Kayla Nicole, Travis Kelce‘s ex-girlfriend, recently broke her silence about the social media backlash since the celebrated global pop sensation, Taylor Swift, started dating Kelce. Even though she has moved on with her life, hatred and rumors tend to haunt her because of her previous relationship with the Kansas City Chiefs star.
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The Impact of Kelce and Swift’s High-Profile Relationship
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are the ultimate power couple for over a year now, with Swift spotted at her first Kansas City Chiefs game in September 2023.Fans immediately catapulted onto this power couple, little did everyone know that the publicity surrounding the NFL star and the Grammy-winning artist would come at the cost of Kelce’s former girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, who has been absorbing social media hostility.
In the recent sit-down on the WNBA star Angel Reese’s podcast, Unapologetically Angel, Nicole shared her honest take on the fallout she experienced once Kelce’s relationship with Swift went public .
Kayla Nicole Opens Up About Hate
Nicole, who dated Kelce from 2017 to 2022, revealed the harsh reality of being linked to such a high-profile relationship. Reflecting on the negative comments she receives, she said:
“I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and online chaos doesn’t impact me, because it does, even to this day.”
After all, people still have much to say about her worth and career in most of her latest posts.
“You can go to my most recent post and there will be people debating each other why I’m worthless, and I’ll never be a talented person and I have no career.”
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Addressing the Rumors: “It Has Nothing to Do with Me”
She also told the reason behind the hate she has faced. According to her, she has not done something that warrants her being bombarded with hate, and ” the extreme fame surrounding Kelce and Swift is what attracts negative attention:”
“It has nothing to do with me. I think that there’s something about that level of fame that attracts crazy people. It’s unfortunate, because I’ve never done anything to warrant that kind of backlash.”
Her insight gives a peek into the effects public attention can cause, even when they’re not in the limelight anymore.
Dismissing the Rumors About Kelce Being “Cheap”
Another rumor that has been haunting Nicole ever since she and Kelce broke up relates to the apparent frugality of the Chiefs tight end. Most fans thought that this was one of the major reasons why they had to split; he was asking them to split the bill on dates. However, according to the podcast, Nicole shot this down.
“That was never an issue in our relationship, but it was definitely a rumor on the internet,” she clarified.
Nicole branded the whole situation as “ridiculous” and further added that even Kelce had talked about the rumor in the past:
“That was ridiculous. But he addressed it too. I don’t even know why that became a thing.”
Revelations from Kayla Nicole give a very clear view on the intense scrutiny attachment with celebrity couples brings. Given that Nicole is now out of Kelce, online hate and baseless rumors continue to trail her. But Nicole has remained extremely grounded, which brings to emphasis how much of the backlash is not about her and everything to do with the media circus about Kelce and Swift.
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