Love yourself the way you want to be. Kelsea Ballerini in response to rumors that they were dating Outer bank star Chase Stokes — and he’s ready to write a breakup song with the internet.
“I know, I know, I know,” said Ballerini, 29, via a TikTok clip on Monday, January 16. “Don’t read, stop reading. Stop looking. But what’s going on, man. What? Don’t do that.”
In the video, the state criminal sits in front of a picture from the gossip site DeuxMoi which features comments about her alleged romance with the 30-year-old actor. In one of the DMs, the troll claimed that the “First Time” singer can’t date Day diva alum because he was “too busy constantly asking soho house manager nash when he went all in after the last call.”
While Ballerini hasn’t confirmed or denied that she and Stokes are officially an item, she captioned the post, “I’m breaking up with the internet 5 for sure,” with a laughing emoji.
The couple first sparked dating speculation on January 9 when they were spotted at the College Football National Championship Game in Los Angeles together.
“Lil recap,” the Tell Me Your Secret the wrong actor besides dumping photos through Instagram at the time. In the third slide of the carousel, he and Ballerini can be seen cuddling up from the box seats and enjoying the game. While the sweet snap only showed the back of her head, Stokes tagged the artist’s Instagram account “Love Me Like You Mean It”.
“Go vols 🙈,” Ballerini replied to Maryland’s original post, referring to the University of Tennessee team, which later lost that game to the University of Georgia.
The same day, the CEO of Raising Canes Todd Graves took to social media to share stills from the event, posting a picture of the duo posing arm-in-arm in a group photo.
Stokes then fueled the rumors on Wednesday, January 11, when he commented on Ballerini’s own photo dump, writing, “Can you add hot sake to the list on slide 8 with burnt finger tips?”
Speculation about Ballerini’s new relationship months after the Tennessee native announced she and Morgan Evans split after almost five years of marriage.
“This very difficult decision is the result of a journey of love, growth, and effort that has finally come to an end,” Kelsea wrote on her Instagram Story in August 2022. -going to next season.
At CMA 2022, Evans opened up Access Hollywood about the challenges of moving on after divorce.
“It’s been a few months of my life,” he said in November 2022. “One of the hardest parts. [of going through a divorce] it seems to be lonely. It’s strangely comforting to know that so many other people have experienced it, which I haven’t.
Stokes, for his part, was previously linked to the costar Madelyn Klinwhich dates from April 2020 to May 2021.
“He is one of the favorite people on the planet Earth,” Ing basic special alum to Us Weekly one month after the separation of the couple, they announced that they still keep in touch despite the separation. “You know, it’s amazing to work with someone you care about so much, and yeah, I’m leaving.”