The singer gushed over her “Wicked” co-star’s character, insisting that “there is no one on this earth with a better heart” than Slater.

Ariana Grande was highly critical of tabloid coverage of her and boyfriend Ethan Slater in a new interview with Vanity Fair.

"There couldn’t be a less accurate depiction of a human being than the one that the tabloids spread about him."

When the world first heard about Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater’s blossoming relationship on the set of Wicked, fans were, to say the least, a tad confused. After all, while Grande was going through her split from ex-husband Dalton Gomez,

Ariana Grande fiercely defended her relationship with boyfriend Ethan Slater in a new interview with Vanity Fair. The 31-year-old singer began dating Slater, 32, last year after they met on set of the upcoming film adaptation of “Wicked” (set to hit theaters in November) around the time that they split from their respective spouses.

The details around how Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater's relationship began are murky, but Grande is not happy with the narrative created in the press about it.

"There is no one on this earth with a better heart," Grande added of Slater Ariana Grande is opening up about rumors surrounding her boyfriend Ethan Slater. Speaking in a new interview with Vanity Fair,