Kelsea Ballerini opens up about what it’s like to navigate a post-divorce relationship in front of the public.

The superstar, before releasing her latest album, Patternscame by Sunday today with Willie Geistand in a preview clip shared exclusively with BillboardBallerini says dating actor Chase Stokes as a celebrity involves a lot of “trial and error,” adding, “I’m not used to the interest in me as a person, even though I warmed up until the last minute.” few years. For a long time, I was used to being the girl who sings “Peter Pan” to people. I love that, I love that role. As for the locks Welcome Matt opened insofar as the human me, girl me, is now different. I’m still working on how I share things and how I share and my relationship and all that stuff. It’s not normal, so I think it’s fair enough that it ebbs and flows.”

Ballerini and Stokes went public with their romance in February 2023 and since then they have walked a number of red carpets together and regularly chronicled their love affair on their socials. That same month, Ballerini dropped her Rolling up the welcome mat EP, detailing the devastation of her divorce from fellow American Morgan Evans.

“I think the great thing about being with an artist – in a different field than an artist – is that it also comes down to being with a truth teller,” she told Geist about dating the Outdoor benches star. ‘When I got into this relationship, I wasn’t done with it yet Welcome Matt it. I remember sending that EP to him and I said, ‘Hey, eventually you’re going to ask. So I’m just going to go ahead and give this to you.” He lifted that record, supported it and was on stage the whole time. That takes someone who really celebrates telling the truth and believes in the person doing it.”

Watch the exclusive clip featuring Ballerini below, and the full sit-down airs this Sunday (October 27) on NBC’s Sunday today with Willie Geist.