Sometimes, Hollywood can feel a little bit like high school.
When you tend to move in the same circles, your dating prospects aren’t endless.
Things could get pretty awkward really fast or not.
Fortunately, Ballerini and Cline fall into the latter category.
The pair dated for a year and then called it quits.
Fast-forward to January 2023, and Ballerini and Stokes were spotted out and about looking pretty cuddly.
How does Madelyn Cline feel about her ex Chase Stokes and Kelsea Ballerini?
The September 2023 Video Music Awards was one of the first occasions the trio attended.
Ballerini and Stokes went as a couple, while Cline attended without a plus one.
There was no drama on the red carpet.
It might be too soon to call them besties, but they certainly aren’t sparring with one another.
Stokes' former girlfriend didn’t take long to move on, either.
By June of that same year, Cline and singer-songwriter Jackson Guthy were rumored to be an item.
People see the need for sides.
There are no sides there’s no winning or losing in a breakup."
And don’t forget Ballerini has an ex, too husband, that is.
After almost five years of marriage, she divorced fellow country music artist Morgan Evans in 2022.
