Kelsea Ballerini Performs Song Inspired by Morgan Evans Divorce During 'SNL' Musical Guest Debut

Finding his fresh start. Morgan Evans released a new song reflecting on big life changes in the wake of his divorce from Kelsea Ballerini.

Kelsea Ballerini made her “Saturday Night Live” musical guest debut with what appeared to be a slight dig at ex Morgan Evans.

Kelsea Ballerini made her  musical guest debut with what appeared to be a slight dig at ex Morgan Evans.Ballerini, who performed the track, «Blindsided» from her new breakup album,, noticeably added some extra lyrics to the end of the song to seemingly take aim at Evans amid their ongoing divorce drama.Following the final chorus, Ballerini looked straight into the camera, and sang, «Now you're singing out loud on the radio/You couldn't say it to my face/You would've searched the whole world over/Yeah, sure. Ok.»She also performed her hit ballad, «Penthouse,» off the same album.Ballerini's scorching lyrics come after a bit of back-and-forth between the 29-year-old singer and her ex.

Telling her side of the story. Kelsea Ballerini delivered an emotional performance of two songs inspired by her split from Morgan Evans — and her updated lyrics included some major shade.

Kelsea Ballerini is moving on after the "real pain" she felt after her divorce from ex Morgan Evans. Ballerini, 29, and new boyfriend Chase Stokes, 30, were spotted on their first public date Thursday night.The new couple, who reportedly began dating in December 2022, were photographed sharing a kiss at a hockey game at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The "Outer Banks" actor recently revealed he's been a fan of the country music star during an interview on the "Today" show.

Chase Stokes has confirmed he and Kelsea Ballerini are dating.The star appeared with Sheinelle Jones on the show and responded affirmatively that he and the country music star are in a relationship. While teasing Ballerini's scheduled appearance on, Jones informed viewers, «For those who don't know, they're dating,» to which Stokes responded with a simple, «Mhm.»And, for the record, he's a fan of her music.«Absolutely I'm a fan,» he said.

Chase Stokes dropped by NBC’s “Today” on Friday, March 3 to promote the new season of his Netflix hit “Outer Banks”.

Kelsea Ballerini is enjoying her new beau, Chase Stokes, and not focused on anything negative. A source tells ET, the 29-year-old country music superstar is feeling better than ever in her new relationship.«Kelsea is focusing on the good things in her life and her relationship with Chase,» the source says. «They’re having a great time together. Chase has been super supportive of her, and they are there for each other both professionally and in their personal lives.»The «Hole in the Bottle» singer and the star sparked dating rumorsin January.

Morgan Evans is channeling his breakup pain on-screen in a five-part docuseries for his song «Over for You.» The track, written about his divorce from Kelsea Ballerini, was released in October, just two months after Ballerini filed to end their marriage. The series sees Evans detail his return to the stage with the «most personal» song he's ever written and shared with his fans.In the song, the Australian-born country star shares that he was blindsided by his then-wife's actions.

Over for her! Kelsea Ballerini is distancing herself via social media from ex Morgan Evans — less than one week after confirming her new romance with Chase Stokes.

Things are heating up between Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes!

Now that their romance is out in the open, Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini aren’t holding back on the PDA.

Kane Brown was asked to return and host this year's CMT Music Awards, it was an «immediate yes!»The country music star is preparing for his third consecutive hosting gig at the upcoming awards show, and he'll have friend and fellow performer Kelsea Ballerini by his side once again.«My first CMT was my first award,» Brown told ET's Cassie DiLaura, explaining what the show means to him. "[It's the] only award show I've hosted and it's just cool, getting to keep doing it and getting to keep getting more comfortable.«Noting that he hopes to „bring the excitement“ to this year's show, Brown praised Ballerini as a „natural sweetheart“ who is the perfect hosting partner.»It's cool to be doing it with somebody I'm familiar with," he added.

Growing apart. Five years together and a plethora of heartbreak songs later, many country fans are wondering: why did Kelsea Ballerini and Morgan Evans divorce? 

The plot thickens. If you’ve been following their divorce, you may have heard of the rumors that Kelsea Ballerini cheated on Morgan Evans with The Chainsmokers’ member Drew Taggart.

Kelsea Ballerini says she’s not sure she’d ever want to get married again after going through her divorce with ex Morgan Evans. "Right now, I would say I don’t think I will get married again," the "Heartfirst" country singer told Alex Cooper on her "Call Her Daddy" podcast Wednesday.

Kelsea Ballerini wasn't moved by ex-husband Morgan Evans' breakup song, «Over for You.» On the latest episode of the podcast, the 29-year-old songstress opened up about the moment her ex released the track and questioned the timing.«If I'm being honest, I felt like that was really opportunistic for him to put that out when he did when we were still going through the legalities of getting divorced,» Ballerini told host Alex Cooper. «I felt really used in that moment. And again, his healing journey is his healing journey, I respect that.

Morgan Evans is speaking out ahead of ex Kelsea Ballerini's tell-all interview. One day before the release of Ballerini's interview on the podcast, Evans took to Twitter to react to her forthcoming claims.«It's really sad for me to see this person, who I spent so much of my life with, and loved with all my heart, saying things that aren't reality and that leave out what really happened,» Evans tweeted.

Kelsea Ballerini is opening up about her difficult divorce from ex-husband Morgan Evans.

It goes down in the DMs! Kelsea Ballerini is finally opening up about her relationship with Chase Stokes — and revealing how it all began.