Kelsea Ballerini’s Italian Vacation With Her Boyfriend

Kelsea Ballerini has been in Italy recently and has been enjoying the country along with her boyfriend, actor Chase Stokes. Kelsea posted "photo dumps" of the trip on Instagram several times.

In the first post, Kelsea posted several images, including some of the beautiful sites, the buildings, and what she has been dining on, including a pizza oven photo. She captioned the photo dump with food and heart emojis.

Many fans commented on the post, including one who shared. "I just got back from Italy today…you had a different Italian vacay than I did (laughing emoji). I was a sweaty, swampy mess; you are perfection."

In the second post on her Italian vacation, Ballerini posted more of the same, ending with a blurry photo of her and Chase hugging.

In her third and final photo dump, Kelsea posted many photos from the trip, including one video where she and Chase climb a narrow, long staircase outdoors and get winded. She says in the clip, "Everyone tried to warn us about the stars, I wasn't ready. I can't breathe."

Ballerini is slated to make her debut VMA performance, treating fans to a world premiere performance from the expanded version of her EP Rolling Up The Welcome Mat (For Good). Kelsea's first appearance on the MTV stage comes on the same day as her 30th birthday (September 12).

Ballerini posted the news to Instagram. The announcement was captioned, "Boots: On Welcome Mats: Rolled OUT @kelseaballerini is making her #VMA DEBUT!! Watch her perform LIVE on Tuesday, September 12 on @mtv!"

Many of her die-hard fans reacted to the post, including one who said, "Yay, can't wait to watch." Another fan requested, "If you go down, I'm going down too, please." One more fan wrote, "So ready for this!"

The 2023 VMAs will air live from New Jersey's Prudential Center on Tuesday, September 12, at 8 PM ET/PT.