It seems literally everybody wanted to congratulate Ariana Grande.

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.

Wicked co-stars and offscreen couple Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater posed separately on the Critics Choice Awards red carpet but together inside. See pics.

The couple first met when they began filming the two-part 'Wicked' film adaptation in London in late 2022 Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater are a match made in Oz! The singer and actress, 31, attended the 2025 Critics Choice Awards,

Ethan Slater reveals Ariana Grande's emotional reaction to her Oscar nomination for "Wicked," sharing her gratitude and support for co-star Cynthia Erivo.

Ariana and Ethan have kept their relationship largely out of the public eye, but as the Wicked press tour ramped up last year, more details about their coupling came to light. ICY