Kayla Nicole spoke candidly about how the net vitriol she skilled amid ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce’s high-profile romance with Taylor Swift affected her “to the point” the place she’s questioned “my overall value as a person.”
Throughout Wednesday’s installment of the Fox actuality sequence “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test,” Nicole — who dated the star Chiefs tight finish on and off for 5 years — opened up concerning the fallout, expressing the hateful commentary has left her in a “state of vulnerability.”
“Going through a public breakup, just to be frank, it’s been overwhelming. I’ve never experienced anything like it,” the 32-year-old mannequin and influencer stated in a confessional.
“…Being reduced to a headline to something so small as someone’s ex-girlfriend, I feel like if I complete this [the ‘Special Forces’ challenge] it’ll be a massive impact for myself.”
Elsewhere within the episode, Kayla stated she will get “a lot of s–t” as a result of [Kelce] is courting “a mega superstar,” and that she “really” likes Swift, 35, calling the 14-time Grammy winner “very talented.”
Nicole went on to finish a bungee leaping problem in Wednesday’s episode however was pulled apart by the directing workers afterward.
Upon being proven an article centered on her, Kelce, 35, and Swift, the influencer detailed the detrimental commentary she’s skilled.
“It’s pretty constant. Exhausting,” she stated. “… It doesn’t matter. I could 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.”
When requested by a directing workers member why the chaos has made her query her worth, an emotional Kayla stated, “I think it’s just the comparison. It’s just like on loop. I think I’m still trying to figure out how to deal with it.”
Kelce and Nicole’s breakup was first reported in 2022.
A yr later, the three-time Tremendous Bowl champion was linked to Swift, with the couple stepping out publicly in October 2023 — a month after she attended her first Chiefs sport.
Wednesday’s installment of “Special Forces” shouldn’t be the primary time Kayla spoke out about how the trolling has affected her headspace.
Again in October, Kayla detailed what she has endured from Swift’s followers on Angel Reese’s “Unapologetically Angel” podcast.
“I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and online chaos doesn’t impact me,” she advised Reese on the time.
