The Maryland native’s essay comes after more than a year of silence on her part — and less than a month later Evilstarring Slater and Grande, premiered.

However, earlier this year, Grande and Slater individually addressed the controversy surrounding their relationship and the end of Slater’s marriage to Jay — as well as the end of Grande’s marriage to Jay Dalton Gomez.

““It’s definitely been a rough ride,” Grande reflected on the negative press cycle surrounding her relationship with Slater, then defended it in an interview with Vanity Fair. “There could be no less apt image of a person than the one that the tabloid press spreads about him. No one on this earth tries harder or tries less to be there for the people they love and care about.”

For his part, Slater called 2023 an “amazing” year despite the difficulties each party faced.

“I think it was really difficult to comment on things in your personal life and be looked at by the public,” he said GQ in October. “And then doing things wrong towards the people you love. Just addressing that part of it feels really hard.”

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