It was the first time Jay broke his silence about his divorce from Slater, who reportedly began dating Grande while they were on the set of “Wicked.”

Ariana Grande also divorced her ex-husband, Dalton Gomez, shortly before her romance with Ethan Slater began.

Last year, Slater and Grande sparked controversy over their relationship, which reportedly contributed to his breakup with his ex-wife, Jay.

Since those rumors, Slater and Jay have divorced, and she kept quiet about the ordeal until recently writing an emotional essay about it.

In response to the essay, sources close to Slater and Grande say the duo read the article and are “relieved” that Jay didn’t “throw them under the bus.”

“Ethan and Ariana are fully aware of what happened, as is everyone else who was there at the time. [Lilly] made it clear that she had moved to London with him and the timeline from then on speaks for itself,” a source told Daily Mail.

They added: “Filming was still underway when they were first seen being intimate in photos and Lilly was no longer there for people to connect the dots – Lilly didn’t didn’t need it.”

According to the source, Slater and Jay’s divorce agreement “prevented” him from “disclosing certain details” about the deterioration of their relationship.

“During the legal proceedings, Lilly was silenced, unable to speak freely. Despite the circumstances, she emerged a winner from the divorce,” the source said.

However, Jay could still express her “emotions surrounding the ordeal,” and in doing so, she “showed dignity” by not highlighting the “affair” in her emotional post.

“She knows that one day her son will read this online and she wanted him to read that his first and only words about it were spoken in a respectful and elegant way,” the source explained of the psychologist’s decision .

They also claimed that it took Jay so long to break her silence because she wanted to “control her own narrative and tell her story on her terms” rather than leaving it to the media who approached her.

Among the many things she talked about in her essay for The cutJay revealed that she not only accepted the sudden and public collapse of her marriage, but she also wasn’t ashamed of it.

She wrote: “I tell myself that there is nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to hide. Slowly but surely, I came to believe that without the life I had planned with my high school sweetheart.

Still, she and the actor, who shares a two-year-old son, continued to co-parent the child while tackling the new chapters of their lives,

She added: “Even though our partnership has changed, our parenting has not. We both love our son fiercely 100% of the time, regardless of how our parenting time is divided. As for me, the days with my son are sunny. The days when I can’t escape promoting a film associated with the saddest days of my life are darker.

Previously, sources said Jay was “completely blindsided” by Slater’s relationship with Grande, who also split from husband Dalton Gomez.

“It’s horrible. They were high school sweethearts. They have a baby! It’s a wreck,” a source said.Page six.

At the time, the source also suggested that Grande played a role in their “breakup,” as “nothing seemed wrong between” Slater and Jay before he met the pop star on the set of “Wicked.” .

Jay also criticized Grande in an interview with Page six amid calls for her to tell her story,

“[Ariana’s] history, really. Not a girl’s girl,” Jay told the outlet. “My family is just collateral damage.”

Ever since the singer’s romance with Slater became public, they have flaunted it shamelessly. In September last year, they were spotted enjoying a couples trip to Disney World

However, Jay, who remained mostly under the radar until her recent trial, told the outlet that she was focused on raising herself and Slater’s baby and being “a good mom” .