Kayla Nicole has shaken off her break up with Travis Kelce – and has fully embraced his relationship with Taylor Swift.
Kayla, who dated Travis on and off for five years, revealed that she is actually a Swiftie – despite previous claims that she is bitter over the separation.
The model, 29, was chatting with other contestants on the season premiere of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test on FOX, when she made the revelation about how she really felt about the Bad Blood singer, 35.
‘I really, like, like her,’ Kayla said. ‘I think that she’s very talented.’
Last year, Kayla admitted to Page Six that going through a public breakup was ‘overwhelming,’ noting the criticism and negative comments she received from Kelce and Swift’s fanbases.
‘Being reduced to a headline, to something so small as someone’s ex-girlfriend? I feel like if I complete this [show], it’ll be a massive impact for myself,’ she explained.
Kayla added that she is still trolled online occasionally, despite the fact that she and Travis, also 35, broke up in 2022.
‘It’s inadvertently affected me to a point where it makes me question, just like my overall value as a person or a partner,’ she candidly shared.
Kayla, who dated Travis on and off for five years, revealed that she is actually a Swiftie – despite previous claims that she is bitter over the separation
Taylor and Travis first went public with their romance in September 2023.
Kayla appeared on WNBA star Angel Reese’s podcast in October last year, where she opened up on the abuse she has received from Swift’s die-hard legion of fans amid the new romance.
‘I think the combination of everything is the perfect storm to make you want to disappear from the world entirely,’ she said on the show.
‘Behind closed doors, the hardest part is losing a partner, a best friend, speaking every day to cutting ties. Then you throw in social media.
‘I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and online chaos didn’t impact me, even to this day. You could go to my most recent posts and people would be debating why I am worthless.
‘It is nothing to do with me. I think there is something about that level of fame that attracts crazy people, which is unfortunate because I don’t think I have done anything to warrant that kind of backlash.’
The interview on Angel’s show, titled Unapologetically Angel, sparked heavy backlash from the songstress’s loyal fanbase with many telling her to ‘get over’ her past relationship.
Kayla also made headlines after discussing the Chiefs tight end, claiming Taylor is the reason she no longer speaks to other Kansas City Chiefs WAGs.
Amongst many other revelations – including that she cannot not speak to Travis if they ever see each other in public – Kayla revealed she has drifted apart from some of the wives and girlfriends of Chiefs players she used to be close with.
Kayla dated Travis on and off for five years until 2022 (pictured together in 2020)
Last year, Kayla admitted to Page Six that going through a public breakup was ‘overwhelming,’ (pictured together in February 2022)
Kayla appeared on WNBA star Angel Reese’s podcast in October last year, where she opened up on the abuse she has received from Swift’s die-hard legion of fans
Taylor and Travis first went public with their romance in September 2023 (pictured together in October 2024)
During another interview with Radar Online, Kayla hinted that she is no longer as close with the group because of Swift’s frequent visits to KC.
‘We are not as cool as we once were,’ she said.
Kayla was a bridesmaid for Brittany Mahomes when she married Chiefs quarterback Patrick, who is good friends with Travis.
However, Travis’ ex revealed last year that she had unfollowed the Mahomes family on social media amid their close relationship with Swift.
She said to People: ‘The reality is I know these people in real life.
‘But publicly, because things are happening so quickly and so publicly, I have to protect myself. That’s really all that is. The love is still there.’
