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Ethan Slater's Ex-Wife Lilly Jay Writes Essay About Their Divorce

Ethan Slater’s ex-wife, Dr. Lilly Jay, is opening up about how the pair’s highly-publicized split affected her

Lilly Jay, Ethan Slater.Getty Images (2)“As a perinatal psychologist, I knew all the statistics — how vulnerable a marriage is in the postpartum period, how vital community connection is in preventing depression and anxiety, how new parenthood impacts a whole family — but I confidently moved to another country with my 2-month-old baby and my husband to support his career,” she wrote. Ethan Slate and Lilly Jay.Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Tony Awards ProductionsAfter mourning that seismic shift, Jay tried to think of a way that her own experiences might help her patients, whom she notes have so far “remained silent” about her public divorce. On a similarly hopeful note, Jay shared that she has “come to believe that in the absence of the life I planned with my high school sweetheart, a lifetime of sweetness is waiting for me and my child.”

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