Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes on April 4, 2023.Photo:Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty
Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty
Kelsea Balleriniis turning her breakup ballads into a chance for romance in front of thousands of people.
Mid-set on her Heartfirst Tour in Seattle on Saturday, the 29-year-old country pop singer ran off stage to plant a kiss on Chase Stokes — who is best known for his starring role in Netflix’sOuter Banksand budding romance with Ballerini since her divorce fromMorgan Evans.
The singer took her smooch break during the song “Penthouse,” which alludes to the Nashville condo she shared with Evans, 38,before they called it quits in August 2022. They had been married for almostfive years.
The song fromher latest EPRolling Up the Welcome Matalso includes other attempts to capture the messiness of moving on after a failed relationship, including one that the singer took quite literally on Saturday.
Ballerini and Stokes are still pretty new to the relationship scene, with rumors of their relationship surfacing at thebeginning of this year. When a group photo emerged of the pair at aGeorgia vs. TCU game, nothing was set in stone, but it was hard for fans to deny the blooming relationship when Stokes posted a “soft launch” of Ballerini on his own feed a couple of days later.
In a 2023 interview ahead of the latest season ofOuter Banks,Stokes told PEOPLEthe two were hanging out with each other. “Kelsea is a lovely, lovely girl. She’s great. We’re having a good time,” he added.
Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini on April 2, 2023.Jeff Kravitz/Getty
It wasn’t until April that the pair got a little more candid about their relationship status whileposing and smiling together on the CMT Awardsred carpet, where they made their official couple debut.
Now that theTell Me Your Secretsactor has officially accepted his role as Ballerini’s“Golden Retriever Boyfriend,”it’s safe to assume he’ll be making more side stage appearances at Ballerini’s shows — especially if she intends on making those kiss breaks a habit.
source: people.com
