Kelsea Ballerini is speaking out honestly about ending her marriage.
The 29-year-old “Heartfirst” singer spoke about her divorce on a recent appearance on the iHeartRadio podcast Tell Me About It. She admitted that it would have been a disservice to both her and her now ex-husband Morgan Evans to continue the marriage knowing all the issues that they were having.
Kelsea spoke about always being really “intuitive and in tune” with herself — and how at the time, she had a big feeling that her relationship with Morgan was on its last breath. She shared:
“For a while, it was kind of like, ‘OK, this is just a new phase of a relationship,’ because relationships go through seasons, right? And it’s not always going to be butterflies and rainbows.
For a long time, I was like, ‘Oh this is just… The glitter wears off. That’s what happens.’ And then you get into a phase where you wait for it to come back. And then sometimes it doesn’t.”
She confessed that the split was hard, but that it would have been worse to stay on in a marriage that just was not working:
“At the end of the day, it is such a disservice and a dishonoring of yourself if you know something is not right and you stay. [Shame] is the one thing that I just refuse to feel… Judge me for it, fine, that’s on you.”
Kelsea said that she now leans on her family and friends for support:
“Whether it was my mom or my dad or my friends, I’ve had my people really rally for me and I’m not ready to be alone yet.
And I don’t think that I’m avoiding anything, ’cause I’m definitely in my feels, cause I really want to heal properly… But yeah, I don’t think that’s what I need right now.”
