Ariana Grande gave her father backstage access to the Broadway musical Spamalot, which features her boyfriend Ethan Slater. The singer shared a video clip on Instagram Stories showing her father goofing around backstage. Ethan has a starring role in the show, and Ariana has seen it multiple times. In a recent holiday celebration, Ariana paid tribute to their romance by displaying an ornament of a can of SPAM, a nod to Ethan's role in Spamalot. Ariana and Ethan began dating after her split from Dalton Gomez and his divorce from his wife Lilly. They met on the set of the film adaptation of the musical Wicked, in which Ariana plays Glinda and Ethan plays Boq.

They announced their splits from their previous partners in July and confirmed their relationship shortly after. Lilly, Ethan's ex-wife, has criticized Ariana in interviews, but Ariana has focused on rebuilding her life as a single mother. A source claimed that Ariana and Ethan spent time with Lilly and her newborn baby before their relationship was revealed, and Ariana expressed her desire to have a baby one day. Despite trying to work on their marriage, Lilly discovered that Ethan had continued his relationship with Ariana.