Relationships
It's Official! Chace Crawford Just Hard Launched Kelsey Merritt On Social Media
Published on Jul 20, 2025
Instagram Stories have become the go-to platform for hard-launching a relationship. And guess what? Chace Crawford is the latest to jump on the trend. The Gossip Girl actor finally hard-launched Filipina model Kelsey Merritt on social media—and he did it on his 40th birthday.
In two Instagram Stories posted by Chace, fans got a glimpse of a quiet, personal celebration. The first showed Kelsey holding a cake with "Happy Birthday, Darling!" written on it. Yep, that's definitely a hard launch.
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The second was a mirror selfie of the two taken inside an apartment—no big setup, just something simple and close to home.
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Are Chace Crawford And Kelsey Merritt Dating?
Speculation about the relationship of the two started last year. In November 2024, Kelsey and Chace became Instagram mutuals, which already got people talking. But when paparazzi photos of them together surfaced online, the Internet really started buzzing.
Celebrity gossip account DeuxMoi previously spotted that Kelsey and Chace had posted matching Instagram Stories of fireworks in St. Barts over New Year's. Coincidence? We think not.
Still, both of them kept quiet. No posts, no interviews, no confirmation—not until now. Chace's IG Story says it all.
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