Travis Kelce‘s ex-girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, has damaged her silence after previous controversial tweets from her X (previously Twitter) account resurfaced.
Nicole, a social media and health influencer, sparked a lot consideration final month after social media customers insisted the 34-year-old took a swipe at Taylor Swift when she shared a clip of Toni Braxton’s standard 2000s tune, “He Wasn’t Man Sufficient.”
Since then, a flood of Kayla Nicole’s earlier posts has come to gentle, sparking outrage and sudden assist.
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Kayla Nicole Responds To Her Previous Controversial Tweets
In a prolonged assertion shared to her Instagram Tales, Nicole, 34, acknowledged her tweets, which contained “ignorant, hurtful and utterly flawed” language and expressed disappointment in herself for ever sharing such problematic posts.
“I need to take a second to sincerely apologize for the hurtful tweets I posted so a few years in the past,” she wrote. “Seeing them resurface final week has been extremely troublesome, and studying them now, I’m ashamed that I ever thought or spoke that means. They have been ignorant, hurtful and utterly flawed.”
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Kayla Nicole’s Earlier Posts Featured Hurtful And Offensive Language
Nicole’s earlier tweets, which have been shared in a social media thread, particularly talked about race, homophobic slurs, and extra.
In a single, she known as somebody a “dumb fats Mexican h-e,” whereas in one other, she mocked Asian folks’s accents, calling it a “#convokiller.”
One other resurfaced publish of Nicole’s confirmed the Pepperdine College graduate sharing seemingly disparaging views about an Asian girl’s non secular practices, writing, “5 mo minutes imma let her know that buddah is not actual.”
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“The girl I’m as we speak would by no means use these phrases or categorical these sorts of views. Through the years, I’ve seen firsthand how merciless and dangerous on-line hate will be, and I’d by no means need to add to that world of ache in any type. I’ve since deleted these tweets and my X account solely, as a result of I refuse to maintain that power alive or contribute to a cycle of hate,” Nicole added in her current social media apology.
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Kayla Nicole Vows She’s Dedicated To Change, And Followers Share Their Reactions
For these unfamiliar, Nicole, who boasts almost 1 million followers on Instagram and hosts the “Pre-Sport with Kayla Nicole” podcast, rose to fame after making headlines for her on-again, off-again relationship with Kansas City Chiefs star Kelce.
As she wrapped up her assertion, Nicole mentioned she was taking “full duty” for her earlier posts and apologized for any hurt she might have precipitated. “My coronary heart, values, and perspective are utterly rooted in empathy, love, and respect for others. I am unable to change the previous, however I’ll proceed exhibiting by means of my actions who I’ve turn into and what I stand for as we speak,” she wrote.
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On-line, Nicole, who additionally starred in season 3 of Fox’s “Particular Forces,” discovered sudden assist from some customers who agreed that her posts from 2010-2014 should not be used in opposition to her, with one saying these years on-line “was a WILD time.”
“Don’t ever make me well-known yall!!!!! I used to be vicious between 2010-2015,” one other person wrote.
Different customers insisted Nicole should not have apologized in any respect, contemplating the posts have been from a unique time in her life.
“Ain’t no means I’m apologizing for posting immature issues once I was immature lol. Like critically how outdated was she in 2010?” somebody commented, main one other to name the world “tender” for “mentioning stuff from 15 years in the past.”
Nicole’s Halloween Costume Goes Viral After Hitting Too Shut To House
Earlier than her earlier tweets resurfaced on numerous social media threads, Nicole was within the headlines for a very completely different motive: her Halloween costume.
As seen on social media and coated by The Blast, Nicole dressed as Grammy Award-winning singer Toni Braxton simply final month, replicating the look from her Y2K hit single “He Wasn’t Man Sufficient.”
Nicole additionally shared knowledgeable video of herself dancing to Braxton’s tune, mouthing the lyrics, “What are you considering? / Have you learnt about us again then? / Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend? / I am not considering ’bout him.”
And it did not cease there, the tune went on, “However you married him / Do you know I made him go away? / Have you learnt he begged to stick with me? / He wasn’t man sufficient for me.”
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Did Taylor Swift Write About Nicole In Her Final Album?
Whereas Nicole did not point out any names, many assumed her Braxton-inspired Halloween costume was a transparent jab at Swift, who, a month earlier than, followers speculated wrote a line in regards to the podcaster within the tune “Opalite” from her album “The Life Of A Showgirl.”
Nicole wasted no time shutting down the rumors, nonetheless, explaining to her listeners that she’s “not within the enterprise of tearing girls down.”
In accordance with Nicole, she determined to pay homage to Braxton days earlier than Halloween after being reminded of how a lot she liked the R&B monitor as a toddler. Nicole additionally shared one other private anecdote from her youthful years that cemented her love for the tune.
She added, “I particularly keep in mind driving residence from personal faculty in my little uniform at the back of a paddy wagon with [my best friend] Taylor, and her mother was enjoying this tune. [Singing] on the high of her lungs. It was simply that ah-ha second, like wow, white folks take heed to Black folks music as effectively.”
