Charles Esten had a entrance row seat to the start of Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes’ love story.
Esten, 58, who stars alongside Stokes, 31, in Outer Banks and is mates with Ballerini, 30, revealed to Us Weekly that he was current for his or her first date. “He got here to city and we ended up going to a few our favourite bars, together with, if I’m not mistaken, Robert’s proper down on Broadway,” the actor shared whereas attending CMA Fest on Friday, June 7, in Nashville. “I used to be simply there to observe it blossom.” Esten famous that his spouse, Patty Hanson, went out with them as nicely, and so they have been “all simply hanging out.”
He added, “They’re simply each such nice individuals. Such good hearts, such sort souls, so creatively gifted that it was simply sort of cool to be there. I really like ’em each.”
The nation singer and Stokes have been first linked in January 2023 after they have been noticed collectively on the School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship in Los Angeles.
Ballerini confirmed the romance one month later throughout an look on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast, revealing that she’d slid into Chase’s DMs. “His deal with is ‘hichasestokes’ and I simply mentioned, ‘Hello Chase Stokes,’” she shared.
Esten, who bought to know Ballerini when she guest-starred on Nashville in 2016, has had his share of particular reminiscences with the singer — together with an encounter with Taylor Swift. “When Taylor Swift got here to city right here, this was years in the past once they have been in highschool and junior excessive I consider, and my candy pal Kelsey Ballerini, we went backstage and bought to hang around backstage on the massive live performance and the whole lot,” he recalled.
Outer Banks acquired a season 4 renewal days earlier than new episodes debuted on Netflix — and the journey is simply getting began. Earlier than season 3 premiered in February 2023, the solid confirmed there can be extra episodes whereas celebrating the present at a fan occasion. That very same month, creators Jonas Pate, Josh Pate, and Shannon […]
Nowadays, Esten is hitting the street for his new tour, which can take him throughout the nation, from Connecticut to Wisconsin. The actor credited his starring position as nation singer Deacon Claybourne on Nashville for propelling his music profession ahead.
“I might have by no means imagined a present like Nashville bringing me to Nashville, reopening this musical profession,” he shared. “I began out as a musician, as a singer songwriter in school. It was an extended circuitous route, however ultimately, I at all times really feel like I’m the place I’m meant to be. And that’s a very good feeling.”
Reporting by Jeremy Parsons
