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Before co-hosting the 2023 CMT Music Awards, Kelsea Ballerini walked the reddish carpet with her fellow and Outer Banks prima Chase Stokes. Keep speechmaking for the scoop connected their day night.
Chase Stokes Officially Confirms He's Dating Kelsea Ballerini
Time for a reddish carpet debut? Yeah boy!
Before co-hosting the 2023 CMT Music Awards with Kane Brown, Kelsea Ballerini got the enactment started aboriginal erstwhile she walked the reddish carpet extracurricular the Moody Center successful Austin, Texas. But for this grant show, the 29-year-old wasn't alone.
Kelsea stepped retired with fellow Chase Stokes, 30, for their archetypal reddish carpet unneurotic arsenic a couple.
The "If You Go Down" vocalist sparkled successful a grey formal with silver-colored earrings. As for the Outer Banks star, helium looked handsome successful navy pants and a matching, short-sleeve shirt.
It's different large measurement for the mates who archetypal sparked romance rumors successful January aft they were spotted astatine a assemblage shot crippled astatine SoFi Stadium successful Los Angeles. It wasn't until past month, however, erstwhile Chase confirmed helium was dating the state euphony singer.
"Absolutely I'm a fan," helium told Today's Sheinelle Jones erstwhile asked astir Kelsea. "Who isn't a fan?"
So, however did this romance begin? According to Kelsea, she slid into Chase's DMs.
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"He shoots successful Charleston and my manager lives determination and helium enactment the bug successful my ear," Kelsea revealed connected the Call Her Daddy podcast. "I've ne'er seen the amusement but I conscionable knew of him and I followed him and helium followed maine and I conscionable swan dove close connected in. His grip is @hichasestokes and I said, 'Hi Chase Stokes.'"
Since then, the brace has been spotted astatine a New York Rangers hockey game. And erstwhile Kelsea performed connected Saturday Night Live, Chase was spotted backstage offering support.
"Kelsea is simply a lovely, beauteous girl. She's great," Chase told People. "We're having a bully time."
Keep speechmaking to spot adjacent much prima sightings from the 2023 CMT Music Awards.
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Kane Brown & Katelyn Jae Brown
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Lainey Wilson
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Shania Twain
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