{"id":739030,"date":"2026-06-16T00:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739030\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T00:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:14:09","slug":"ariana-grande-breaks-down-in-tears-on-stage-after-shock-split-this-is-so-overwhelming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/739030\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande breaks down in tears on stage after shock split: \u2018This is so overwhelming\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande broke down in tears at her Los Angeles concert on Saturday as she thanked fans for their support following her split from Ethan Slater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is so overwhelming in the most beautiful way ever,\u201d she said at her second Eternal Sunshine Tour show at Crypto.com Arena, reports <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/ariana-grande-breaks-down-in-tears-at-la-concert-after-ethan-slater-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you so much for being so loving,\u201d Grande continued. \u201cHoly moly. I said holy moly, but I meant it, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old told the cheering audience she\u2019s \u201cnever in my life experienced a crowd like this\u201d and said their support \u201cmeans so much to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t do this to me, you know what I mean, because you know what\u2019s going to happen,\u201d she went on. \u201cYou know I\u2019m a Cancer. This is going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/1faff41b39c4ab3e520872d8fba24685\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Ariana Grande breaks down on stage after shock split\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As the crowd continued to applaud, Grande thanked her fans for being \u201csuch a loving, safe presence\u201d in her life \u201cthroughout all these chapters and all of these years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been seven years since I\u2019ve been on stage in front of you all,\u201d she noted, \u201cand you\u2019ve stood by my side and supported me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just have so much gratitude,\u201d Grande added. \u201cAnd wow. Holy sh**. Holy f**k. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before she continued her performance, Grande randomly told the audience that the concert was \u201cthe first time touring wearing contact lenses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so nice to see you for the first time in my life and to be able to connect,\u201d she quipped while straight-faced. \u201cIt\u2019s so powerful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Page Six confirmed last week Grande split from Slater, 34, after three years of dating.<\/p>\n<p>A source told us the Wicked co-star \u201cbroke up several months ago\u201d but have \u201cremained friends since then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAriana is feeling really happy and focused on the next chapter with her \u2018Eternal Sunshine\u2019 tour and the upcoming release of her album \u2018Petal,\u2019\u201d the insider added.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/08\/ariana-grande-and-ethan-slater-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, who was first to report the news, reported that Grande\u2019s upcoming, set for release July 31, is not inspired by the break-up or her relationship with Slater.<\/p>\n<p>Grande and Slater met on the set of Wicked in 2022 while they were married to Dalton Gomez and Lilly Jay, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Into You singer and Gomez, 30, separated by July 2023 after a little over two years of marriage<\/p>\n<p>That same month, Slater filed for divorce from Jay, with whom he shares a young son.<\/p>\n<p>Jay, 33, blasted Grande to Page Six after news of Slater\u2019s romance with the Grammy Award winner broke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Ariana\u2019s] the story, really. Not a girl\u2019s girl,\u201d Jay told us at the time. \u201cMy family is just collateral damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a source told Page Six Grande and Slater \u201cdidn\u2019t do anything wrong\u201d and claimed Slater was separated from his wife for two months before romancing the pop star.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared in <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/ariana-grande-breaks-down-in-tears-at-la-concert-after-ethan-slater-split\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Page Six<\/a> and was reproduced with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande broke down in tears at her Los Angeles concert on Saturday as she thanked fans for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":["post-739030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}