Chase Stokes Drops a Heavy Hint About Kelsea Ballerini Breakup — Is Mercury in Retrograde or Just Bad Timing?
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So, is it just me or does it feel like the stars are throwing shade at Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini’s love life? With Mercury doing its classic dance of retrograde confusion and Scorpio season stirring up intense emotions, it’s almost cosmic that their on-again, off-again saga might finally be off… for real this time. Just when we thought the couple had flicked the breakup script and hit rewind following their September split, Chase took to Instagram with messages that read like the cosmic “it’s over, folks”—complete with blocked vibes and a sorry-not-sorry heart emoji. Is it possible their tale was written in celestial sand, only to be washed away by Dubrovnik’s breezes? Only the heavens know. But one thing’s for sure: when actors and country singers collide under a full moon, it ain’t always a fairy tale. Onwards and upwards, indeed. LEARN MORE
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The fairy tale may truly be over for Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini.
Despite ongoing rumoes that the Outer Banks cast member and the country arrist had reconciled — following their September breakup — Stokes took to social media on November 20 and strongly implied that their relationship is over.
Seemingly for good this time around.
“Don’t believe the media,” Stokes posted to Instagram on Thursday. “I’m blocked, I did nothing wrong.”
Alongside a red heart, the actor added, “Sorry. I tried.”
In a subsequent message, the star made it clearer that he’s referencing Ballerini, as he wrote, “I’m sorry for those who believed in us.”
Yikes, huh?
“It is what it is,” Stokes continued. “Onwards and upwards.”
The 33-year-old’s VERY cryptic posts arrived two months after Kelsea’s rep confirmed to E! News she and Chase had called it quits… only for the two to spark reconciliation rumors when Ballerini visited Stokes on set in Dubrovnik, Croatia, for Outer Banks’ final season on November 7.
Within days, the pair added fuel to the romantic fire when a video of them dancing in the streets of the European city went viral.
“After they got up, they walked together hand in hand towards Old Town. They looked very cute,” an onlooker told People Magazine at the time.
Perhaps it was just a moment of weakness, however.
It pretty clearly didn’t last.
Stokes and Ballerini first ignited dating rumors in January 2023, although they tried hard back then to remain out of the spotlight.
Indeed, it wasn’t until the following month that Chase coyly told People Magazine they were simply “spending some time together.”
“She is just the most genuine human being you will ever meet,” he gushed to People in April 2024. “She has time for everybody, which is such an admirable trait. She’s incredibly present. When you are with that human, you know you are getting her.”
The public eventually learned that Ballerini slid into her Chase’s DMs at the time.
“I’ve never seen his show,” she explained the Call Her Daddy podcast. “But I just knew of him, and I just swan dove right on in.”
We send our best wishes to both of these celebrities.
We wish each of them the best of luck moving forward.
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