Chace Crawford and Victoria’s Secret model Kelsey Merritt all but confirmed their heavily speculated romance while stepping out together in Los Angeles on Sunday.

After fueling dating rumors late last year after following each other on Instagram and posting similar pictures to their respective Instagram accounts from St. Barts, the 39-year-old Gossip Girl star and Brazilian bombshell, 28, were seen out together for the first time on a coffee run.

The couple looked in high spirits as they chatted over their drinks and enjoyed some fresh air. 

For their laid-back outing, Crawford sported a black long sleeve, jeans, a backwards baseball cap and sunglᴀsses.

Meanwhile, Merritt rocked a white sweater, matching pants and a pair of ɴuᴅᴇ ballet flats with black tips. 

Neither Crawford or Merritt have publicly commented on the dating rumors.  

Chace Crawford and Victoria’s Secret model Kelsey Merritt all but confirmed their heavily speculated romance while stepping out together in Los Angeles on Sunday

She has previously been linked to Jared Leto and Olympian swimmer Conor Dwyer. 

In June, Crawford revealed he was single during an episode of Alex Cooper’s podcast Call Her Daddy. 

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Although, he tends to keep his relationships out of the spotlight, he admitted to the host that his love life was currently a ‘dumpster fire.’ 

His last public relationship was with actress Rebecca Rittenhouse, whom he split from in 2018 after three years of dating. 

In September 2023, she got engaged to Kyle Robiskie. 

The performer also noted that he joined the highly exclusive, celebrity dating app Raya over the summer.

Before entering his relationship with Merritt, he admitted that, despite his status as a Hollywood heartthrob, online dating had been going ‘terribly.’

When asked if he had ever hooked up with one of his Gossip Girl co-stars, the actor, best known for playing Nate Archibald on The CW’s hit teen drama, admitted he had.

After fueling dating rumors late last year after following each other on Instagram and posting similar pictures to their respective Instagram accounts from St. Barts, the 39-year-old Gossip Girl star and Brazilian bombshell, 28, were seen out together for the first time while heading out for a coffee

In June, Crawford revealed he was single during an episode of Alex Cooper’s podcast Call Her Daddy

Merritt, who became the first Filipino woman to walk in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2018, has previously been linked to Jared Leto and Olympian swimmer Conor Dwyer; seen in 2018

‘I would say those things are inevitable,’ Crawford coyly confirmed. ‘When you’re in your 20s… the thing is you’re on these things—people probably think it’s these Sєxy scenes or whatever, that’s like the worst part of it, with 60 people watching. It’s the downtime. You’re doing this show, you’re on set for like 12-14 hours a day and usually there’s some pretty interesting people from all walks of life.’ 

He seemed to imply that his real-life hookup was not with one of the show’s main, original cast members (like Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, or Taylor Momsen.) 

‘There’s a lot of actors and people coming onto the show, over the years,’ he added. ‘And I was fortunate enough to have in the city a really good friend group. And everyone else has their little friend group. So you meet people in that wider circle, it’s not just that tiny little circle. There’s a lot of people involved. But again, it was like our college experience.’ 

The actor acknowledged he was ‘absolutely’ aware of the other workplace romances and relationships between his costars, at the time. 

His last public relationship was with actress Rebecca Rittenhouse, whom he split from in 2018 after three years of dating

Crawford and Rittenhouse met while filming the movie Blood and Oil; seen on set of the 2015 drama

Some of the off-screen included Lively and Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr as well as Leighton and Sebastian Stan — all of whom went on to marry other people.

Crawford noted, for him, if he connects ‘right away’ with someone’s ‘sense of humor’ on set that it can be dangerous. 

‘Like if you have a rapport and can kind of banter, and give each other s**t. I’m like, “Oh, I gotta watch out,”‘ he confessed. 

Over the years, Crawford has been romantically linked romantically linked to Carrie Underwood, Rachelle Goulding and Audrina Patridge