Chase Stokes revealed the unconventional way his mom found out who he was dating, while sharing a hilarious anecdote on late-night TV. The Outer Banks star shared the details surrounding his early days dating country singer Kelsea Ballerini , 31, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . “I went home and every year for the holidays I go back to my mom’s house.
And I drove from Charleston where I live to Florida, where my mom is, and I came down the stairs and she has music playing,” Stokes, 32, recalled to Fallon on Thursday, October 3. “I was like, ‘Wait a minute..
. Is that Kelsea Ballerini playing on my mom’s speaker system? And I just looked up at the sky and was like ‘What the f—?’ He continued: “My mom heard me and she goes, ‘Is that her?’ And I was like, ‘Yep, yeah, that’s the girl I told you I was kind of talking to. It’s weird that you’re listening to her at your house.
And it’s almost been two years [of dating] now.” During his appearance on the show, Stokes also revealed that while the pair got off to a flirtatious start, the romance almost fell apart before it really had a chance to blossom. The actor explained that they met after Ballerini slid into his DMs and they were chatting regularly while he was filming a movie in Bulgaria.
It all almost came crumbling down, however, when an injury landed him in hospital and Ballerini assumed Stokes was purposely ignoring her. “We started talking back and forth an.