Lip reader ‘reveals what Ethan Slater said to Ariana Grande’ during rare public appearance together at SAG Awards

A lip reader has revealed what 'Ethan Slater said to Ariana Grande' during a rare public appearance together at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards.

The annual SAG Awards took place on Sunday (February 23), and like any good award show, it was full mayhem and dramas.

Jane Fonda savagely 'called out Donald Trump' during her Life Achievement Award speech, while Slater and Grande made a rare public appearance.

Nicola Hickling, from Lip Reader, told the Daily Mail that Slater became concerned for the Wicked star after the crowd began to 'push' them while they were in the audience for the SAG Awards.

Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made a rare public appearance (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

Slater then apparently told Grande to stay a close distance to him during the rather tense moment played out in the public eye.

A viral clip then showed the pair walking through the crowd, with Slater seen whispering to the singer before leading her through a crowd of people.

"Stay near, this crowd next to me, they are pushing me," the lip reader states Slater said to Grande.

UNILAD has reached out to Grande and Salter's representatives for comment.

The celebrity couple were in attendance at the SAG awards as Grande was up for two awards at the ceremony in Los Angeles.

And fresh off the back of her starring role in Wicked, Grande's stock in film is at an all-time high.

News of Grande and Slater's relationship broke just days after the news of the singer's divorce from her husband Dalton Gomez, sparking speculation that there may have been some overlap between Grande's partners.

A lip reader has revealed what was said between the pair (Rodin Eckenroth/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images)

Slater himself filed for divorce in the same month that his relationship with Grande came to light.

The rumors surrounding their romance prompted one of her close family friends to tell PEOPLE: "People have tried to question the timeline."

The friend claimed that 'Ariana and Ethan didn’t begin seeing each other until after both parties were separated, respectfully'.

Grande went on to say her personal life is exactly that, personal.

She made the point in her song, titled 'Yes, And?', which was released early last year.

In the track, Grande sings: "Your business is yours, and mine is mine. Why do you care so much whose d**k I ride?”

Elsewhere in the track, Grande says she's 'so done with caring' what people think, adding: "I won't hide / Underneath your own projections / Or change my most authentic life."