Ethan Slater's estranged wife Lilly Jay says her family is 'collateral harm' amid Ariana Grande tryst

Ethan Slater’s now-estranged wife has spoken out on the actor’s alleged relationship with Ariana Grande, saying she’s been “watching with horror”.

Lilly Jay had been with the Broadway actor since highschool and married for 4 years, the couple welcoming a child collectively simply 11 months in the past.

However, since being forged within the movie adaptation of Wicked, it has been reported Slater, 31, has quietly caught up a relationship with co-star and pop powerhouse Grande, 30.

Jay informed TMZ she has been “watching with horror as stories are published speaking to [her] experience.”

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Ariana Grande, Ethan Slater, Lilly Jay — Lilly Jay has spoken out for the primary time since Ethan Slater filed for divorce amid his rumoured relationship with Ariana Grande. (Getty)

“[Ariana’s] the story, really. Not a girl’s girl,” Jay additionally informed Page Six.

“My family is just collateral damage.”

“The story is her and Dalton,” Jay added, referring to Grande’s current break up from Gomez Dalton, 27, her husband of two years.

Jay, who is lower than a 12 months postpartum, stated she could be specializing in “being a good mum” amid the sudden breakdown of her marriage.

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Lilly Jay and Ethan Slater — Lilly Jay has stated her family is “collateral damage” in Slater and Grande’s budding relationship. (Getty)

Despite Jay’s assertions, sources for each Slater and Grande keep the pair didn’t date whereas they had been respectively married.

“Ariana and Ethan are dating; however things are fairly new. Ariana and Dalton split in January, and Ethan is separated from his wife,” a supply informed Us Weekly.

Though different sources have alleged the couple have really been seeing each other for “months”.

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Sources for Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater declare the pair waited to be out of their respective relationships earlier than persuing a relationship with each other. (Michelle Yeoh Instagram)

Jay’s feedback come sooner or later after Slater formally filed for divorce in New York, leaving her reportedly “heartbroken”.

TMZ additionally reported Grande had frolicked with the Slater and Jay at their home, even going out to dinner with the once-happy couple, and favored Slater’s Instagram tribute to Jay on Mother’s Day earlier this 12 months.

Grande and Gomez separated in January and “have been quietly and lovingly working on their friendship” since then, based on a supply who spoke with People.

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