Kelsea Ballerini Shares Cryptic Message Amid Chase Stokes, Morgan Evans Drama
No fig deal, but Chase Stokes just got a new tattoo.
Weeks after his breakup with Kelsea Ballerini, the Outer Banks star debuted ink inspired by a Bible passage across the back of his shoulders. As seen in Instagram photos shared by tattoo artist Daniel Winter March 12, Chase’s latest body art read in a delicate script, “They will judge us by our fruit.”
The quote appears to be a reference to Matthew 7:16, in which Jesus Christ cautioned his disciples about people’s actions, not their words.
to be taken from Matthew 7:16, in which Jesus Christ cautioned his disciples about people’s actions, not their words.
The new ink adds to Chase’s already-expansive tattoo collection, which includes a matching Virgo star sign with his ex Kelsea.
“I spilled it on here that we have matching tattoos, so we can’t break up,” Kelsea quipped to Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper during a November 2023 episode. “We got them like three weeks ago. It’s like the littlest thing you’ll ever see in your life.”
As for why they chose to honor their shared zodiac symbol?
“I used to really resent my Virgo-ness because, to me, it was very control freak,” the country singer explained. “He and I have really allowed ourselves to love that part of ourselves and each other—just the need to communicate well, be loyal and planning is not a bad thing when it’s for the right things.”
For Chase, his ink collection is a “sketchbook of life.”
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“I was scared of needles and permanence, and I never thought I would get a tattoo,” he told V magazine last year. “The first time I got tattooed, I did it as a way of conquering a fear.”
That’s why the majority of his tattoos have “a lot of meaning.”
“Like, ‘1939’ was the year my grandmother was born, and she basically raised me as a young kid,” he said of the numbers inked on his right bicep. “Then the other one right next to it is a dove. It says, ‘Love, Joan,’ which is the last signature she wrote on a Christmas card to me before she passed.”
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While many of his Chase’s tats hold sentimental value, there are some that he got just for fun—such as the small smiley face inked on his right wrist.
“It kind of started out as a joke,” he quipped of the design. “His name’s Frank.”
For more celebrity tattoos with hidden meanings, read on.
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