Live from New York, it’s Ariana Grande — and Ethan Slater?
The actor was spotted by eagle-eyed fans in backstage photos from his “Wicked: For Good” co-star’s “Saturday Night Live” hosting gig this weekend, despite rampant split speculation.
Slater, 33, appeared in Elizabeth Gillies’ Instagram slideshow celebrating Grande.
The “Victorious” alum covered Slater’s face with her hand while toasting Grande, 32, with a cup of champagne but did show the “SpongeBob Musical” star — and tag him — in another shot.
“Nobody does it like you, dingus,” Gillies, also 32, wrote to Grande. “What a treat it is to watch you use your many talents and gifts and use them so effortlessly well. Another brilliant episode.
“Not to mention — it was the marvelous @fayedunaway’s last episode,” the “Dynasty” alum continued. “AND- CHER! PLUS CHRISTMAS! I fear my heart might’ve grown three sizes last night. 🎄”
Instagram users highlighted the “Ethan sneak” in the comments section.
“Ethan was there soooo cute 😭❤️,” one wrote, while another added, “Oop well… I guess she still with that man.”
A third claimed, “There’s no question about whether they’re still seeing each other.”
Reps for Grande and Slater did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
Grande and Slater’s possible breakup made headlines earlier this year as the duo refrained from PDA while promoting “Wicked: For Good.”
The Tony nominee recently skirted a question about his partner on the “Today” show.
When asked about working with Grande during a November interview, Slater said, “I’m so proud of everyone I got to work with. We’re, like, a family.”
He and Grande were respectively married to Lilly Jay and Dalton Gomez when they began filming “Wicked” in 2022.
The Grammy winner made headlines for separating from her husband in July 2023 — and news subsequently broke of her romance with Slater.
The “Side to Side” singer filed for divorce from Gomez, 30, that September, with Slater filing to end his own union.
Grande defended the controversial romance in “Yes, And?” lyrics in January of the following year, singing, “Your business is yours, and mine is mine / Why do you care so much whose — I ride?”
Eight months later, she railed against “bulls–t” criticism in a Vanity Fair sitdown over how “disappointing” it has been “to see so many people believe the worst version” of their love story.
