the current answer, with a date on it — plus the full relationship history, which is the part most pages get wrong by omission.
the short answer
ethan slater, the broadway actor who plays boq in the wicked films. the relationship became public in july 2023 and, as of the verification date on this page, is ongoing. they are not married and no engagement has been announced.
ethan slater
they met filming wicked, where she plays glinda and he plays boq. he is a stage actor by trade — he originated spongebob in the spongebob musical on broadway and was nominated for a tony for it in 2018 — and the relationship became public in july 2023, while both films were still in production.
the full version of that story, including a dated timeline and the divorces that ran alongside it, is here.
everyone before him
the relationship history matters more than it usually would with a pop musician, because two of these relationships are load-bearing for entire albums. thank u, next names four of the people below in its title track, which is a fairly unusual thing for a number one single to do.
| who | when | what it left behind |
|---|---|---|
| jai brooks | 2012–2014, intermittently | the earliest of the publicly known relationships, from before the first album broke. |
| big sean | 2014–2015 | collaborations on both sides. named in thank u, next. |
| ricky alvarez | 2015–2016 | a backing dancer on the honeymoon tour. also named in thank u, next. |
| mac miller | 2016–2018 | the most significant of them musically. he died of an accidental overdose in september 2018. |
| pete davidson | may–october 2018 | a five-month relationship including a very public engagement. never a marriage. |
| dalton gomez | 2020–2023 | the one marriage. married may 2021, separated january 2023, divorced march 2024. |
| ethan slater | 2023–present | met on the set of wicked. |
the two that changed the records
mac miller and pete davidson both sit inside the eighteen months that produced sweetener and thank u, next, and the second of those albums was written and released in the time most records spend being mixed. that is not a coincidence — it is a direct response, made in public, at a speed the industry does not usually permit.
miller's death in september 2018 is the harder thing, and the catalogue does not pretend otherwise. ghostin, on thank u, next, is about grieving one person while with another, and it is the least commercially minded song on a record that sold enormously. this site does not reproduce lyrics, but the song is in the catalogue with its credits and its context.
questions people ask
who is ariana grande dating in 2026?
ethan slater, the stage actor who plays boq in the wicked films. the relationship became public in july 2023 and is ongoing as of this page's verification date.
is ariana grande engaged?
no engagement has been announced. she has been engaged once before, to pete davidson in 2018, and that relationship ended before any wedding.
who has ariana grande dated?
the publicly confirmed list is jai brooks, big sean, ricky alvarez, mac miller, pete davidson, dalton gomez and ethan slater. four of them are named in the song thank u, next.
who was ariana grande engaged to?
pete davidson, from june 2018. the relationship began in may 2018 and ended that october; they never married.