started dating Ariana after he and Lilly broke up.
In November, Ethan celebrated his fourth wedding anniversary on Instagram, where he called his wife “My best friend.”
He added, “4 years married, 10 years together.”
After news of the relationship broke, the Broadway star set his Instagram account – which follows the God Is A Woman singer – to private.
Ethan costars with Ariana in Wicked as Boq, a munchkin who falls in love with her character Glinda, though she goes by Galinda earlier in the story.
Estranged: Questions have been raised about when their relationship started as they started dating “a few months ago” according to TMZ, but Ethan shared a loving message on May 14 praising his now-estranged wife Lilly Jay (pictured in 2018) without mentioning a breakup
However, when she rejects his advances, he ends up with Nessarose, the sister of the green-skinned Elphaba, played by Cynthia Erivo.
When Nessarose casts a spell on him in a fit of jealousy, Elphaba is forced to cast another spell to counter the effects, which saves his life but turns him into the character known as the Tin Man.
Ethan has had a few small movie roles to date, but the two-part adaptation of Wicked looks set to be his most substantial movie role to date.
He also appeared in a single episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and he played real-life actor Joel Gray – best known for playing the Emcee in the original Broadway production of Cabaret and its 1972 film adaptation – in the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon.