Who Is Ethan Slater?
Everything We Know About Ethan Slater, Ariana Grande's Rumoured New BF
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Loss can be a strong motivator to work, create, and perform. When Slater was just 7 years old, his mom died, which left a big hole in the family, which also consisted of his father and two siblings. When he wrote "Edge of the World: The Musical," he was partially inspired by his mom and growing up in "isolation" and "loneliness."
In 2021, he opened up to Pop Culturalist about the loss. "One of the big things is the mining [of] my personal experience for writing," he said. "When I was 7 years old, my mom died, and so that's been a really big, formative thing in my life. She had left this huge imprint on me, even though I had so few memories. And that's what happens to this character, Ben. He grows up not knowing his mom, being raised by a single dad, and yet the impact she has on his life and his life trajectory is immeasurable."