A serious milestone! Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes had been all smiles throughout their purple carpet debut on the 2023 CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2.
Ballerini, 29, and Stokes, 30, posed for pictures on the Moody Middle in Austin, Texas, earlier than the nation singer took the stage as a cohost alongside Kane Brown. Along with performing through the awards present, Ballerini has been nominated for Female Video of the Year for her “HEARTFIRST” visible.
Stokes’ show of support for his girlfriend comes after they recently took their relationship public. The Tennessee native provided a glimpse at her romance when she opened up about their first interaction.
“His deal with is ‘hichasestokes’ and I simply stated, ‘Hello Chase Stokes,’” she shared throughout an look on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast in February. “I’ve my s–t collectively and for me to share that with anybody is a present. I wish to be with somebody that feels the identical method about their life. … I’m a relationship bitch.”
Ballerini famous that she wasn’t nervous about ex-husband Morgan Evans‘ response, including, “I’m not married to him anymore and I don’t must care about his emotions anymore. I imply that with all of the respect on the planet, however his journey is just not mine.”
The “Blindsided” songstress broke the information in August 2022 about her and Evans’ split after nearly five years of marriage.
“Associates, I’ve all the time tried my greatest to share my life with you in an actual and weak method, whereas additionally defending layers of my private life as they unfold,” the ”Gap within the Bottle” singer wrote by way of her Instagram Story on the time. “That is now public file, so I needed you to listen to from me straight that I’m going by means of a divorce.”
She concluded: “This deeply troublesome determination is the results of a journey of affection, development, and energy that finally has come to an finish. It’s onerous to seek out the phrases right here … however I really feel extraordinarily grateful for the years of marriage to Morgan and looking forward to the following seasons. With very energetic schedules arising, please be aware that we’re each fragile, actively therapeutic, and exhibiting up the perfect we will.”
Following their break up, a supply completely instructed Us Weekly that the pair faced many “issues” in their marriage before pulling the plug. “Kelsea was very younger and naive when she met Morgan, they clicked instantly, however their relationship was all the time an emotional roller-coaster,” the insider revealed in March, noting that their “intense romance” went by means of durations of “friction, pressure and toxicity.”
In keeping with the supply, Ballerini was “not ready” to expand her family with Evans, 37. “Morgan [had] been prepared for a very long time,” the insider added. “That they had been having points, relating to one another and bother being type to one another, however the disagreement over youngsters was the nail within the coffin.”
Stokes, for his half, previously made headlines for his high-profile romance with Outer Banks costar Madelyn Cline. The duo, who parted methods in November 2021 after a couple of yr of courting, have praised their approach to working together post-split.
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“Mads and I’ve been working collectively now for 30 episodes, and we made a promise to one another earlier than we even began courting that the work was all the time going to return first,” the Maryland native instructed Leisure Weekly in February. “And that it doesn’t matter what occurs in our private lives, and the ways in which life typically takes you in numerous instructions, that we’re all the time going to honor the work. That stayed 100% truthful this season.”
