Ariana Grande‘s boyfriend Ethan Slater is NOT sitting next to her at the 2026 Golden Globes, so who is that guy with her?
The 32-year-old actress is at the event tonight (January 11) as a nominee for her work in the movie Wicked: For Good.
Ariana is up for Best Supporting Actress and she brought back her signature brown ponytail for the red carpet.
So, who is Ariana‘s date?
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Ariana is at the Globes with her longtime best friend Doug Middlebrook.

Doug has been by Ariana‘s side at red carpet events for years and he even got the chance to visit her on the set of Wicked.
When the first Wicked movie was released in 2024, Doug wrote a touching tribute for his bestie.
“Barbra in Funny Girl, Debbie Reynolds in Singin’ In The Rain, Judy in everything…Ginger Rogers in Top Hat, Julie, Jeanette MacDonald, Liza, and now Ariana in Wicked,” he wrote. “I am such a proud friend. I can’t wait for the whole world to see her as she joins the great divas of the Hollywood movie musicals with this bewitching performance. Some things are perfect and exactly as they are meant to be in the universe. And Ariana as Glinda is that.”