{"id":226805,"date":"2026-03-06T12:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/morgan-evans-pokes-fun-at-chase-stokes-comment-amid-drama\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:46:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:46:35","slug":"morgan-evans-pokes-fun-at-chase-stokes-comment-amid-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/morgan-evans-pokes-fun-at-chase-stokes-comment-amid-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Evans Pokes Fun at Chase Stokes&#8217; Comment Amid Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kelsea-ballerini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kelsea Ballerini<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s ex-husband <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/morgan-evans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Morgan Evans <\/strong><\/a>had a not-so-subtle response to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/chase-stokes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chase Stokes<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeeling pretty masculine today,\u201d Evans, 40, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kelsea-ballerini-breaks-down-her-decision-to-divorce-morgan-evans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captioned an Instagram post<\/a> on Thursday, March 5. \u201cAlbum out in 2 weeks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evans shared multiple photos of him doing \u201cmasculine\u201d activities, including lifting a refrigerator over his head. A second image featured Evans looking underneath the hood of a car, where his upcoming album, <em>Steel Town<\/em>, was placed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Morgan Evans \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued to poke fun at Stokes\u2019 criticisms by chopping a piece of wood in a separate video. The country singer did it all with a smile, and his album \u2014 set to be released on March 20 \u2014 in frame.<\/p>\n<p>Evans\u2019 post received several positive comments, including one from <strong>Bobby Bones<\/strong>, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bobby-bones-defends-morgan-evans-after-chase-stokes-shade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found himself involved in the drama.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI laughed,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The social media response comes days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/chase-stokes-slams-kelsea-ballerinis-ex-morgan-evans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stokes took aim at Evans<\/a> in a since-deleted Instagram comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is about the most pathetic excuse of masculinity I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Stokes, 33, commented on an Instagram post from Bones, who was promoting his Tuesday, March 3, interview with Evans. \u201cGet a f***ing life.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/chase-stokes-morgan-evans-drama-explained-what-happened\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chase-Stokes-and-Morgan-Evans-.png?crop=0px%2C51px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Chase-Stokes-and-Morgan-Evans\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Chase-Stokes-and-Morgan-Evans-.png?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/chase-stokes-morgan-evans-drama-explained-what-happened\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Chase Stokes and Morgan Evans\u2018 Drama Over \u2018Masculinity\u2018 Explained<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tChase Stokes went after country singer Morgan Evans via social media following his comments about their mutual ex, Kelsea Ballerini. Evans appeared on Bobby Bones\u2019 \u201cThe BobbyCast\u201d podcast in March 2025, claiming that he was \u201cnot expecting\u201d his divorce from Ballerini. (The two singers were married from 2017 to 2022.) \u201cIt took me by surprise,\u201d [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The clip Bones posted featured Evans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/kelsea-ballerini-breaks-down-her-decision-to-divorce-morgan-evans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discussing his 2022 divorce<\/a> from Ballerini, 32, who Stokes has been dating on and off since 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Bones, 45, screenshotted the comment and responded with an Instagram video of his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re going to come that hard, maybe you don\u2019t want to take that [comment] down,\u201d Bones said, noting that only a small part of their interview was about the divorce.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:131.1%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4271530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Kelsea Ballerini\u2019s Ex Morgan Evans Pokes Fun at Chase Stokes' Comment\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2217371873-Chase-Stokes-Morgan-Evans.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Michael Tran \/ AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI thought he came off really well. I thought he was very kind in his version of events. There\u2019s three stories, right? There\u2019s his story, her story and the real story,\u201d Bones said. \u201cThis masculinity thing was just weird. Why would you challenge someone\u2019s masculinity?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Evans and Ballerini were married for nearly five years before announcing their split. Evans told Bones earlier this week that he was taken \u201cby surprise\u201d and was \u201cnot expecting\u201d a divorce.<\/p>\n<p>Evans wondered if he \u201cbecame an archetype for any guy that had done any woman wrong during that period of time,\u201d noting that it \u201cdoesn\u2019t not hurt\u201d when he sees comments from that time. Evans explained that his divorce, in part, inspired some of the songs on Steel Town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat whole time is such a blur. It almost feels like somebody else, just from where I\u2019m sitting now. I just look back and I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, my God,\u2019\u201d Evans said. \u201cYeah, it was just kind of a whirlwind, life-changing moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/morgan-evans-pokes-fun-at-chase-stokes-comment-amid-drama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelsea Ballerini\u2018s ex-husband Morgan Evans had a not-so-subtle response to Chase Stokes. \u201cFeeling pretty masculine today,\u201d Evans, 40, captioned an Instagram post on Thursday, March 5. \u201cAlbum out in 2 weeks!\u201d Evans shared multiple photos of him doing \u201cmasculine\u201d activities, including lifting a refrigerator over his head. 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