Broadway actress Lilli Cooper just celebrated the opening night of her new play The Cottage and she was asked about her former co-star Ethan Slater while on the red carpet.

Lilli was joined by co-stars Eric McCormack, Laura Bell Bundy, Alex Moffat, Nehal Joshi, and Dana Steingold at the opening night performance of The Cottage on Monday (July 24) in New York City.

Director Jason Alexander and writer Sandy Rustin also joined them on the carpet.

The Cottage is “an outrageous tale of sex, betrayal, and desire as one woman decides to expose her latest affair to both her husband — and to her lover’s wife. The true meaning of fate and faith, identity and infidelity, love and marriage are all called into question as a surprising and hilarious web of secrets unravels in this ridiculously funny romantic comedy.”

While on the red carpet, Lilli was asked to comment on her former SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical co-star Ethan Slater‘s new rumored relationship with Ariana Grande.

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“I was surprised,” she told Page Six. “I haven’t spoken to him in a while… It’s an interesting coupling, for sure, unexpected.”

Lilli played Sandy Cheeks opposite Ethan as SpongeBob.

There have been lots of reports this past week about Ethan‘s marriage and what led to his breakup.