Kelsea Ballerini and Morgan Evans felt they 'had no choice' but to divorce after spending years working on their marriage. Exclusive details:
in December 2017, even “privately separated at one point” before getting back together. They “gave another go at it, trying their best to make it work,” but the country singers couldn’t find common ground.Ballerini, 28,. She listed Friday as their official date of separation and cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their split.
The “Peter Pan” songstress first announced that she and Evans, 37, were getting a divorce on Monday, August 29, in a statement via her Instagram Story. “Friends, I’ve always tried my best to share my life with you in a real and vulnerable way, while also protecting layers of my personal life as they unfold,” Ballerini wrote via Instagram Story on Monday morning. “This is now public record so I wanted you to hear from me directly that I am going through a divorce.”She went on to ask fans to support both her and the Australia native amid the breakup.
“I am very sad to confirm that after almost 5 years of marriage, Kelsea and I are parting ways. I wish it were otherwise but sadly it is not,” the musician wrote on Monday.Despite their domestic difficulties, the show must go on. Both are about to hit the stage for various performance. Evans will take the stage first. He is scheduled to play a show in Santa Clarita, California, on Saturday, September 3, before playing several shows across the northeast throughout early September.