The essay was the first time Jay broke her silence about her divorce from Slater, who reportedly began dating Grande when they starred together on the set of "Wicked."

Ariana Grande also went through a divorce from her ex-husband Dalton Gomez, shortly before her romance with Ethan Slater began.

Last year, Slater and Grande courted controversy surrounding their relationship, which is said to have contributed to his split from ex-wife Jay.

Since those rumors, Slater and Jay have divorced, and she kept quiet about the ordeal until recently, writing an emotional essay about it.

In response to the essay, sources close to Slater and Grande claim that the duo read the piece and were "relieved" that Jay didn't "throw them under the bus."

“Ethan and Ariana are fully aware of what happened, as was everyone who was around at the time. (Lilly) made it clear that she moved to London with him and the timeline from that point speaks for itself," a source told Daily Mail.

They added: "Filming was still going on when they were first seen intimate in the photos and Lilly was no longer there so people can put two and two together - Lilly shouldn't have."

According to the source, Slater and Jay's divorce settlement "restricted" her from "revealing certain details" about how their relationship deteriorated.

“During the court proceedings, Lilly was essentially silenced, unable to speak freely. Despite the circumstances, she emerged victorious from the divorce," said the source.

However, Jay was still able to express her "emotions surrounding the ordeal," and while doing so, she "showed dignity" by not highlighting the "affair" in her emotional piece.

"She knows that one day her son will read about this on the Internet and she wanted him to read that her first and only words about it were spoken in a respectful and classy way," the insider explained the psychologist's decision.

They also claimed that Jay took so long to break her silence because she wanted to "control her own narrative and tell her story on her own terms," ​​rather than leaving it up to the media who approached her.

Among the many things she discussed in her essay The CutJay revealed that she has not only accepted the sudden public breakdown of her marriage, but is not ashamed of it.

She wrote: “I tell myself, I have nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to hide. Slowly but surely, I came to believe that in the absence of the life I had planned with my high school sweetheart.”

However, she and the actor, who share a two-year-old son, have continued to co-parent the child as they move on to new chapters in their lives,

She added: “While our partnership has changed, our parenting has not. We both love our son fiercely 100 percent of the time, regardless of how our parenting time is divided. As far as I'm concerned, days with my son are sunny. The days when I can't escape the promotion of a film that is associated with the saddest days of my life are darker.”

Previously, sources shared that Jay was "completely blindsided" by Slater's relationship with Grande, who also split from her husband Dalton Gomez.

“It's terrible. They were high school students. They're having a baby! She's a wreck," the source saidPage Six.

At the time, a source also hinted that Grande played a role in their "breakup," as "nothing was right between" Slater and Jay before he met the pop star on the set of "Wicked."

Jay also criticized Grande in an interview with Page Six amid calls to tell his story,

“(Ariana's) story, really. Not a girl,” Jay told the outlet. “My family is just collateral damage.”

Since the singer's romance with Slater became public knowledge, they have shamelessly flaunted it. In September last year, they were spotted enjoying a couple's trip Disney World

However, Jay, who has largely stayed under the radar until her recent essay, told the outlet that she is focused on raising her and Slater's baby and being a "good mum".