Kelsea Ballerini Mocks Rumors That Romance With Chase Stokes Is For ‘PR’: ‘IDK, Seems Staged’

Kelsea Ballerini is precise alert of what haters online person been saying astir her narration with Chase Stokes, and she’s leaning into the rumors. Since Kelsea and Chase were archetypal linked successful aboriginal January, critics person wondered whether they lone got unneurotic arsenic a publicity stunt to assistance their careers. On March 7, Kelsea took to her Instagram story, which you tin spot here, to stock a cute photograph of the 2 that Chase had posted connected his Instagram page. In the pic, which you tin spot here, Kelsea is sitting connected Chase’s thigh portion getting her hairsbreadth done. “IDK, seems staged,” Kelsea wrote, mockingly. “Probably PR.” She besides included an upside down smiling look to marque it wide that she was being sarcastic.

After going nationalist with their narration successful January, Chase and Kelsea person seemingly gotten adjacent much superior successful caller weeks. They spent clip together successful New York City astatine the opening of March, with Chase successful municipality to beforehand Outer Banks and Kelsea determination to make her debut on Saturday Night Live. Chase was backstage with Kelsea astatine the amusement connected March 4, and celebrated with her and her friends afterwards. They were besides photographed looking rather cozy astatine a New York Rangers crippled connected March 2.

Kelsea and Chase retired successful NYC. (Eric Kowalsky / MEGA)

Fans suspected Kelsea and Chase were dating aft various societal media posts successful January and aboriginal February. However, Kelsea didn’t code the narration until her Feb. 22 interrogation connected the Call Her Daddy podcast. She mostly kept tight-lipped astir the situation, but confirmed that she was “not single.” She besides admitted that she started talking to Chase due to the fact that she slid into his DMs. Her message? “Hi, Chase Stokes,” which was a notation to his Instagram grip (@hichasestokes).

This caller romance comes pursuing Kelsea’s Aug. 2022 divorcement from Morgan Evans, who she was joined to for astir 5 years. Kelsea spilled her bosom out astir the divorcement connected her caller EP Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, which features six songs. Morgan had antecedently released his ain opus astir the split, “Over For You,” successful which helium sings astir being blindsided by Kelsea’s divorcement filing. Kelsea unopen down this communicative connected her record, arsenic good arsenic successful the Call Her Daddy interview. She besides admitted that a speech astir having kids is what yet led her to record for divorce.

“I was realizing I wasn’t acceptable for kids,” Kelsea explained. “That’s a cardinal difference. I inactive don’t cognize if I privation kids astatine each oregon not. That was thing we talked astir aboriginal connected and thing I ws changing on. He was ready. He was like, ‘I don’t privation to beryllium an aged dad.’ I’m like…I’m conscionable not determination yet. I can’t bash this to prevention us. I can’t bash that to myself.”

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