Kelsea Ballerini Denies Lip-Synching at People’s Country Music Awards

Ballerini, 30, belted out her hit “Mountain With a View” on the awards present, which was held at Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry on Thursday, September 28. Whereas many followers had been fast to reward the heartfelt ballad, others claimed her vocals weren’t real.

“I simply wanna say, if I used to be lip-synching, I’d’ve sounded so much higher,” Ballerini teased by way of her Instagram Story after the ceremony. “One of many cameras was off. Thanks and goodnight.”

In a subsequent Story, Ballerini shared a snap of herself posing backstage and giving the digicam a coy side-eye look. “Me singing stay watching different folks considering in any other case,” she captioned the unbothered pic.

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The primary annual Folks’s Selection Nation Awards aired on NBC, and the community gave Ballerini a shout-out as her efficiency confronted criticism on-line. “@KelseaBallerini’s FLAWLESS glitch-free efficiency 🤩 no person does stay vocals like her!” learn a tweet on Thursday alongside a video from the large night time.

Ballerini was up for 4 awards on the inaugural occasion, together with Folks’s Artist, Feminine Artist, Social Nation Artist and Greatest Album. She completed the night time empty-handed.

Ballerini attended the present with out boyfriend Chase Stokes. “He was at rehearsals,” she instructed E! Information on the crimson carpet. “It was his first time on the Opry, which was very enjoyable to indicate him round my residence away from residence. So, he’s right here in spirit.”

The couple first sparked relationship hypothesis in January after they had been noticed collectively on the School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship in Los Angeles. One month later, Ballerini — who break up from ex-husband Morgan Evans in August 2022 — defined how she reached out to Stokes with the encouragement of her supervisor.

“I slid into these DMs,” she revealed on an episode of the “Name Her Daddy” podcast. “He shoots [Outer Banks] in Charleston, and my supervisor lives there. …. He was like, ‘You recognize who’s actually cute, like, if you’re prepared? Chase.’ I used to be like, ‘You’re so proper.’”

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Ballerini continued: “His [Instagram] deal with is ‘hichasestokes’ and I simply mentioned, ‘Hello Chase Stokes.’ … I’ve my s—t collectively and for me to share that with anybody is a present. I need to be with somebody that feels the identical approach about their life. … I’m a relationship bitch.”

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The 2 have been going robust ever since, making their crimson carpet debut on the CMT Music Awards in April. They later attended Selection and the Golden Globes’ Venice Movie Pageant collectively in matching black apparel and donned complimentary crimson ‘suits of the 2023 MTV VMAs in August, the place Ballerini carried out her hit single “Penthouse” whereas celebrating her thirtieth birthday. 

“They work so properly as a result of they’ve enjoyable collectively,” a supply completely instructed Us Weekly in July. “They’ve a no-drama relationship and might simply be themselves.”