Kelsea Ballerini Says She ‘Didn’t Want’ a Wedding, Slams Morgan Evans for ‘Taking Half the House That He Didn’t Pay For’
21.02.2023 - 18:49
/ usmagazine.com
One week after singing, “I wanna set it straight, but my lawyer says I shouldn’t,” Kelsea Ballerini is ready to spill.
The 29-year-old musician is set to appear on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast on Wednesday, February 22, and according to the first look, she’s not holding back about her split from Morgan Evans.
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“I didn’t want to have a wedding. … I swore I would never get married,” Ballerini tells Alex Cooper in a promo released on Monday, February 20, before referencing lyrics in one of her tracks “Mountain With a View,” released on Valentine’s Day. “I think he loved me more at 23 and I love me more at 29.”
Ballerini and Evans, 37, wed in December 2017, one year after they got engaged. She filed for divorce in August 2022.
“It got nasty?” Cooper asks in the clip.
“Yeah, it did,” she responds. “As he’s putting out a song about being blindsided, he’s taking half the house that he didn’t pay for. How was I married to this person for this long and had no idea that that bit of character was tucked within that human being?”
Us Weekly confirmed in November 2022 that the former couple finalized their divorce. According to the court docs, the two performers had a prenuptial agreement and divided household furniture and other personal property.
Sources previously told Us that the twosome had “privately separated at one point” before trying to work on their marriage in therapy. During her chat with Cooper, Ballerini references Evans’ breakup song, “Over For You.”
“I would have searched the whole world over for you / Took a flight, through the night / To be that shoulder for you, and / I would’ve let go if you wanted me to,” he sings. “How many times did you say you loved me / When it wasn’t