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Recently divorced Kelsea Ballerini has uncovered the direct messages she despatched that led to her new relationship with actor Chase Stokes.

Country singer Ballerini, 30, celebrated her boyfriend Stokes’ birthday by revealing the first message she ever despatched the “Outer Banks” actor.

Her message won’t win factors for originality, however you’ll be able to’t say it didn’t work. She messaged Stokes on Instagram at 1 a.m. in December 2022.

“Hi, Chase Stokes,” she wrote.

“Hey, how are you doing?” he replied.

“I’m Kels, good to meet you,” she wrote again … and the relaxation is historical past.


Country music star Kelsea Ballerini shared the first message she sent to her new boyfriend Chase Stokes on Instagram.
Country music star Kelsea Ballerini shared the first message she despatched to her new boyfriend Chase Stokes on Instagram.
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Yes, the messages aren’t salacious however the 1 a.m. time stamp is prime “ship flirty direct messages time” and followers had been consuming it up.

“It is you capturing your shot at 1:07 a.m. for me,” one commented.

“Moral of the story. Shot your shoot,” one other fan suggested.

“Oh my god the DM slide,” one other known as out.

The direct message clearly paid off as a result of the well-known pair have been collectively for months now and are very public about their relationship.


Ballerini sent the actor a simple message at 1 a.m. in December 2022.
Ballerini despatched the actor a easy message at 1 a.m. in December 2022.
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The two are continually in one another’s social media feeds.

Their romance has blossomed in the throes of Ballerini’s very public divorce from Australian country music star Morgan Evans.

The two introduced they had been getting divorced in August 2022 after being married for 5 years and defined that their “love and development” journey had ended.

It all appeared amicable till the pair began releasing their music about their divorce, and issues have been messy ever since.

Evans dropped a music “Over for You” which appeared to trace that the divorce utterly blindsided him.

“How many instances did you say you really liked me? When it wasn’t true? I’m simply questioning … How lengthy has it been over for you?” he sang.

In response, Ballerini dropped her music “Blindsided” the place she sings, “Were you blindsided, or had been you simply blind?”

It hasn’t ended there, although.

Evans’ break-up ballad contains the lyrics, “I’d have searched the entire world over for you. Took a flight the night time to be that shoulder for you.”

In response, when Ballerini carried out “Blindsided” reside on “Saturday Night Live,” she up to date the lyrics to take a swipe at his declaration that he would have searched the entire world for her.

“Now you’re singing out loud on the radio. You couldn’t say it to my face. You would’ve searched the entire world over. Yeah, certain, OK,” she crooned.


Stokes and Ballerini on the red carpet at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards  on September 16, 2023.
Stokes and Ballerini on the pink carpet at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on September 16, 2023.
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It has been a second that has gone on viral on TikTok.

Yet amid all the drama, Ballerini’s relationship with Stokes has thrived.

He has additionally been noticed at a number of of her exhibits, they usually’ve even walked pink carpets collectively.

While chatting with “Entertainment Tonight,” Stokes didn’t play it cool when requested about his new girlfriend.

“She severely is the greatest human being on planet Earth, and he or she’s so rattling gifted,” he stated.

Ballerini appears equally enamoured when showing on “Today” she known as him “great” and gushed about him.

“I’m so pleased. It’s good to really feel so supported and seen. He’s such an exquisite, great human being.”

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