Kelsea Ballerini has been doing her greatest since her divorce from Morgan Evans — and boyfriend Chase Stokes is taking part in an enormous function in her newfound happiness.
Ballerini, 29, shared uncommon perception into her relationship with Stokes, 30, in an interview with StyleCaster revealed Monday, July 10. Whereas discussing the method of shifting on after the tip of her marriage, Ballerini defined why she and Stokes aren’t fascinating in hiding their romance.
“The factor that we’ve determined, and to every their very own, is while you’re with somebody that you just really feel safe with and that you just’re proud to be with, why not share it?” she stated. “He’s additionally a Virgo; we’re each Labrador Retrievers in human type. It doesn’t take a lot dialog to be on the identical web page. It’s been half a yr and it’s been nice.”
Regardless of her years of expertise within the music business, Ballerini confessed that she’s not used to the heightened curiosity in her private life. “I’m giving myself lots of grace,” she added, joking that the previous yr has been a “s–tstorm.”
Ballerini described the present second as “a really fascinating time” in her life as she enters “a season of play” — from courting to vogue. “I all the time considered myself as one factor, which was a glittery, palatable blonde that sings nation music,” she teased. “I’ve realized over the previous few years, as I’ve woken as much as myself, and actually stepped into my womanhood, that I’m actually open to discovering extra of myself.”
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As she approaches 30, Ballerini is constant to study her personal id. “There’s this large energetic shift inside you the place you shed your little one self and turn out to be your grownup self,” she stated. “It’s normally surrounded by lots of friction and lots of tough conversations and dropping folks and that form of stuff. However then you definately get to the opposite facet — you’re like, ‘Oh, s–t, right here I’m.’”
Ballerini was simply 24 when she exchanged vows with Evans, now 38, in Mexico in December 2017. The musicians had been courting for lower than one yr when Evans popped the query in December 2016.
After practically 5 years of marriage, Ballerini and Evans introduced their cut up in August 2022. “It’s onerous to seek out the phrases right here … however I really feel extraordinarily grateful for the years of marriage to Morgan and longing for the following seasons,” she wrote by way of her Instagram Story.
On the time, Evans hinted that the choice to separate might not have been mutual, writing in a social media assertion of his personal, “I want it have been in any other case however sadly it isn’t.”
Ballerini filed for divorce the identical day information broke of their separation. Us Weekly confirmed in November 2022 that the pair had reached a settlement.
Since calling it quits, the twosome have used their music to drop hints about what went improper of their relationship. Evans launched the breakup anthem “Over For You” in October 2022 — and Ballerini responded earlier this yr with a six-song EP titled Rolling Up the Welcome Mat.
“I notice you liked me way more at 23 / I believe that that is when it’s over for me,” she sings on “Mountain With a View.”
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Regardless of her obvious drama with Evans, Ballerini hasn’t given up on love. She was first linked to Stokes in January — and the duo have been going robust ever since. The couple made their crimson carpet debut on the 2023 CMT Music Awards in April.