Kayla Nicole seemingly mirrored on what went unsuitable in her relationship with Travis Kelce as he prepares to marry fiancée Taylor Swift.
Throughout a TikTok reside dialog with Love Island’s Ace Greene on Thursday, February 19, Nicole, 34, revealed her final relationship was “in all probability, like, three years in the past now.”
“It’s been a very long time,” she shared within the video, based on TMZ.
When Greene, 23, requested, “Why did your final relationship not work?” Nicole wasn’t precisely certain, however made a telling assertion about her ex Kelce, 36.
Joe Scarnici/Getty Pictures Travis Kelce and Kayla Nicole went by a number of relationship ups and downs earlier than splitting for good in 2022. The exes dated on and off for 5 years after Nicole kicked issues off by sending him an Instagram DM in 2017. “He had been following me and insta-flirting for a number of months,” she (…)
“Who is aware of. (It) may very well be compatibility points,” Nicole stated, or it might’ve been, “Proper particular person, unsuitable time.”
Nicole and Kelce dated on and off for 5 years after connecting on social media in 2017.
“He had been following me and insta-flirting for a number of months,” Nicole revealed by way of her Instagram Story in June 2022.
Travis Kelce, Kayla Nicole.
Amy Sussman/Getty PicturesShe recalled the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish “liking” a number of of her posts, however claimed he by no means despatched her a DM, so she took cost.
“Soooo after a bit liquid braveness and a pep speak from @iqueenb (one thing alongside the traces of ‘WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR’) I dm’d him on New Years,” Nicole revealed.
The pair went public with their relationship in Might 2017 whereas attending a marriage of one among Kelce’s teammates.
Information broke in August 2020 that Kelce and Nicole had break up, however they have been again collectively by that November. The couple known as it quits for good in Might 2022.
Travis Kelce’s ex, Kayla Nicole, hit headlines final week, when she spoke about how his relationship with Taylor Swift had affected her — however now says she regrets being so open. The sports activities reporter and influencer, 32, says she initially felt good about how she’d come throughout on the Unapologetically Angel podcast, however later wished (…)
The next yr, Kelce shut down “loopy” rumors that he and Nicole broke up as a result of he was “too low-cost.”
“Don’t purchase into that s***. I’d by no means say that I used to be supporting (her). She had a really financially steady life and what she was doing in her profession,” the NFL participant stated throughout a January 2023 look on “The Pivot Podcast.”
Kelce defined that he and Nicole lent one another cash each every now and then to pay for issues like meals. “I imply, we have been in a relationship for 5 years,” he stated. “100 {dollars} right here and 100 {dollars} there wasn’t even thought of.”
Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce.
David Eulitt/Getty PicturesSix months later, Kelce made headlines after he invited Swift, 36, to one among his NFL video games after claiming in July 2023 that he tried and failed to offer her a friendship bracelet along with his cellphone quantity on it throughout her Eras Tour present in Kansas Metropolis.
Swift accepted Kelce’s invitation in September 2023, attending her first Chiefs recreation in help of the skilled athlete. The pair later revealed that that they had been quietly attending to know one another earlier than she made her gameday debut.
“There have been positively individuals she knew that knew who I used to be, in her nook (who stated), ‘Yo! Do you know he was coming?’ I had anyone enjoying Cupid,” Travis informed WSJ. Journal in November 2023. “She (later) informed me precisely what was occurring and the way I obtained fortunate sufficient to get her to succeed in out.”
Regardless of their romance ending greater than two years in the past, Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole stays a fan of his work. Nicole, 33, who was in an on-and-off relationship with Kelce, 35, for 5 years, shared reward for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish throughout the Tuesday, January 21, episode of the “I Am Athlete Each day” (…)
Kelce obtained engaged to Swift in August 2025 after two years collectively. “Your English instructor and your fitness center instructor are getting married 🧨,” Swift wrote by way of Instagram on the time, sharing pictures from the romantic yard proposal.
“Every time I’m together with her, it appears like we’re simply common individuals,” Kelce stated of Swift in his GQ cowl story in August 2025. “When there may be not a digicam on us, we’re simply two individuals which might be in love.”
As Kelce and Swift have been engaged on what their big day will appear to be, Nicole informed her followers on Thursday that she has a imaginative and prescient for her subsequent companion.
“It’s kinda unhappy as a result of I really feel like relationship in 2026 is simply exhausting all the way in which round. I really feel just like the bar is in hell,” Nicole shared. “So, my new listing of necessities is: having a job — that’s on the high of the listing.”