Ethan Slater's Former SpongeBob Musical Co-Star Has THOUGHTS About His Ariana Grande Romance!

One of the women who formerly worked alongside Ethan Slater in his past professional life is coming forward with her reaction to his sudden jump into the headlines…

Of course, Slater is the man of the moment — and not exactly in the most positive way — after it was revealed earlier this month that he is dating Wicked co-star Ariana Grande. The duo got together while working on that forthcoming project and absconded from their respective spouses Lilly Jay and Dalton Gomez to pursue shocking love.

Related: Dalton Gomez NOT Handling Ariana Split Well, ‘Still Considers Her His Partner’??

Now, Lilli Cooper is speaking out.

Unless you’re a huge Broadway fan, you might not know that name. But you should! Cooper starred alongside Ethan in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical during its run a few years back. The 33-year-old actress played Sandy Cheeks, a lead opposite Ethan’s SpongeBob, during the musical’s time in New York City and Chicago in 2016 and 2017. And this week, Lilli spoke about what’s going on with Ethan and the other Lilly — from her point of view!

Page Six caught up with Cooper on Monday night at the opening of The Cottage. In addition to Cooper, that play features Laura Bell Bundy and Will & Grace alum Eric McCormack, and it’s directed by Jason Alexander. A strong lineup!

But all the attention (well, at least from our perspective! LOLz!) was on Cooper’s connection to Slater. So, when that outlet asked about Ethan and Ariana, the former SpongeBob star gave her, uhhh, tepid thoughts on the situation:

That last part is definitely true. After all, Cooper and Slater were co-stars six years ago and haven’t worked closely since!

Still, she clearly sounded less than enthused about the reports flying around