Sports journalist Kayla Nicole just lately opened up in regards to the detrimental feedback she says she receives on-line amid her ex Travis Kelce’s present relationship with singer Taylor Swift.
Throughout a Thursday episode of the “Unapologetically Angel” podcast, hosted by WNBA star Angel Reese, Nicole responded to a number of questions on her previous relationship and breakup with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish.
When Reese requested Nicole if on-line negativity from Swift followers has affected her, the health entrepreneur mentioned: “I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and just, like, online chaos doesn’t impact me. It does, even to this day.”
“You could go to my most recent post and it will be people debating each other why I am worthless and I’ll never be a talented person and I have no career and I’m a bum,” she continued.
Urgent additional, the Chicago Sky participant requested Nicole why she thinks she receives such hate, with Reese saying Nicole displayed “grace” whereas leaving her relationship with Kelce.
“[It has] nothing to do with me,” Nicole mentioned, gesturing to Kelce’s present romance with out saying Swift’s identify. “I think that there is something about that level of fame that attracts crazy people. And it’s unfortunate because I’ve never done anything to warrant that kind of backlash.”
Michael Kovac through Getty Photographs
Kelce and Nicole went public with their relationship in 2017, courting on and off till their cut up in 2022.
The Chiefs tight finish and Swift started courting final yr, sparking a media frenzy.
Nicole has beforehand opened up about receiving on-line backlash amid Kelce’s newest romance.
In April, she shared a put up on X, previously Twitter, asking individuals to depart her alone.
“I’m unproblematic. Mind my business. Never respond to the constant vitriol,” she wrote on the time. “Solid as they come & don’t expect a pat on the back for it either. Just know everyone has a breaking point & would love for ‘yall’ (because you know exactly who you are) to leave me alone.”
“Sorry lovely. You’re gorgeous and talented and should be recognized for that,” one individual responded on the time. “I’m a Swiftie, but hate that you’re caught up in that. It’s not cool.”
Elsewhere in her interview with Reese, Nicole mentioned a number of the tough components about her breakup with Kelce, similar to shedding the shut relationships she’d constructed along with his teammates and their wives.
“That was like family,” she mentioned.
However Nicole additionally tried to maintain issues optimistic as she mirrored on her previous romance with the NFL participant.
“It was great. He’s a great guy,” she instructed Reese. “That was a good time in my life.”
