Kelsea Ballerini Gave Her Ex-Husband Their House So She Could Leave the Marriage
“Who you marry is not who you divorce,” she said. “As he’s putting out a song about being blindsided, he’s taking half the house that he didn’t pay for.”
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On Valentine’s Day, Kelsea Ballerini released a surprise EP and short film, Rolling Up the Welcome Mat, all about the dissolution of her marriage—and it seemed like that’d be all the comment the country superstar would make on the topic. But Ballerini dropped into Call Her Daddy to share more details on her relationship and disclose the actual price of leaving her marriage.
That price? “Half the house” she bought for herself and her ex-husband, country singer Morgan Evans—a five-bedroom house in Nashville that she coated with floral wallpaper and overstuffed velvet chairs, giving it the maximalist appearance of my dreams. (In November, Ballerini bought Kacey Musgraves’ house.)
“Who you marry is not who you divorce,” Ballerini told host Alex Cooper. “As he’s putting out a song about being blindsided, he’s taking half the house that he didn’t pay for.” Ballerini said she did have a prenup, but “it was kind of like [the house] or alimony.”