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Kelsea Ballerini Shuts Down Chanting Expletive About Her Ex

Kelsea Ballerini wasn’t happy with fans chanting an expletive about her ex-husband Morgan Evans while she sang her song “Penthouse.” Wearing a dazzling long black jacket over a red outfit,…

Kelsea Ballerini poses in a peach dress.
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Kelsea Ballerini wasn't happy with fans chanting an expletive about her ex-husband Morgan Evans while she sang her song "Penthouse."

Wearing a dazzling long black jacket over a red outfit, Ballerini shut fans down for the chant and even stopped singing the song mid-way. She told the crowd, "You have to stop that. Seriously."

She added, "We're three years past it. Everything's fine now. I sing this song for you now. It's not about me anymore. Please. Please."

She then walked to the front of the stage, saying, "All right, for everyone else moving forward with their life, will you sing this with me?" Then she sang the final verses of the song.

One fan posted the moment on TikToK.

Kelsea and fellow country singer Morgan Evans were divorced in late 2022, and many of the songs on her Rolling Up The Welcome Mat album were inspired by the breakup. The couple met in 2016 while co-hosting Australia's Country Music Channel Awards. They were married for five years.

Ballerini recently appeared on Cosmopolitan Magazine's Instagram "Cheap Shots" series and refused to deal a cheap shot to her fellow coaches on The Voice: John Legend, Adam Levine, and Michael Buble.

Kelsea reads the question: "Rank your fellow Voice coaches from most to least talented."

She says to the camera, "That's insane of you." She then names her fellow coaches and says, "I'm on a group chat that lights up anytime any of us talks about each other. I can not do this. I can not do it, and I won't. I simply won't." She takes a sip of a "shot" and notes to the crew, "That was nice," commenting on the great taste of the shot. She then asked, "That wasn't the cheap shot?" and the director confirms, "No."

The country star added, "I will say, I love and adore all three of these guys. They are good humans and great artists, and none of them are the least talented. Period."

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.