Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes<\/p>\n
It\u2019s official: country queen\u00a0Kelsea Ballerini\u00a0and Outer Banks heartthrob\u00a0Chase Stokes\u00a0have called it quits after almost three years of playing Nashville meets Netflix Barbie and Ken. PEOPLE<\/a> confirmed the breakup Sunday, with a source spilling, \u201cThey\u2019re two adults who gave it their all and tried to do everything they could to make it work, but ultimately couldn\u2019t. It happens.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s PR-speak for\u00a0the fairy tale died quietly behind closed doors while the rest of us were eating brunch.<\/p>\n The split stings even harder because it came literally\u00a0two days after\u00a0Stokes posted a swoony Instagram tribute for Kelsea\u2019s 32nd birthday. Yes, the man dropped \u201chappy birthday my love<\/p>\n \u2764<\/p>\n \u201d and then hit unfollow on their entire relationship like it was a limited Netflix series.<\/p>\n In his birthday post, Chase served fans a slideshow of their happiest moments, captioning, \u201cAlthough you keep saying you\u2019re not excited for 32, I\u2019d say I\u2019m lookin forward to more of this.\u201d<\/p>\n Cut to 48 hours later, and the only thing he\u2019s \u201clookin forward\u201d to is not having to share the aux cord. Fans, naturally, are spiraling.<\/p>\n One commenter begged,\u00a0\u201cHow did they go from this to breaking up? News just broke <\/p>\n \ufffd\ufffd<\/p>\n .\u201d\u00a0Another wrote,\u00a0\u201cGuys I need answers. Who else is here looking for ANSWERS!?\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a third fan was simply in denial:\u00a0\u201cTwo days ok you posted this and People says you broke up today? I\u2019m not following. Confused! Hoping it\u2019s not true.\u201d<\/p>\n Basically, Chase gave us a rom com ending on Friday and a funeral on Sunday.<\/p>\n The couple\u2019s romance sparked back in January 2023 when Chase sneakily posted a cuddly photo of them at a college football game. By April, they were making it red carpet official at the\u00a0CMT Awards, solidifying their country pop culture crossover.<\/p>\n In 2024, Chase proudly told PEOPLE he and Kelsea kept things strong by never going more than three weeks without seeing each other.\u00a0\u201cThe amount of effort that we put into our careers, we should be doubling that in our personal lives,\u201dhe said. Noble words, tragic ending.<\/p>\n Kelsea, reflecting on love after her messy divorce from musician Morgan Evans, once said,\u00a0\u201cMy version of love that I\u2019ve found, it\u2019s steady and it\u2019s human, and we work on it. That, to me, honestly, is the sexiest thing, like, \u2018Hey, you want to go to therapy? Let\u2019s go to therapy.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Well, turns out therapy didn\u2019t save this duet either.<\/p>\n Breakups are never pretty, but the timing of this one has fans feeling blindsided. It\u2019s giving\u00a0Taylor Swift\u2019s \u201cAll Too Well\u201d 10 minute version energy\u00a0with a dash of\u00a0Outer Banks cliffhanger chaos.<\/p>\n Kelsea is likely to channel her heartbreak into Grammy worthy ballads, while Chase might take his single man energy straight back to Netflix beaches. One thing\u2019s for sure: TikTok is about to be flooded with fan edits mourning the end of \u201cKelsea x Chase.\u201d<\/p>\n Because when you make us believe in love, you don\u2019t just get to leave quietly.<\/p>\n The post Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes Confirm Breakup: \u201cWe Gave It Our All\u201d<\/a> appeared first on Where Is The Buzz | Breaking News, Entertainment, Exclusive Interviews & More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes It\u2019s official: country queen\u00a0Kelsea Ballerini\u00a0and Outer Banks heartthrob\u00a0Chase Stokes\u00a0have called it quits after almost three years of playing Nashville meets Netflix Barbie and Ken. 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