Kayla Nicole, the ex-girlfriend of NFL tight end Travis Kelce, has issued advice to anyone dating a sporting superstar – as she implored partners to “always have your own”.
The Kansas City Chiefs megastar was in an on-off relationship with the influencer for five years before the pair called it a day back in 2022. Since then, the three-time Super Bowl champion has embarked on a high-profile romance with chart-topping singer Taylor Swift, with their union playing out in the glare of the spotlight.
Already boasting significant fame as a result of his heroics on the football field, Kelce’s renown has risen to stratospheric levels in the past year amid the intrigue surrounding his personal life. Now, former love Nicole has reflected on her own relationship with the 35-year-old.
Opening up on her experience of dating one of the NFL’s most recognizable figures, she issued some words of wisdom to anyone who finds themselves in that situation in the future. She professed on Angel Reese’s Podcast: “My biggest advice in dating an athlete is to always have your own.
“It is really easy to get caught up in their dream, their vision for their life. Something that I had to learn early on was that the relationship could be over tomorrow and what do you have? At the time it was a long-distance relationship, I was going back-and-forth.
“I was in-between apartments and thought ‘it’s cool, we’re going to get married and I’m going to move into the house, I don’t really need an apartment’,” the social media star explained, as she outlined how their relationship played out. “We broke up, my lease was up, my lease on my car was up all at the same time
“Thankfully we ended up getting back together but from that point moving forward I was like I don’t care who I date, I’m going to always have my own place, my own car. Support their career my prioritize my own goals.”
Nicole also recalled the pressure of being in a relationship with a household name as she explained what impact that can have on a person. “I think the combination of everything is the perfect storm to make you want to disappear from the world entirely.
“Behind closed doors, the hardest part is losing a partner, a best friend, speaking every day to cutting ties. Then you throw in social media. I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and online chaos didn’t impact me, even to this day.”
She added: “You could go to my most recent posts and people would be debating why I am worthless. It is nothing to do with me. I think there is something about that level of fame that attracts crazy people, which is unfortunate because I don’t think I have done anything to warrant that kind of backlash.”
