A lip reader has revealed the protective comment Ethan Slater made to Ariana Grande at the SAG Awards.
The Wicked stars, who started dating after meeting on set, could be seen together at the awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
In February alone we have had the Grammys, the BAFTAs, and last night saw actors and actresses gather for the prestigious SAG Awards.
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The singer was nominated for two awards: best supporting actress in a motion picture, and outstanding performance by an ensemble, as her and the rest of the Wicked cast were in the running for a collective prize.
She left the ceremony without a win, but was seen looking cosy for the duration of the night with her boyfriend Slater.
The star stole the show on the red carpet, with a nod to her character Glinda, wearing a floaty pink dress.
But one user on social media caught an extremely wholesome moment between the pair, as Slater was seen becoming protective over his superstar girlfriend.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, lip reader Nicola Hickling has revealed exactly what was said between the two, while they were in the middle of a pushing crowd.
The actor sweetly said: "Stay near, this crowd next to me, they are pushing me."
Slater then took his girlfriend's hand, leading her safely through the sea of people.
Grande recently spoke publicly about their relationship for the first time ever, in a Vanity Fair interview in September 2024.
She set the record straight, after comments about their relationship timeline overlapping with their respective marriages began to circulate online.
Grande said: "It definitely doesn’t get any easier, seeing some of the negativity that was birthed by disreputable tabloids.
"Of course, I went through a lot of life changes during the filming of this movie. A lot of people that were working on it did."
Defending her boyfriend, she added: "There couldn’t be a less accurate depiction of a human being than the one that the tabloids spread about him.
"No one on this earth tries harder or spreads themselves thinner to be there for the people that he loves and cares about.
"There is no one on this earth with a better heart, and that is something that no bulls**t tabloid can rewrite in real life."
The couple made their start together in the public by going to Disney World in October 2023.
Topics: Ariana Grande, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Entertainment, SAG Awards
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