Chase Stokes shared a new photo on his Instagram story amid his romance with “HEARTFIRST” superstar Kelsea Ballerini. The Outer Banks actor is seen grinning with his eyes closed as Ballerini hugs his shoulders behind him and kisses his cheek.
The pair have been rumored to be dating since Stokes posted a photo with Ballerini on one of the slides of a photo dump last month. Stokes and Ballerini sat next to one another at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, where they attended the College Football Playoff National Championship on January 9. Since then, social media users have gushed over the apparent relationship as Stokes and Ballerini have been photographed in public together — including listening to live music in a honky tonk on Lower Broadway in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee — and commented on one another’s posts. Ballerini also seemed to fuel rumors on TikTok earlier this month, sipping coffee while Stokes was apparently next to her in bed (though she didn’t show his face at that time.”
Ballerini confirmed that she’s not single — “I’m just vibing” — during a recent interview on the podcast Call Her Daddy, which detailed her recent divorce from singer-songwriter Morgan Evans. Ballerini shared during that interview that she met Stokes after she “slid into his DMs.” Her opening line was, simply, “hi Chase Stokes,” as a reference to the actor’s Instagram handle. She said she and Stokes began talking in early December, and she’s “having fun.”