Ethan Slater’s ex-wife Lilly Jay bared all of it in a tell-all essay for The Cut wherein she described the top of her marriage as ‘one of many saddest days of my life’. She additionally spoke about heartbreak following the highly-publicised relationship Ethan had with Wicked co-star Ariana Grande after their separation. (Also Read: Ariana Grande guidelines out tour ‘anytime quickly’ after Wicked sequel announcement)
Lilly Jay on the top of her marriage
In the emotional essay, Lilly—a scientific psychologist—wrote about how she was married to Ethan for six years and shared a two-year-old son, as per People. The couple had been highschool sweethearts, and Lilly moved to the UK in 2022 to help Ethan as he filmed for Wicked there and performed Boq.
Reflecting on the collapse of their marriage, Lilly wrote that the times she will be able to’t escape the ‘promotion of a film’ related to the ‘saddest days’ of her life are ‘darker’. Lilly had moved to the UK when their son was solely 2 months previous. She writes about being ‘consumed’ by the ‘magic and mundanity of latest motherhood’ to grasp their distance.
The psychologist wrote about how regardless of all of it, she finds pleasure in motherhood, writing, “Days with my son are sunny. Motherhood, I’ve discovered, fills your time however not your thoughts. Both of us fiercely love our son one hundred pc of the time, no matter how our parenting time is split.”
Lilly additionally acknowledges that she misses the anonymity she as soon as had, writing, “In this season of shock and mourning, over a 12 months after the top of my marriage was made public, I deeply miss the lifetime of invisibility I created for myself as a psychologist specializing in ladies’s psychological well being.”
She additionally added that she ‘by no means’ thought she would divorce her childhood sweetheart after the delivery of their first youngster, writing, “And particularly not within the shadow of my husband’s new relationship with a star.”
Ethan Slater’s romance with Ariana Grande
Ethan and Ariana’s romance has been below intense scrutiny because it turned public in 2023. When this information broke, Ethan was married to Lilly, and Ariana was married to Dalton Gomez.
While the pair have typically confronted backlash, they’ve additionally defended their relationship. Lilly revealing her aspect of the story has resulted in recent backlash for the couple.
Ariana introduced her separation from Dalton days earlier than Ethan filed for divorce from Lilly. Ethan and Ariana just lately starred collectively in Wicked, launched in India on November 22.
