Chace Crawford and Kelsey Merritt have called it quits on their romance.
The Gossip Girl heartthrob, 41, and the Victoria’s Secret model, 29, have parted ways after more than a year of dating, according to TMZ.
Their split was amicable and they remain friends, sources told the outlet.
The duo, who were last seen in April, were first romantically linked in November 2024 but did not make things Instagram official until July 2025.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Crawford and Merritt’s representatives for comment.
Last year, Crawford couldn’t keep his lips off the model as they were seen packing on the PDA while on vacation in Sardinia, Italy, aboard a luxury yacht.
Chace Crawford, 41, and Kelsey Merritt, 29, have called it quits on their romance. Above, the two are pictured in 2025 in New York City
The two fueled dating rumors in 2024 after following each other on Instagram and posting similar pictures to their respective Instagram accounts from St Barts.
Merritt had previously been linked to James Marsden, Jared Leto and Olympic swimmer Conor Dwyer.
In June 2024, Crawford revealed he was single during an episode of Alex Cooper’s podcast Call Her Daddy.
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 had been with actress Rebecca Rittenhouse from whom he split in 2018 after three years of dating. In September 2023, his ex 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 acknowledged 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, confessed he had.
Their split was amicable and they remain friends, sources told the outlet. The now exes are seen together in 2025 at the US Open in New York
The duo, who were first romantically linked in November 2024, were last publicly seen at the Falconeri Dinner at Getty House on April 23, 2026 (pictured)
‘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 sexy 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 co-stars at the time.
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
Crawford’s last public relationship prior to Merritt was with actress Rebecca Rittenhouse from whom he split from in 2018 after three years of dating. They are seen in 2015
Crawford (seated in the car) is best known for playing wealthy Manhattan heartthrob Nate Archibald in the hit teen drama series Gossip Girl
Some of the off-screen romances 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 to Carrie Underwood, Rachelle Goulding and Audrina Patridge.
