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Kelsea Ballerini Pauses Concert to Call Out Audience Over Comments About Ex Morgan Evans
Country music singer Kelsea Ballerini, who was married to Morgan Evans from 2017 to 2022, briefly stopped her Hollywood, Fla., concert on Feb. 23 to tell the crowd to not add hateful words to her ex.
Kelsea Ballerini is ready to do-si-do beyond her past relationships.
The “Cowboys Cry Too” singer briefly stopped her Hollywood, Fla., concert Feb. 23 to address the crowd, who had ad-libbed their own lyrics to shade her ex-husband Morgan Evans.
During the performance of her song “Penthouse,” which is seemingly about her relationship with Morgan—whom she divorced in 2022—Kelsea sang, “It hurts putting s–t in a box / And now we don’t talk / And it stings rolling up the welcome mat / Knowing you got half.”
But after the pause in the song—during which one attendee said online that others took the opportunity shout profanities at Morgan—Kelsea called out the unnecessary language.
“Guys, we have to stop saying that,” she said in a video post to TikTok Feb. 24. “Seriously, we’re three years past it, everything’s fine now. I sing the song for you now, it’s not about me anymore, please.”
And while it wasn’t clear exactly what the fans sang along, one user noted, “For everyone who doesn’t know—people say ‘F You Morgan’ during the pause. She has asked multiple times for people to stop. She is healed and wants to move on.”
After the light scolding of the crowd, Kelsea invited them to join her for the rest of the song. As she added, “Alright, for everyone that’s moving forward with their life, will you sing this with me?”
While Kelsea was adamant about sticking to lyrics of “Penthouse,” it’s not the first time she has addressed the breakup tune. In fact, the 31-year-old—who debuted her romance with Chase Stokes in 2023—has updated some of the original words since its February 2023 release.
During a concert that August, Kelsea made a slight change to the lyrics, singing “I kissed someone new last night / But now I don’t care where you’re sleeping, baby,” instead of “But now I don’t know where you’re sleeping, baby,” indicating that she had moved on from the heartbreak. She also re-released the song that same year, adding the words “(Healed Version)” to its name.
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Since that healing moment, Kelsea—who had been married to Morgan for five years before their 2022 split—has been open about the joy she finds in her relationship with Stokes.
“I’m happy,” she told E! News in October of their relationship, “and everything is as it should.”
And though Kelsea is focused on “the right now,” she isn’t opposed to one day tying the knot with the Outer Banks star.
“I would never say never to anything,” she added. “Anything that I’ve said a hard no to in my life, I have come back and challenged myself on.”
