Who Is Chace Crawford Dating? Everything to Know About His Girlfriend Kelsey Merritt

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00:00Who is Chase Crawford dating? Everything to know about his girlfriend, Kelsey Merritt.

00:05The Gossip Girl Hunk is currently dating Kelsey Merritt,

00:09a Filipino-American model born and raised in Pampanga, Philippines.

00:13During an interview with Valeria Lipovetsky on the Not Alone podcast,

00:17Merritt spoke about her biracial identity and feeling not fully accepted by either race.

00:22Growing up, she was considered white in the Philippines and Asian in New York.

00:25The model added she fully identifies herself as Filipino and that she knows Filipino culture by heart.

00:32But if I could choose for myself, I would say Filipino, she declared.

00:37According to Flaunt, Merritt used her earnings as a model to study communications at Ateneo de Manila

00:42University, one of the top-ranked private institutions in the Philippines.

00:47After earning her degree, she moved to New York City and continued pursuing a modeling career.

00:51Just a year after moving to the U.S., Merritt debuted on the Victoria's Secret runway,

00:56becoming the first Filipino-American to do so.

00:59Celebrating on Instagram, she exclaimed,

01:01We did it, Philippines!

01:03And felt she won a beauty pageant.

01:05As of press time, Crawford's girlfriend has two million followers on Instagram,

01:09where she shares stunning fashion moments and vacation snapshots.

01:13Before dating Crawford, Merritt was romantically involved with Olympic swimmer Connor Dwyer.

01:18Describing her as sweet and humble, Dwyer shared they had been together almost a year,

01:23meeting during a Costa Rica vacation.

01:26Their relationship ended around June 2022 when Dwyer unfollowed her on Instagram.

01:31Merritt has also been linked to celebrities like Glenn Powell and James Marsden.

01:35Although it is unclear when exactly Crawford and Merritt first met,

01:38multiple outlets confirmed they began following each other on Instagram in November 2024.

01:43In January, they were spotted strolling around Los Angeles.

01:46After months of speculation, Merritt and Crawford seemed to confirm their relationship

01:51at Tiffany & Company's event in April.

01:53Two days earlier, they were seen kissing during an outing in New York City.

01:57The what-to-expect-when-you're-expecting actor went Instagram official with Merritt

02:02when he celebrated his 40th birthday in July.

02:05His Instagram stories showed a selfie with Merritt

02:07and a picture of her with a happy birthday darling cake.

02:10Have a great night.

02:21Bye, let's see that!