Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes are making public appearances as a pair now, and so they’re all smiles about it … regardless of her messy divorce drama with Morgan Evans.

KB and CS hit up the New York Rangers recreation Thursday evening at Madison Sq. Backyard … and through their time within the stands, Chase grabs her by the chin for a kiss … actual romantic stuff.

The couple appears to be in nice spirits — whereas we have seen them throughout one another at LAX, and havin’ a good time at a Nashville honky tonk … that is the primary time they’ve each gone to a public occasion as a duo. That we all know of, at the very least.

In fact, Kelsea being on cloud 9 comes on the heels of some critical turmoil between her and her ex-husband. The drama did not finish when she and Morgan known as it quits final yr, as a result of Kelsea dropped an album on Feb. 14 in regards to the finish of their marriage.

What’s extra, she went on the “Name Her Daddy” podcast final week — digging deeper into her facet of what she noticed as a nasty break up, blaming him for forcing her to do stuff like quit half the home or cough up alimony.

As we reported, her current feedback acquired a public response out of Morgan, who stated she’s leaving out “what actually occurred.”

He stored issues fairly imprecise, however there are experiences Kelsea cheated on Morgan again in 2019 with The Chainsmokers member Drew Taggart. Kelsea allegedly advised Morgan about it in 2021, which led to the divorce.