Chase Stokes Thirsted Over Kelsea Ballerini 3 Days Before Split News

Chase Stokes was in awe of Kelsea Ballerini just three days before their split made headlines.
“The last week of being thirty-one was fun,” Ballerini, now 32, wrote via her Instagram on Thursday, September 11, sharing a handful of recent photos.
Stokes, 32, was the first in Ballerini’s comments section, subtly responding with a “🥵” emoji.
One day later, he shared his own birthday message to the country singer.
“Although you keep saying you’re not excited for 32, I’d say I’m lookin’ forward to more of this,” the Outer Banks actor wrote on Friday, September 12. “Happy birthday, my love ❤️.”
A rep for Ballerini later confirmed to Us Weekly on Sunday, September 14, that the couple called it quits. Neither she nor Stokes have further addressed the split.
Ballerini started dating Stokes in early 2023 following her divorce from Morgan Evans.
“I slid into his DMs,” Ballerini said on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast in February 2023. “I just swan dove right on in. His handle is ‘hichasestokes’ and I just said, ‘Hi Chase Stokes.’”
Later that year, Ballerini returned to Alex Cooper’s podcast and offered more insight into her relationship.
“He’s the most emotionally intelligent man I’ve ever met in my life,” she said on a November 2023 episode of the podcast. “I keep telling him he’s a man written by a woman.”
Ballerini further noted that her attitude toward sex changed after she met Stokes.
“My experience with it was very performative and for the other person,” Ballerini admitted. “It don’t be like that anymore. I didn’t understand how [sex] could be a real connector in a relationship. I always thought it was just something that you did. … Now, I realize it’s a connector for people.”
In the years after, Ballerini and Stokes had frequently offered updates into their romance via social media and on red carpets.
“You do [challenge each other], or it’s boring and then you’re stagnant and then that’s not going to work out,” Ballerini exclusively told Us in July. “I think we’re two and a half years in, so [the relationship] looks a lot different now than it did in the beginning. I don’t know, I think we’re really similar — and in the ways that we’re different, that’s where we challenge each other. … I just want all the good things in the world for him.”
The “How Do I Do This?” musician also gave Us details about Stokes’ hidden talents that amazed her.
“He’s a really good singer and he is a really good guitar player,” Ballerini quipped. “I’m worried about him taking my job, I’ll tell you that.”
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