Travis Kelce‘s ex-girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, has revealed she is ‘ashamed’ by a string of racist and homophobic posts that resurfaced last week.
Nicole, who dated the Chiefs star on and off from 2017 to 2022, initially deleted her social media after the offensive posts emerged.
According to screenshots that circulated online, Nicole appeared to rant against a ‘dumb fat Mexican h**’ and claimed in another post that: ‘Asian ppl rude as f***’.
And in a different instance, Nicole also used a homophobic slur and threatened to ‘smack the hell outta’ gay people if they act ‘bold.’
On Thursday, however, she took to Instagram to apologize for her remarks, saying they were ‘ignorant, hurtful and completely wrong.’
‘I want to take a moment to sincerely apologize for the hurtful tweets I posted so many years ago,’ she wrote on her story. ‘Seeing them resurface last week has been incredibly difficult, and reading them now, I’m ashamed that I ever thought or spoke that way. They were ignorant, hurtful and completely wrong.
Kayla Nicole has apologized for her ‘ignorant’ posts that resurfaced last week
She posted a lengthy Instagram story apologizing for her words on Thursday
Nicole dated Chiefs star Kelce on and off between 2017 and 2022, before they split for good
‘The woman I am today would never use those words or express those kinds of views. Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand how cruel and harmful online hate can be, and I would never want to add to that world of pain in any form. I have since deleted those tweets and my X account entirely, because I refuse to keep that energy alive or contribute to a cycle of hate.
She continued: ‘I take full responsibility for what I posted, and I’m truly sorry to anyone I may have hurt. My heart, values, and perspective are completely rooted in empathy, love, and respect for others. I can’t change the past, but I will continue showing through my actions who I’ve become and what I stand for today.’
The posts were made in 2010, and resurfaced on X after fans were convinced that Nicole’s Halloween costume was a slight at Kelce and Taylor Swift.
Nicole dressed up as Toni Braxton and recreated the music video for her 2000 hit ‘He Wasn’t Man Enough For Me.’
In the video, Nicole was seen miming along to the lyrics: ‘Did you know about us back then? Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?’
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’
Fans previously claimed that Taylor Swift took a shot at Nicole on her new ‘Life of a Showgirl’ album
‘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.’
Nicole later stressed that she is ‘not in the business of tearing other women down.’
That controversy occurred after speculation that pop star Swift 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 Chiefs icon is heard telling her: ‘Oh my God. Get off your phone… You’re not even drinking your wine anymore, can we go?’
Nonetheless, Kelce and Swift are now happily engaged and planning their wedding.
