Ethan Slater at Ariana Grande’s SNL hosting gig

Santa doesn’t need to say it Ariana Grande if Ethan Slater really cares, because he shows it himself.

As the Grammy winner hosted Saturday evening live for the third time, her boyfriend watched from the sidelines, also supporting his comrade Wicked costar Bowen Yang as he wrapped up his final show as a cast member.

Indeed, Ethan appeared in a photo of Ariana’s longtime boyfriend and Victorious costar Liz Gillies shared on Instagram on Dec. 21, posing in her SNL dressing room alongside Liz and Ariana’s childhood friend Aaron Simon Gross.

And the SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical a former student was also spotted walking to 30 Rock by a fan, who shared a photo of the 33-year-old walking.Enter the building to meet Ariana at Studio 8H on social media.

During the show, Ariana winked at him many times Best friend Bowen, notably joking that she “loved” his only line in Wicked.

“Thank you,” Bowen told him during the monologue. And when Ariana tried to say, “You’re welcome,” the comedian jokingly corrected her, saying, “No, no, that was my line in the movie,”THANKS.’”