‘Don't believe the media’: Chase Stokes breaks silence on his relationship with Kelsea Ballerini; clears the air on his current equation with Country singer; check here

American actor Chase Stokes apparently gave an update about his relationship with Kelsea Ballerini. Stokes took to Instagram stories and shared two cryptic posts that suggest that he and Ballerini are not together anymore. Breaking the silence on the current status of his relationship with the Country singer, Outer Banks star said on Thursday (November 20, 2025), "Don't believe the media. I'm blocked, I did nothing wrong," Stokes wrote in the first post. Neither he nor Ballerini, 32, currently follows the other on Instagram. "Sorry I tried," he continued.

In another post, the actor made it clearer that he's referencing Ballerini, as he wrote, "I'm sorry for those who believed in us," he said, as quoted by PEOPLE. "It is what it is," Stokes continued. "Onwards and upwards," he also said. Representatives for Stokes and Ballerini, who according to PEOPLE had split in September,have not commented on the actor's posts.

Stokes' clarification of his relationship with the singer came after she performed her new song, "I Sit in Parks," at the CMAs on November 19, 2025. His Instagram stories came three days after he commented on one of Ballerini's TikTok videos promoting a new song from her revealing new EP, Mount Pleasant, according to PEOPLE. In the comments of the video, he slammed fans spreading negativity saying, "These comments are f---ing weird. Grow up," as quoted by PEOPLE.

He seemed to be responding to several comments on Ballerini's post that referenced both him and his ex-girlfriend and co-star, Madelyn Cline.

In September, 2025, a representative for the ‘Miss Me More’ singer told PEOPLE that the couple had split after nearly three years together. A source told PEOPLE at the time, "They’re two adults who gave it their all and tried to do everything they could to make it work, but ultimately couldn’t. It happens."

Amid all the speculations, the couple came together in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on November 7, 2025, where an onlooker saw them together at a restaurant "holding hands at the table and talking closely."