Travis Kelce’s former girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, seemingly took another jab at the NFL player and his relationship with Taylor Swift, this time in a very public venue.
Having dated Kelce intermittently over five years, Nicole previously ruffled the feathers of Swift’s fans in October. Many believed her Halloween attire was a veiled critique of the star athlete.
For the occasion, she donned a Toni Braxton-inspired look, recreating the music video for Braxton’s 2000 hit “He Wasn’t Man Enough For Me.” The song includes the line, “Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?”
On Saturday night, Nicole once again risked the ire of Swift’s dedicated followers by appearing on stage with Braxton during the singer’s tour with New Edition and Boyz II Men.
Nicole, clad in a shimmering minidress that highlighted her long, toned legs, confidently joined Braxton’s backup dancers at The Forum in Las Vegas. Together, they impressed the audience with the classic choreography from “He Wasn’t Man Enough For Me.”
In footage acquired by The Daily Mail, Nicole experienced a minor slip early in the captivating performance, misstepping a few moves, yet she quickly regained her composure and continued to shine.
Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole appeared to take another dig at the NFL star
The model joined Toni Braxton onstage to perform the dance from her viral Halloween video
Fans were convinced that Nicole was throwing shade at ex Kelce and his fiancee Taylor Swift
Nicole beamed as she soaked up the crowd’s wild reaction, and later claimed it was the ‘Best. day. EVER.’ in the comment section of Braxton’s post on Instagram.
However, Nicole’s moment in the spotlight may have landed her in hot water with the Swifties once again.
Swift’s supporters tore into the social media star last Fall when they were convinced with her viral Halloween music video.
In the clip, she was seen performing the same choreography from the original music video as she mimed along to the lyrics: ‘Did you know about us back then? Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?’
‘I’m not thinking ’bout him / But you married him / Do you know I made him leave?
‘Do you know he begged to stay with me? / He wasn’t man enough for me.’
Yet, despite a number of users suggesting it was a shot at Swift over Kelce, Nicole later stressed that she is ‘not in the business of tearing other women down’ after setting the record straight about her Halloween shoot.
‘Halloween is an opportunity for me not to be myself and to dress up as someone that I admire, someone that I’ve been a fan of, someone that I think is chef’s kiss,’ the 34-year-old said on her ‘The Pre-Game’ podcast.
Nicole dressed up as R&B icon Toni Braxton and mimed along to lyrics about dumping a lover who ‘wasn’t man enough for me’
‘You guys don’t want celebrities… to dress up as celebrities, but I’m confused because what am I supposed to do?’ she asked. ‘A doctor? Superwoman?’
Nicole then took aim at those who ‘try to project their own narratives’ before saying: ‘I’m not in the business of tearing other women down. I am in the business of celebrating them.’
The influencer’s tribute to Braxton came after speculation that Taylor dissed Travis’ ex on her new track Opalite – a song she’s admitted is about her fiance.
Lyrics in the song which read ‘You were in it for real, she was in her phone / And you were just a pose’ were quickly pegged as a dig at Nicole, who Kelce once publicly scolded for constantly being on her phone.
In one resurfaced clip, the Kansas City Chiefs icon is heard telling her: ‘Oh my God. Get off your phone… You’re not even drinking your wine anymore, can we go?’
Amid her rumored beef with Swift, Nicole was forced to delete her social media after a series of offensive posts, allegedly shared by her, emerged online.
The alleged posts were shared in 2010 and made use of ‘racist’ and ‘homophobic’ language, which was repeatedly used in reference to disenfranchised groups.
The influencer later insisted her viral Halloween costume was not a dig at Kelce and Swift
According to screenshots circulating online, Nicole appeared to rant against a ‘dumb fat Mexican h**’ and in another she allegedly claimed: ‘Asian ppl rude as f***’.
In another of the alleged posts, she used a homophobic slur and threatened to ‘smack the hell outta’ gay people if they act ‘bold’.
Elsewhere in the thread of alleged posts, Nicole said ‘I live [sic] gay people!’ but went on to say ‘not enough’ to want a gay child herself.
It’s believed that the posts were dredged up by users on the platform after Swift was rumored to have referenced Nicole on her recent album ‘The Life of a Showgirl.’
