Kelsea Ballerini shared some sweet snaps from her Thanksgiving holiday celebration.
The country star posted a carousel of photos on Instagram, captioned, “turkey: 5/10 thanksgiving karaoke: 1000/10 grateful for so so much, mostly the love that we get and we give away. 🤍”
The social media post included one photo of her and her boyfriend, actor Chase Stokes, getting cozy by a christmas tree, and another of him playfully hugging Ballerini from behind as she holds a tray of carved turkey.
Judging by other photos, it looks like Ballerini prepared this year’s turkey meal, according to multiple photos of the singer cooking the traditional Thanksgiving dish.
Ballerini is entering the holiday season after a very successful year, which included the release of her new album titled Patterns and a sold out show at Madison Square Garden in New York City on October 29.
The “Cowboys Cry Too” singer has been linked to the Outer Banks star since 2023. Most recently, the duo walked the Country Music Association Awards red carpet hand-in-hand. The pair posed together before Stokes eventually stepped away from Ballerini, giving his girlfriend her moment in the spotlight.
For the occasion, Ballerini wore a Dolce & Gabbana floor length gown, adorned with silver sequins. Stokes wore a chic black suit and boots from Kemo Sabe.
In addition to their red carpet and holiday PDA, the couple is known to be openly affectionate toward one another in interviews. For example, Stokes wasn’t shy about his appreciation for Ballerini in an October 3 appearance on the Today Show.
“I truthfully think when you find somebody who’s not just somebody you love and adore, but is also your best friend, you’ve kind of got the best of both worlds,” he said at the time. “And she’s not just a great person, but everything that you see — whether it be on social media or when she’s on stage — is exactly the person she is when she’s not doing those things.”
Ballerini in turn spoke with NBC’s Willie Geist about Stokes’ sweet reaction after hearing her previous album Welcome Mat, in which she opened up about her divorce to country singer Morgan Evans.
“I think the beautiful thing about being with an artist — in a different field but an artist — is that also equates to being with a truth-teller,” she said. “When I got into this relationship, I hadn’t put out Welcome Mat to him. I remember I sent that EP to him and I just said, ‘Hey, you’re going to ask eventually. So, I’m just going to go ahead and give this to you.’ He lifted that record up and supported it and stood side-stage the whole time. That takes someone who really celebrates truth-telling, and believes in the person that’s doing it.”
