EXCLUSIVE: Ariana Grande is pictured with her arm around Ethan Slater while enjoying 30th birthday getaway with him at exclusive private members club Soho Farmhouse – THREE WEEKS before it was revealed she was dating her married co-star

Ariana Grande celebrated her 30th birthday with her new boyfriend Ethan Slater during a getaway to the exclusive private members’ club Soho Farmhouse, three weeks before their relationship was revealed to the world.

In an image obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, the happy couple can be seen enjoying the British countryside at the luxury retreat, where cabins go for up to $500 a night.

The photo, which was taken on June 27, the day after Ariana’s 30th birthday, shows the singer with one arm around her boyfriend of 32 years, whom she met on the set of her upcoming film Wicked.

Ariana is seen looking relaxed and casual in gray sweats, with her blonde locks, which were dyed for her role as Glinda in the live-action adaptation of the Broadway musical, pulled back into a simple bun.

The couple, who have been filming in the UK for months, were joined by another friend who was seen walking alongside them, with Ariana standing between the two men, an arm around each of their shoulders.

The singer turned 30 on June 26 and an exclusive image obtained by DailyMail.com shows her hugging Ethan, 32, at the country retreat the following day.

Ethan and Ariana met on the set of the upcoming movie Wicked, and they were both married at the time, though insiders insist their relationship started after their marriages ended.

An onlooker who spotted the couple during their stay at the Soho Farmhouse, where Ariana is rumored to have enjoyed a getaway with ex-husband Dalton Gomez last year, told DailyMail.com that they were seen having breakfast at the retreat’s restaurant the morning after Ariana’s. milestone birthday

“Ariana was sitting next to Ethan and (they were with) another woman, who looked like an assistant or personal assistant, and another guy,” the source shared.

“They were having breakfast and wanted to take a picture of a poached egg that a waitress dropped on the floor when she brought it to them.

‘Ariana said it looked cute.’

At the time of the “Dangerous Woman” singer’s birthday trip with her boyfriend Ethan, the outside world was unaware that she had split from her husband, real estate agent Dalton Gomez, news that would only be revealed three weeks later.

Three days after their divorce was made public, her affair with Ethan, who was also married to his wife Lilly Jay, with whom they had a baby in August, made headlines around the world.

The news of Ariana and Ethan’s relationship is understood to have come as a blow to Lilly, who married her husband in 2018, before welcoming a son with him in August last year.

On Thursday, a source close to Ethan and Lilly told DailyMail.com that Ariana had actually “hanged out” with the couple on multiple occasions in London, even holding their newborn baby.

On Thursday, Ethan’s estranged wife Lilly Jay, with whom he had a baby in August, broke her silence about her ex’s new romance to DailyMail.com

Lilly told DailyMail.com that she is “focused on rebuilding a life for our son” as a single mother.

Three weeks after her Soho Farmhouse getaway with Ethan, it was revealed that Ariana had split from her husband, real estate agent Dalton Gomez.

“Lilly dated Ethan and Ariana so many times,” the source claimed. ‘Ariana met her baby and even hugged him. They had dinner together in London, and Ariana told Lilly that she wanted to have a baby someday and that she couldn’t wait to start a family.

According to the source, Lilly and her newborn son traveled to London with Ethan when he began filming the project in April this year, just eight months after she gave birth and two months before the couple enjoyed their trip to Soho Farmhouse.

The source claimed that Lilly found out that her husband had been having a relationship with Ariana after that visit, but that she and Ethan made the decision to try to “put it behind us and work on their marriage”, only for her to later find out that he had continued his affair with the singer.

“There was a period where everyone was going to try to work on their marriages and put everything behind them,” the source said. ‘She thought they were happy.

“But that didn’t work out (because Ariana and Ethan) stayed together despite (that).”

The source said that Ethan later blindsided his wife by filing for divorce, insisting that the decision to officially end the marriage was made entirely by the actor.

“Lilly didn’t file for divorce from Ethan, he filed for divorce from her,” they continued.

The source noted that Lilly believes her husband was “in awe” of Ariana and that he was in awe of the glamor of being on a film set with so many top stars for the first time.

Ariana and Ethan have been filming together in the UK for several months, and a source told DailyMail.com that they spent time with his then-wife, Lilly, when she visited.

“I was blown away, I was a new father in a new country who had never been on a major movie set before,” they added.

While Lilly was initially determined to try to repair her marriage, the source said there is now no hope of reconciliation as far as she is concerned, explaining that she is now focused on raising her son as a single parent.

“Lilly never wanted to be a part of the (celebrity) world,” they continued. ‘She doesn’t want her name or her son’s name to be dragged into this.

Now she’s raising her son as a single mom and there’s no chance of redemption for Ethan as far as she’s concerned. What this has done to her family is absolutely disgusting.

“Lilly never wanted to be a part of the (celebrity) world,” they continued. ‘She doesn’t want her name or her son’s name to be dragged into this.

Now she’s raising her son as a single mom and there’s no chance of redemption for Ethan as far as she’s concerned. What this has done to her family is absolutely disgusting.

A second close source with knowledge of the situation defended Ethan, insisting that he and Ariana “didn’t start dating until after he split from Lilly,” while a third alleged that Lilly has been “talking to multiple outlets trying to to get his story out.” there as she acts differently towards ‘her ex-husband from her ‘behind the scenes’.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Lilly herself said that she is now turning her full attention to her baby boy and is determined to “rebuild a life for him” as a single mother.

Ethan officially filed for divorce from his wife of five years on Wednesday, just a week after his affair with Ariana was officially revealed to the world.

The Broadway actor and Ariana met on the set of the upcoming adaptation of Wicked, in which he plays the role of Boq while she plays the role of Glinda.

News of the couple’s shocking on-set romance came just days after it was revealed Ariana had split from her real estate agent husband Dalton, with sources claiming the couple’s marriage struggled to last in a “post-COVID world”.

Ariana and Dalton were said to have been “everything” to each other during the pandemic lockdown, but once the COVID restrictions were lifted, their fundamental differences began to become more apparent.

The estate agent was said to be ‘baffled’ by his wife’s fame as he had never dealt with his schedule and paparazzi while in lockdown, with sources claiming TMZ that he would question why she needed a security detail to go out in public.

However, it’s understood that their marriage really began to unravel when she traveled to London in December to start work on Wicked, and the star met Ethan just a few months later.