Actor Chace Crawford and model Kelsey Merritt have ended their relationship after more than a year together. Sources told TMZ that the split was amicable and the two remain friends.
The couple was first romantically linked in November 2024, and they made their relationship Instagram official in July 2025. They were last seen together in April 2026.
Crawford, 41, best known for his role as Nate Archibald in the CW's teen drama Gossip Girl, has previously spoken about his dating life. In June 2024, he admitted on the podcast Call Her Daddy that his love life was a "dumpster fire" at the time. He also revealed that he had joined the celebrity dating app Raya over the summer.
His last public relationship before Merritt was with actress Rebecca Rittenhouse, 37, whom he dated for three years before splitting in 2018. Rittenhouse later became engaged to Kyle Robiskie in September 2023.
Merritt, 29, who made history as the first Filipino woman to walk in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2018, has previously been linked to James Marsden, Jared Leto, and Olympic swimmer Conor Dwyer.
Crawford also confirmed in his Call Her Daddy interview that he had hooked up with one of his Gossip Girl co-stars. He explained that during the long hours on set, "there's some pretty interesting people from all walks of life" and that "you meet people in that wider circle." He noted that if he connected with someone's sense of humor, it could be "dangerous."
Over the years, Crawford has been romantically linked to Carrie Underwood, Rachelle Goulding, and Audrina Patridge.
