Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole is actually a fan of Taylor Swift, despite “being reduced to a headline” amid the stars’ headline-dominating love story.
The 33-year-old sports commentator opens up about her stance on the Grammy winner during Wednesday’s third season premiere of Fox’s “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.” The reality series sends a group of celebrities to undergo training with former Special Forces operatives.
“Going through a public breakup, just to be frank, it’s been overwhelming,” says Nicole, who split from the Kansas City Chiefs tight end in 2022, after five years on-and-off. “I’ve never experienced anything like it — reduced to a headline, to something so small as someone’s ex-girlfriend.”
The influencer and model then tells her fellow contestants that she “actually really like[s]” Swift and thinks “she’s very talented.”
Nicole is later shown a headline about the trolling she’s endured amid the romance between the pop superstar and her Super Bowl champ ex.
“It’s pretty constant. Exhausting,” Nicole says. “I can post about the sky being blue and people will have a response about an ex and their new situation. It’s inadvertently affected me to the point where it makes me question just my overall value as a person. … It’s just the comparison. It’s just like on loop. I think I’m still trying to figure out how to deal with that.”
Back in October, Nicole also reflected on the backlash she’s faced since Swift and Kelce’s relationship began in July 2023.
“I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and just, like, online chaos didn’t impact me. It does. Even to this day,” she told the “Unapologetically Angel” podcast, adding that Kelce is “a great guy.”
