Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini at “Shucked” premiere.Photo:Bruce Glikas/Getty
Bruce Glikas/Getty
Kelsea Ballerini’s country style is rubbing off on her boyfriendChase Stokes.
On Monday, theOuter Banksactor, 31, walked the red carpet at the CFDA Fashion Awards, where he revealed to PEOPLE how his country singer girlfriend has influenced his look.
“Honestly, she’s given me a little yeehaw,” Stokes tells PEOPLE of Ballerini, 30. “I mean, I grew up in the south, so like not entirely, but she’s definitely brought it out in me.”
Chase Stokes at the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards.Bryan Bedder/WWD via Getty
Bryan Bedder/WWD via Getty
The actor revealed he and Ballerini didn’t plan to wear matching red ensembles atthe 2023 VMAs, but fate intervened in the form of a missed flight.
“Everybody thought the VMAs was coordinated, but that was a look I was going to wear for something else,” he reveals. “Then I missed my flight, so I couldn’t wear that. Then I was like, ‘OK, this kind of worked.'”
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Stokes and Ballerinifirst sparked dating rumorsin January 2023 when Stokes shared a photo of him and the “If You Go Down” singer cuddling at the Georgia vs. TCU game at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Instagram. They later madetheir red carpet debutas a couple at the CMT Awards in April.
“I’ll take the job, I’ll take it,” he said. “She seriously is the best human being on planet Earth and she’s so damn talented.”
source: people.com
