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Ariana Grande’s Boyfriend Calls Cynthia Erivo Her Soul Mate

Ethan Slater offered the comment as an explanation for the frequent tears on Grande and Erivo’s “Wicked” press tour.

Ariana Grande’s boyfriend Ethan Slater says his girlfriend and her co-star Cynthia Erivo are “soul mates,” explaining why they cry so much on Wicked’s press tour. Slater, who also appears in the film and began dating Grande during filming, told Today, “Their friendship is really real and really deep and really informed by the work that they did together.” That deep friendship results in lots of tears during interviews, which social media users have been hard at work turning into memes. “They’re both like, after a full day of junkets, ‘Well, we cried 100 times again. Everyone must be getting so annoyed,’” Slater said he hears from Grande and Erivo, “but I think it comes from a really genuine place.” Slater further explained that the movie stars are often moved to tears promoting the film because “they’re getting to talk about and getting to reflect on [their work and the resulting friendship] while they’re still in the midst of it.”