ETHAN AMPADU draws inspiration from Chelsea legends John Terry and Didier Drogba as he chases Wales’ ticket to the 2024 Euro 2024 final.

The Leeds captain will win his 50th cap at the age of 23 in the play-off semi-final against Finland in Cardiff on Thursday.

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Aaron Ramsey is Wales’ leader but boss Robert Page last week called Ampadu a “future skipper”.

Ampadu returns to his country’s support act instead of captain at club level and says his boyhood blues heroes Terry and Drogba pushed him to lead by example on the pitch.

Ampadu said: “Growing up as a Chelsea fan, I looked up to John Terry and Didier Drogba.

‘I was lucky enough to see those two.

‘Didier was not a captain like John. It was the way he led the team through his achievements rather than wearing the armband.

“Being a leader comes naturally to me. Because of the position I play in, as a midfielder or as a defender, you are in the middle of the field. You try to help the team in any way you can.”

Ampadu, who left Stamford Bridge for Elland Road last summer on a £7million contract, is set to reach his international half-century at the same age as England duo Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen.

He was introduced to the Wales squad at the age of 15 by Chris Coleman before Euro 2016.

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Ampadu then made his senior debut against France in November 2017.

The versatile player plays centre-back for Leeds but central midfielder for Wales.

But he would trade his personal night of celebration, in which he becomes the youngest Welsh player to be 50 caps ahead of Chris Gunter, for a third successive European Championship final for the Dragons.

Ampadu added: “It is nice to reach the milestone. It’s a huge achievement.

“I am still young, but I have experienced a lot and I am very grateful for that.

“I hope that even if people say I’ve always been there, I still have a long way to go in the game and I can achieve a lot more.

“But if it meant I didn’t reach 50 caps and we reached the European Championship, I would probably enjoy that more. It’s huge for us.”

Ampadu has guided Leeds to the top of the Championship above Leicester after Sunday’s 2-0 win over Millwall.

But he suffered three successive relegations during loan spells at Sheffield United, Venezia and Spezia, prompting cries that he was cursed.
Ampadu laughed at the online headlines: “I often had that!

But what has he learned from the bad times to help Daniel Farke’s high-flying side in their promotional mission?

He added: “I still have the same dedication and application in preparing for games.

“I have accepted the feeling of three relegations and how much it hurt me. I was disappointed.

“I used that as motivation to not have that feeling anymore.
“It’s a lot more fun and enjoyable when you win.

“It’s a different pressure, but the mood is better and more positive when you’re trying to win something.”

Ariana Grande shares her truth on her new studio album, Eternal sunshine.

“Ariana thinks these songs will offer a lot of insight to her fans,” a source exclusively reveals in the latest issue of We weekly. “[It’s] her side of the story Dalton [Gomez] And Ethan [Slater].”

In July 2023, news broke that Grande, 30, had split from then-husband Gomez, 28, after two years of marriage. Later that month, Us confirmed she started dating Slater, 31, after meeting on the set of the two-part film Bad movie musical. Grande will star as Galinda/Glinda the Good Witch, while Slater will play Boq, a Munchkin who has an unrequited crush on the enchanting character.

As Grande and Slater’s relationship heated up, rumors swirled about their timeline regarding her divorce. Both Grande and Slater – who filed for divorce from their estranged wives Lilly Jay in July 2023 – have denied cheating on their then-husbands.

Grande further hinted at the drama on “her first single from Eternal sunshine, with the title “Yes and?”

“I feel like we don’t have to go into details, but of course there is an insatiable frustration, an inexplicable, hellish feeling when you see how people misunderstand the people you love, and you and whatever” , Grande said during an appearance on the “Zach Sang Show” in February. “I’m so nervous because there are pieces of it [the album] touching on things that are real and then bits of it just become part of the concept. So, what is that separation? It’s so scary to leave it to these selective memory people to decipher it. It’s scary, but I digress. Too late. The vinyl records have been pressed.”

A second source says Us That Eternal sunshine is a ‘concept album’.

“Ariana plays with different characters, some of the lyrics come from her personal life, but others are just a fun character for her fans,” the industry source said.

Eternal sunshinenamed in part after the 2004 film Eternal sunshine of the spotless mindis the most ’emotional’ LP Grande has written to date.

“It says everything and nothing at the same time. It’s very vague and very specific – all at the same time,” she added on the “Zach Sang Show” last month. “The great thing about it was that I was writing [Eternal Sunshine], it wasn’t meant for the world to hear. I was just kind of [like], ‘Let’s just go. Let’s see what comes out.’ And when I finished, I remembered that people will hear it and sometimes people will sensationalize things and assign meaning to certain things. And I wanted to make sure I combed through it, just to make sure it was what I meant.

Grande and Gomez filed for divorce in September 2023 and finalized their divorce a month later. (Slater’s own divorce is still ongoing. He and Jay, 30, share a 12-month-old son.)

Since Grande’s divorce from Gomez became official, she has moved in with Slater in New York City.

“She feels like she has found her soulmate. Life is good,” said a third source Usand notes that the pop star is optimistic about their relationship.

For more on Grande’s latest album and relationship with Slater, read the new issue of We weeklyon newsstands now.

The parents of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley asked him ‘why? why?’ and told him ‘I love you’ when confronting him in a police station just hours after he shot and killed four classmates. 

New video of Jennifer and James Crumbley confronting their son in the aftermath of the shooting on November 30, 2021 was shown during Jennifer’s trial on Monday. 

The couple has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter each in the deaths of four of the shooting victims while Ethan, 17, has been sentenced to life in prison. 

As Ethan sat in a chair in the corner of an interview room with his head down, Jennifer shouted ‘Why? Why?’ at him while James said ‘I don’t think we need to ask him questions right now,’ and then told him: ‘I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you’. 

In a prior interview, the parents told police: ‘I really wish we would have taken him home,’ after seeing a violent drawing of a gun with the words ‘The thoughts won’t stop. Help me,’ that Ethan had made on the morning of the shooting. 

In the clip, Ethan appears to look at his parents and say, ‘please take care of Dexter,’ referring to his cat.

Ethan shot and killed four students, Hana St. Juliana, 14, Madisyn Baldwin, 17, Tate Myre, 16, and Justin Shilling, 17, and injured seven others, including a teacher, on the afternoon of November 30 2021.

Jennifer and her husband are accused of contributing to the deaths at Oxford High School by neglecting their son’s needs and making a gun accessible at home. 

It is the first time parents have ever been charged in a US mass school shooting.  

In the new video revealed on Monday, on day three of testimony, the pair can be seen running through the events of the day with police hours after the shooting. 

The couple was called into Ethan’s school on the morning of the shooting to discuss his mental health after teachers found a concerning drawing of a gun – but they left him at school and returned to work. 

Jennifer later told police the counselor ‘hadn’t seemed worried about it, and told them ‘he can stay at school or he can go home’.

She added: ‘I really wish we would have taken him home.’ 

At the start of the interview as James started telling investigators about meeting with the school counselor, Jennifer interrupted saying, ‘I think we probably should have a lawyer.’

James replied: ‘I think we can speak to the cops.’ 

Jennifer then described how she had texted with her son just minutes before the shooting, saying she had asked if he was OK at 12.21pm and he replied saying he had just gotten back from lunch. 

She said she told him he could talk to his parents and they wouldn’t judge him, and he replied ‘I know, I love you.’ 

Ten minutes later he fired his first shot and went on to kill four students and injure seven others over the next nine minutes before he was detained by police. 

In the interview, James said: ‘I mean it’s Ethan, Ethan is like, he’s a perfect kid, he doesn’t do anything.’

James also described where the gun and bullets were hidden in an armoire with the bullets hidden separately under a pair of jeans.  

Part of the case against the couple is that they bought Ethan a new gun just days before the shooting. 

But they insisted target practice is a family hobby, and James told the investigator that he took his son to the shooting range ‘all the time’ and added ‘I’ve been trying to teach him safely.’ 

The pair later asked for a lawyer again saying: ‘we would like a lawyer present from here on out’ and Jennifer, who could be seen on her phone throughout the interview, said she was messaging someone to find an attorney. 

After the charges against them were announced – the couple went missing, but their lawyers insisted they were not on the run.

‘The Crumbleys left town on the night of the tragic shooting for their own safety. They are returning to the area to be arraigned. They are not fleeing from law enforcement despite recent comments in media reports,’ the attorneys said.

However, it was revealed on day two of the trial that Jennifer had sent a text to her boss a day before the involuntary manslaughter charges were announced saying ‘We’re on the run again. Helicopters. Not sure where to. I’ll message you.’

Other new evidence has been unearthed in court this week and presented in the case against Ethan’s parents.

Evidence shows Jennifer and her husband James were riding horses and didn’t respond when Ethan sent her text messages on March 17, 2021 saying their house was haunted.

She had told her husband earlier that day that she wanted to ‘get drunk and ride my horse,’ according to a message displayed to the jury.

Ethan said he was scared because ‘demons’ were ‘throwing bowls.’

‘Can you text back?’ he asked his mother.

It also emerged that in April 2021, seven months before the school attack, Ethan Crumbley told a friend that he was ‘mentally and physically dying.’ 

He said he asked his father to take him to a doctor but was told to ‘suck it up.’

The main issue at stake is the disturbing homework shown to his parents just hours before he carried out his murderous rampage.

On the morning of the shooting, school counselor, Scott Hopkins, called Ethan’s parents in to discuss drawings Ethan had made of a gun with the words ‘the world is dead’.

Ethan had also scrawled the words ‘blood everywhere’, ‘my life is useless’ and ‘the thoughts wont stop, help me’ over the book. 

His parents discussed the drawings with Hopkins, and decided he could go back to class.

Hopkins said on Monday: ‘If I believed he (the shooter) was a threat to people, I would’ve taken different actions.’ 

School officials later said that Crumbley talked his way out of trouble by claiming the drawings were part of plans to create a video game.

On Tuesday, then-school dean Nicholas Ejak was questioned over why Crumbley wasn’t removed from the school and why his bag wasn’t searched after the meeting. 

He said: ‘It wasn’t necessary… that I do that because I didn’t have any reasonable suspicion to do that.’ 

By the day of the shooting, at least four employees had raised concerns about Ethan’s behavior. 

As well as the drawings, a teacher had told management they had seen him researching bullets and another teacher spotted him watching a video of a person gunning people down. 

In one email to Ejak, a teacher wrote that he ‘was on his phone looking at different bullets’.

She added: ‘Now that he’s on my radar, I’m also noticing that some of his previous work that he’s completed from earlier in the year leans a bit toward the violent side.’ 

Despite the reports, Ethan was allowed to return to class after the meeting with his parents, and he later emerged from a bathroom with a pistol and began firing on fellow students.

Police said Crumbley’s first victim was freshman Phoebe Arthur, who was shot in the face but miraculously survived. A total of 13 people were shot, four of whom died.

He walked up and down hallways firing off shots until police arrived and took him into custody.  

Both of his parents have been in jail for more than two years awaiting trial, unable to afford a $500,000 bond. James Crumbley is due to stand trial in March.

Ethan, who is now 17, was sentenced to life in prison in December after he pleaded guilty to murder, terrorism and other crimes. Ethan was 15 at the time of the shooting.

Smith told jurors Thursday that the mother was ‘hypervigilant’ about her son and shouldn’t be blamed for the deaths. Jennifer is expected to testify in the days ahead.

Smith wants to challenge some evidence by having Ethan or his doctors speak to the jury. But his lawyers have said he would invoke his right to remain silent and also would not waive a right to privacy with psychiatrists.

Earlier this week, the attorney representing Jennifer, Shannon Smith, was forced to apologize for joking about killing herself in court in front of victims’ families.

Smith, a criminal sexual conduct defense lawyer of over 16 years, made a terrible blunder in court on Friday while appearing at Jennifer Crumbley’s involuntary manslaughter trial over the Oxford High School mass shooting.

The lawyer was struggling to operate her computer and organize her evidence when she said in frustration: ‘I’m going to kill myself’. 

Families of victims from the school shooting carried out by her client’s son were in court at the time of her insensitive joke. 

Smith apologized for her words before the trial on Monday.

‘In my frustration, I made a comment that was offensive to victims’ families,’ she said before adding that it was ‘absolutely by accident’. ‘I am apologizing for that comment.’

The senseless joke came about during the cross examination on Friday when Oakland County Judge Cheryl Matthews asked Smith to disassemble a pile of papers before it fell over – jokingly referring to it as the ‘Leaning Tower of Pisa’.

Ariana Grande and her boyfriend Ethan Slater were spotted holding hands as they landed together in New York City on Sunday.

In photos obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, the couple wore matching black outfits as they walked through JFK Airport together, accompanied by Ariana's faithful dog Toulouse.

Ariana, 30, had her hands full with a pink Toulouse belt and a sleek tote bag slung over her shoulder, while her boyfriend, 31, carried a pink shopping bag.

She completed the look with a hat promoting the movie where she met Ethan, Wicked.

The singer – who recently announced her upcoming album Eternal Sunshine – kept the rest of her look casual and effortless, with a gray crew neck, sweatpants and fur-accented shoes.

Her friend looked similar: the Broadway star wore a white T-shirt, sweatpants and Nike sneakers. His belongings were in a rough brown bag thrown over his back.

The couple appeared to still be holding hands as they took the escalator.

They then waited outside the airport, where Ariana was greeted with a bouquet of sunflowers and purple flowers.

The performance comes one day before Ariana's latest song, Yes, And?, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

The new song was released on January 12 and appears to address the hate she received over her romance with Ethan.

Repeatedly asking: 'Yes, and?' she encourages listeners to think about why they feel compelled to comment on her life.

“Your business is your own, and mine is mine,” the pop princess also moans, before adding, “Why do you care so much whose dick I ride?”

In another line, she sings, “Now I'm so done caring about what you think, no, I won't hide under your own projections or change my most authentic life.”

Ariana and Ethan met in December 2022 on the British set of the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked, in which Ariana plays Glinda – the good witch – alongside Ethan as munchkin Boq.

In the '80s-inspired tune Yes, And? Ariana also appears to be clapping back at fans' “concerns” about her changing appearance, which she also addressed in an April TikTok.

“My face is, I don't need a disguise,” she sings in Yes, And?. “Don't comment on my body, don't answer.”

Yeah so? serves as the lead track for Ariana's anticipated seventh studio album, which she began hinting at in late December.

The pop icon dropped her latest studio album, Positions, in 2020.

However, since 2021, she has lent her vocals to other songs, including The Weeknd's Save Your Tears and Die For You.

Meanwhile, Ariana and Ethan's Wicked is expected to hit theaters in November 2024.

By Terry Zeller for Dailymail.com

Published: 11:45 EST, January 12, 2024 | Updated: 11:46 EST, January 12, 2024

Ariana Grande and her boyfriend Ethan Slater were photographed in New York City this weekend.

The Problem hitmaker, 30, and the Broadway star, 31, were spotted leaving a black SUV with Grande’s father Ed Butera, 65, on Saturday night.

The couple – who were celebrating their first Christmas together – looked cozy as they walked from their car to a nearby restaurant.

During their night out, Grande looked ultra chic as she showed off her legs in semi-sheer tights and a black miniskirt.

The Grammy Award winner modeled a sweet button-up top with black faux fur cuffs to match her hat.

She wore her golden blonde hair in her signature ponytail and slipped her feet into classic high heels.

Even though Grande had gotten dressed for the evening, her new boyfriend decided to go out in comfortable clothes.

The father-of-one, dressed in a black North Face jacket, Nike sweatpants and black Nike lace-up sneakers.

Slater and Grande looked smitten with each other, with the thespian seemingly linking arms with the Nickelodeon alum during their short walk.

Ed was dressed in a black puffer jacket, paired with leather dress shoes and skinny pants.

Ariana, Ethan and Ed were accompanied by a blonde woman, who appeared to be a good friend of Ariana’s.

Hours earlier, Grande and her father were backstage after seeing Broadway’s Spamalot starring Slater.

The singer shared a video clip to her Instagram Stories on Sunday of Ed hanging out at the St. James Theater.

He had his back to the camera when Ariana caught him hanging out and shared it with her approximately 380 million followers.

“Don’t touch the props,” Ariana wrote as Ed clapped two round objects to make galloping sounds.

“Wait, what?” Ariana said, laughing.

Ed reposted the clip of his daughter on his own Instagram Stories to his approximately 179,000 followers, writing, “So cute!”

Ethan is set to star in the Broadway revival of Spamalot, as The Historian/The Prince and Ariana have seen it several times since it opened in November.

Ariana recently seemed to pay tribute to their romance with a unique Christmas party.

The singer, who started dating the Broadway star shortly after her divorce from Dalton Gomez, took to social media last week to share photos of her recent Christmas celebrations.

In addition to photos of her FaceTiming with family and lounging with puppies, Ariana shared a peek inside a can of SPAM jewelry.

The hilarious display was apparently a nod to Ethan’s role in Spamalot, the new Broadway revival based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

It was first reported in July that Ariana and Ethan were dating, amid her divorce from Dalton, 28, and his wife Lilly, 29.

Ariana’s divorce was finalized on October 6.

In November, it was reported that the new lovebirds had taken their relationship to the next level, with the Dangerous Woman singer currently living with her Wicked co-star in New York City while he performs in Spamalot.

The pair met in December 2022 on the British set of the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked, in which Ariana plays Glinda – the good witch – alongside Ethan as munchkin Boq.

Both couples announced their split within days of each other in July, with Ariana announcing her split from Dalton just three days before confirming her new relationship with Ethan, who then filed for divorce from Lilly.

Citing irreconcilable differences, he asked for joint custody of their newborn son.

Lilly has since blasted Ariana in a series of disparaging interviews, telling Page Six that the singer is “Not a girl’s girl” and stunningly adding that “My family is just collateral damage” to her.

The Broadway star’s estranged wife told DailyMail.com exclusively that she is determined to move on with her life as a single mother, without her ex-husband.

“I am focused on rebuilding a life for our son,” she said. “This is what I’m trying to do and this is my sole focus.”

Lilly’s confession came as a source close to Ariana and Ethan claimed that the singer “hung out” with Lilly and her newborn several times before her romance with her co-star was revealed — and even told those around her how much she “loved a baby one day after bonding with Lilly and Ethan.

An insider close to Lilly and Ethan claimed to DailyMail.com that Ariana and Ethan’s relationship has taken a brutal toll on the new mom – who spent time with the singer several times while visiting her husband on set in London.

“Lilly was hanging out with Ethan and Ariana so much,” the insider claimed. ‘Ariana met their baby and even held him.

“They had dinners together in London — and Ariana told Lilly that she wanted to have a baby someday and that she couldn’t wait to start a family.”

According to the source, Lilly and her son traveled to London to visit Ethan on the set of Wicked in April – just eight months after the baby was born.

The insider claimed that Lilly discovered that her husband had had an affair with Ariana after that visit, but that she and Ethan made the decision to try to “put it behind them and work on their marriage,” only to find out later come out that he had continued his romance with the singer.

Ariana Grande gave her father Ed Butera backstage access while watching Spamalot with her boyfriend Ethan Slater in New York City.

The 30-year-old singer shared a video clip to Instagram Stories on Sunday showing Ed, 65, backstage at the St. James Theater.

Ed had his back to the camera when Ariana caught him hanging out and shared it with her approximately 380 million followers.

“Don’t touch the props,” Ariana wrote as Ed clapped two round objects to make galloping sounds.

“Wait, what?” Ariana said, laughing.

Ed reposted the clip of his daughter on his own Instagram Stories to his approximately 179,000 followers, writing, “So cute!”

Ethan, 31, is set to star in the Broadway revival of Spamalot, as The Historian/The Prince and Ariana have seen it several times since it opened in November.

Ariana recently seemed to pay tribute to their romance with a unique Christmas party.

The singer, who started dating the Broadway star shortly after her divorce from Dalton Gomez, took to social media last week to share photos of her recent Christmas celebrations.

In addition to photos of her FaceTiming with family and lounging with puppies, Ariana shared a peek inside a can of SPAM jewelry.

The hilarious display was apparently a nod to Ethan’s role in Spamalot, the new Broadway revival based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

It was first reported in July that Ariana and Ethan were dating, amid her divorce from Dalton, 28, and his wife Lilly, 29.

Ariana’s divorce was finalized on October 6.

In November, it was reported that the new lovebirds had taken their relationship to the next level, with the Dangerous Woman singer currently living with her Wicked co-star in New York City while he performs in Spamalot.

The pair met in December 2022 on the British set of the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Wicked, in which Ariana plays Glinda – the good witch – alongside Ethan as munchkin Boq.

Both couples announced their split within days of each other in July, with Ariana announcing her split from Dalton just three days before confirming her new relationship with Ethan, who then filed for divorce from Lilly.

Citing irreconcilable differences, he asked for joint custody of their newborn son.

Lilly has since blasted Ariana in a series of disparaging interviews, telling Page Six that the singer is “Not a girl’s girl” and stunningly adding that “My family is just collateral damage” to her.

The Broadway star’s estranged wife told DailyMail.com exclusively that she is determined to move on with her life as a single mother, without her ex-husband.

“I am focused on rebuilding a life for our son,” she said. “This is what I’m trying to do and this is my sole focus.”

Lilly’s confession came as a source close to Ariana and Ethan claimed that the singer “hung out” with Lilly and her newborn several times before her romance with her co-star was revealed — and even told those around her how much she “loved a baby one day after bonding with Lilly and Ethan.

An insider close to Lilly and Ethan claimed to DailyMail.com that Ariana and Ethan’s relationship has taken a brutal toll on the new mom – who spent time with the singer several times while visiting her husband on set in London.

“Lilly was hanging out with Ethan and Ariana so much,” the insider claimed. ‘Ariana met their baby and even held him.

“They had dinners together in London — and Ariana told Lilly that she wanted to have a baby someday and that she couldn’t wait to start a family.”

According to the source, Lilly and her son traveled to London to visit Ethan on the set of Wicked in April – just eight months after the baby was born.

The insider claimed that Lilly discovered that her husband had had an affair with Ariana after that visit, but that she and Ethan made the decision to try to “put it behind them and work on their marriage,” only to find out later come out that he had continued his romance with the singer.

Ariana Grande is sharing the Holy Grail Spama lot with her father, Ed Butera.

Grande, 30, shared images of Butera, 65, backstage at the St. James Theater in New York City on Sunday, December 24, via her Instagram Story. In the video, Butera played around the set.

“Don’t touch the props,” the pop star wrote on Sunday as Butera clapped two semicircles together to make galloping sounds.

“Wait what?” You hear Grande say laughing.

Butera reposted his daughter’s post on his own Instagram Story, writing: “So cute!!”

Grande has seen the Broadway revival Spama lot several times since opening in November as her friend, Ethan Slater, is one of the stars of the show. Slater, 31, plays The Historian/The Prince. (Grande is also a total Broadway baby, making her Great White Way debut when she was a teenager Jason Robert Brown‘S 13 The musical.)

Grande saw it for the first time Spama lot in previews, bring 13 The musical And Victorious Co-star Elizabeth Gillies. Weeks later, Grande stepped out during the official opening night.

In July, news broke that Grande had rekindled a romance with Slater after they connected on the set of the two Bad films in London. (Grande will star as Galinda/Glinda, while Slater will play munchkin Boq in the film adaptation, which has since halted production due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.)

Grande and Slater bonded after their respective breakups. We weekly confirmed in July that Grande had divorced Dalton Gomez, whom she married in 2021. They finalized their divorce in October. Slater, in turn, filed for divorce from his estranged wife Lilly Jay in July. (Slater and Jay, 30, share a 12-month-old son.)

Although Jay has claimed that she was blinded by Slater’s plans to end their marriage and then start dating Grande, multiple sources said Us that the romance began after the two marriages had already ended.

Grande and Slater currently live together in New York City, and her family already approves of the match.

“Ethan and Ariana’s relationship is going very well, and they are both very involved in each other’s lives. Ethan met her family. And she met his family,” a source said exclusively Us last month.

The insider further noted that Grande “sees herself” with Slater for “the long term,” telling Us that they have a lot in common. ‘They’re a bit dorky and [both] theater lovers through and through. She loves that about him. It’s mutual,” the source added. “Their relationship is blossoming. It’s effortless and drama-free.”

Ariana Grande And Ethan SlaterThe whirlwind romance is developing quickly and the new couple is proving that family is important when it comes to their budding relationship, a source tells exclusively We weekly.

“Ethan and Ariana’s relationship is going very well and they are both very involved in each other’s lives,” the insider says, adding, “Ethan has met her family. And she met his family.”

The “Dangerous Woman” singer, 30, believes it is “important that anyone she is dating meets her family,” the source notes, adding that both Grande and Slater, 31, make it a “top priority.” make it ‘super family-driven and we like that about each other.”

After their introduction, the insider says, “Ariana’s entire family gave [Ethan] the stamp of approval.”

The Scream Queen The alum’s inner circle “adores him and thinks he’s a perfect fit for her,” the source shared Us. In fact, Grande’s family thinks Slater is “poised, motivated, professional and extremely respectful of her, her boundaries and her profession,” the insider said.

The Bad costars — who will play Glinda and Boq, respectively, in the two-part film event — have “a lot in common, especially their theatrical side,” which has only increased the off-camera chemistry and connection, the source explains. ‘They’re a bit dorky and [both] theater lovers through and through. She loves that about him. It is mutual,” says the insider Us. “Their relationship is blossoming. It’s effortless and drama-free.”

The source adds that Grande and Slater are “getting super serious” after rekindling a romance last summer. “She sees herself with him for the long term,” says the insider.

While the Spama lot While the star continues to prioritize his role as a father, he and Grande are making plans for the future. (Slater shares a son with an estranged wife Lilly Jay.)

“He always puts his family first, but adores her and is very aware of her feelings,” the source continues, noting that Slater “is a great listener, very proactive and wants to be the best partner she can be.” he can be” for Grande.

As the pair continues to grow as a couple, they’ve bonded “over the simplest things and just really get along without trying,” the insider adds. “They can just be each other, together.”

In July, news broke that Grande and Slater had started dating following their respective breakups. Us confirmed in July that Grande and husband Dalton Gomez had broken up months ago. The singer officially filed for divorce in September – with February as the date of separation – and the paperwork was completed a month later.

Slater, in turn, filed for divorce from Jay at the end of July. He and Grande kept their budding romance out of the spotlight as much as possible until September, when they enjoyed a public outing to Disneyland.

In October, the pair was spotted having dinner in New York City. That same month, Grande was seen supporting Slater at the opening performance of his Broadway musical Spama lot.

Grande and Slater proved they’re still going strong on Sunday, November 12, when they attended a screening Gutenberg! The musical! in the Big Apple. The couple posed for a photo with stars backstage Andreas Rannells And Jos Gad after Slater took the stage as a surprise guest and played the producer for the Broadway event that day.

Uma Thurman And Ethan Hawke have built one of Hollywood’s strongest blended families.

The same year they tied the knot in 1998, the duo became parents with the arrival of their daughter Maya. Thurman and Hawke later welcomed their son Levon in 2002 before calling it quits the following year. Their divorce was finalized in 2005.

Hawke was getting married Ryan Shawhughes in 2008. The couple later welcomed two daughters, Clementine and Indiana, in 2008 and 2011, respectively.

Thurman, for her part, gave birth to her youngest daughter, Luna, in 2012. The actress was awarded primary custody of her child, whom she shares with her ex-fiancé. Arpad Bussonin January 2017.

Maya — who grew up to follow in her parents’ acting footsteps — noted in a September 2023 interview with Variety that her family isn’t as entertaining as some other Hollywood broods. “We’re like boring, indie Kardashians,” she joked.

Scroll below to see Thurman and Hawke’s sweetest blended family moments over the years: