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Ariana Grande Ariana Grande’s “Wicked” Costar Bowen Yang Fiercely Defended Her Amid “Infidelity Discourse” And Backlash Towards Her Relationship With Ethan Slater “I can tell you for a fact that what people out there seem to be clinging onto is incorrect,” Bowen said on a new podcast. By by Leyla Mohammed BuzzFeed Staff Posted 2 minutes ago
Twitter Facebook Link Amid continued backlash towards Ariana Grande’s romance with Ethan Slater , her Wicked costar Bowen Yang has spoken out in her defense. Sarah Morris / WireImage,
NBC / Lloyd Bishop / NBC via Getty Images By now, it’s pretty common knowledge that the early days of Ariana and Ethan’s apparent relationship sparked a whole load of drama. Karwai Tang / WireImage When the pair supposedly first met on the Wicked set, Ariana was married to Dalton Gomez , and Ethan to Lilly Jay. Reports claimed that the costars were dating just three days after Ariana’s separation from Dalton was made public. Meanwhile, Ethan filed for divorce from Lilly Jay — his highschool sweetheart and mother of his child — days after he and Ariana were publicly linked. Variety / Penske Media via Getty Images Lilly Jay later slammed Ariana during a chat with Page Six , during which she said that her family has become “collateral damage,” and that she feels Ariana is “not a girl’s girl.” Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images While sources close to Ariana and Ethan have maintained that they didn’t cheat on their spouses, the backlash towards their relationship was fueled further by the release of Ariana’s new
music — namely her songs “yes, and?” and “the boy is mine.” Wwd / WWD via Getty Images In fact, Ariana initially lost over 350,000 followers when she released “yes, and?” ahead of her album, with several internet users taking issue with her lyric: “Your business is yours and mine is mine / Why do you care so much whose dick I ride?” And now, amid all of the backlash, Bowen has come to her defense. John Lamparski / WireImage Addressing the media narrative and “infidelity discourse” during a new episode of his Las Culturistas podcast, Bowen specifically cited Ariana’s song “we can’t be
Friends,” which some people believe is her acknowledging the scrutiny around her and Ethan’s romance. Nbc / Will Heath / NBC via Getty Images “The thing in ‘we can’t be friends’ is, like, the narrative is wrong. The narrative is wrong and she’s not even outwardly saying that, but the narrative has been incorrect,” Bowen said. Gary Gershoff / Getty Images “I can tell you for a fact that what people out there seem to be clinging onto is incorrect,” he went on. Bowen’s cohost, Matt Rogers, went on to address the fact that people were particularly critical of Ariana and Ethan’s romance in light of Lilly Jay’s remarks, with Matt outright addressing the involvement of a “young family.” FilmMagic / Getty Images The pair then discussed the concept of falling in love “in such an intense way,” arguing that while it can be “destructive,” it may not “feel that way from within.” David Crotty / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images “It feels absolute… It is so consuming in a way that can be destructive, but it cannot feel that way from within,” Bowen said, while Matt went on to bring up Ariana’s “relationship trauma” before urging people to have more grace. Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for AG “We should probably allow for the possibility that not everything is what it seems,” he said. You can listen to the podcast episode in full here . More on this Ariana Grande’s New Song “The Boy Is Mine” Is Being Seriously Side-Eyed By Listeners Amid Her Controversial Ethan Slater Romance. Here’s Everything There Is To Know. Stephanie Soteriou · March 8, 2024 Ethan Slater’s Wife Slammed Ariana Grande And Said She's “Not A Girl’s Girl” Amid Claims That They “Hung Out” “Many Times” Before She Reportedly Began Dating Ethan Ellen Durney · July 28, 2023 Ariana Grande Is Reportedly Dating Her "Wicked" Costar Ethan Slater Amid Her Split From Dalton Gomez
Chelsea Stewart · July 20, 2023 Topics in this article Ariana Grande Ethan Slater Bowen Yang Leyla Mohammed BuzzFeed Staff