'SpongeBob' Voice Actor's Wife Clarifies He is Not Dating Ariana Grande Amid Ethan Slater Romance

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 voice actor Tom Kenny's wife is clearing the air after the internet confused her husband with Ariana Grande's new boyfriend, Ethan Slater.The confusion came after an Instagram post on  which posted a headline to their page that read: «Is Ariana Grande Dating SpongeBob Now?» leading some commenters to believe that Grande had moved on from her marriage to Dalton Gomez with the longtime voice actor.The SquarePants in question is actually Slater, Grande's  co-star and new boo, who has a  link of his own.

While he didn't play a part in the popular Nickelodeon TV series, Slater did stay as SpongeBob in  in 2016.Kenny's wife, Jill Talley, took to the comments of 's post and set the record straight.«Hi everyone, I'm married to Tom Kenny (who voices SpongeBob on the TV show),» Talley wrote, per She continued, «He is not dating Ariana Grande.

I don't know if Ethan Slater (who played SpongeBob in the musical) is or isn't dating Ariana Grande. However, they're both adorable and I totally ship it.

Just wanted to set the record straight.»The mix-up comes at an interesting time for Talley, who happened to be celebrating her 27th wedding anniversary with Kenny this weekend.«PS: as for me and Tom Kenny,» the voice actress added, «we are celebrating our 27th wedding anniversary today.»A post shared by The Cut (@thecut)The clarification comes just days after a source confirmed to ET that Grande and Slater are dating, and less than a week after a source ET learned that Grande and Gomez had separated after two years of marriage, noting that the pair — who tied the knot in May 2021, five months after announcing their engagement — «ultimately were just not a good fit.»«Ariana and Ethan recently started dating.