Kayla Nicole, Travis Kelce’s former girlfriend, apologizes after old social media posts spark new backlash

Social media property and entrepreneur Kayla Nicole issued a nationalist apology aft years-old posts resurfaced and sparked renewed backlash.

Nicole, who was romantically linked to NFL prima Travis Kelce connected and disconnected for 5 years, appeared to deactivate her X relationship aft the "hurtful tweets" resurfaced past week.

"I privation to instrumentality a infinitesimal to sincerely apologize for the hurtful tweets I posted truthful galore years ago," a remorseful Nicole said Thursday successful a station connected her Instagram Stories. "Seeing them resurface past week has been incredibly difficult, and speechmaking them now, I’m ashamed that I ever thought oregon spoke that way. They were ignorant, hurtful and wholly wrong."

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Travis Kelce and girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, get to the NFL Honors amusement astatine the YouTube Theater connected Feb. 10, 2022 successful Inglewood, California. (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

Nicole past confirmed that she deleted her X relationship successful an effort to enactment an extremity to "a rhythm of hate."

"The pistillate I americium contiguous would ne'er usage those words oregon explicit those kinds of views. Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand however cruel and harmful online hatred tin be, and I would ne'er privation to adhd to that satellite of symptom successful immoderate form. I person since deleted those tweets and my X relationship entirely, due to the fact that I garbage to support that vigor live oregon lend to a rhythm of hate.

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"I instrumentality afloat work for what I posted, and I’m genuinely atrocious to anyone I whitethorn person hurt. My heart, values, and position are wholly rooted successful empathy, love, and respect for others. I can’t alteration the past, but I volition proceed showing done my actions who I’ve go and what I basal for today."

Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce and Kayla Nicole get for the 2018 ESPYS astatine Microsoft Theatre connected July 18, 2018; Los Angeles, California. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

The posts were initially shared successful the aboriginal 2010s and contained inappropriate language. Nicole’s Halloween costume — a recreation of vocalist Toni Braxton’s look from her "He Wasn’t Man Enough" euphony video — besides drew attention.

The costume prime led immoderate to speculate it was a motion to Nicole’s past feelings astir Kelce, a assertion she pushed backmost against.

After parting ways with Nicole, Kelce began dating vocalist Taylor Swift.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement successful August.  (TheStewartofNY/GC Images)

In August, the mates announced their engagement. Swift released her latest album, "Life of a Showgirl" past month. The lyrics of 1 of the songs titled, Opalite," appeared to instrumentality a changeable astatine Nicole.

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Swift has not publically addressed discussions surrounding the song’s lyrics.

Kelce is successful his 13th NFL season, each of which helium has spent successful Kansas City. The Chiefs were connected a bye past week. The squad returns to enactment Sunday for an AFC West showdown with the Denver Broncos.

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