Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater awkwardly reacted to Chelsea Handler's joke she "found love with a munchkin" during her opening monologue at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards.

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater weren't hiding their love inside the Critics Choice Awards ceremony despite host Chelsea Handler roasting their relationship during her monologue

Wicked co-stars and offscreen couple Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater posed separately on the Critics Choice Awards red carpet. But inside the ceremony, it was a different story. Shortly after the show started,

Wicked’s Ethan Slater attended the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, and exclusively told E! News about Ariana Grande’s “beautiful” emotions following her first Oscar nomination.

While both are attending the 2025 Critics Choice Awards on Friday, Feb. 7, the pair avoided a red carpet debut as a couple once again. Slater walked the red carpet solo, arriving early in the night, while Grande made her appearance later. The Best Supporting Actress nominee stunned in a Christian Dior couture look.

Ariana Grande's boyfriend, Ethan Slater, celebrated her Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. Get the details.

Ariana Grande gave a rare comment about her relationship with boyfriend and Wicked costar Ethan Slater, calling him “amazing” in a new interview.

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater sat together and shared a close moment at the Awards despite arriving separately.

As for their comments about each other, Grande made a rare Vanity Fair interview where she addressed her romance with Slater publicly for the first time in September 2024, after comments about their timeline overlapping with their respective marriages began to circulate online.