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Kayla Nicole isn't holding back about her high-profile former flame and his chart-topping girlfriend — Taylor Swift.
On the Wednesday, January 8 episode of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test, the 33-year-old sports reporter opened up about her five-year relationship with Travis Kelce.
While chatting with fellow contestants Kyla Pratt and Alana Blanchard, Nicole revealed, "He's dating Taylor Swift," and later shared her thoughts about the pop superstar in a confessional.
"I really like, like, her," the FOX star said. "I think she's very talented."
But Nicole admitted that moving on after a public breakup hasn't been easy. "Going through a public breakup, just to be frank, it's been overwhelming. I've never experienced anything like it," she explained.
The TV personality also got real about the constant trolling she's faced since the 35-year-old Kansas City Chiefs tight end's romance with Swift, also 35, went public in 2023.
"It's pretty constant and exhausting," Nicole admitted when pulled aside by Special Forces operatives for a one-on-one. "I could post about the sky being blue, and people will have a response about an ex and their new situation."
Fighting back tears, she added, "It's inadvertently affected me to a point where it makes me question my overall value as a person."
This isn't the influencer's first rodeo speaking out about the challenges of her high-profile split. In October, she admitted on the Unapologetically Angel podcast, "I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and just, like, online chaos didn't impact me — it does." She added that people still flood her social media with cruel comments, debating her worth.
Kelce and Nicole first crossed paths in 2017 via Instagram. "I was just stalking her and then finally on New Year's, she gave in," the NFL star explained to E! News in February 2022. "And, you know, New Year, new me. She just shot her shot, jumped in my DMs, and the rest is history."
A few months later, the pair broke up — Kelce started dating the "Cruel Summer" singer the following year.
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