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Travis Kelce <\/b><\/a>and Kayla Nicole <\/b><\/a>were together for nearly five years<\/a> until they split. After dating on and off from 2017 to 2022, the Kansas City Chiefs player confirmed his single status in early 2023. So, what led to their breakup? Keep reading to learn everything we know about Travis and Kayla\u2019s split.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Travis and Kayla<\/a> split and reconciled several times throughout their relationship. After they briefly broke up in 2020, rumors circulated online alleging that Travis cheated on her, which he vehemently denied in a since-deleted tweet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis is fake news \u2026 a lie \u2026 and not why Kayla and I broke up \u2026 take all your hatred somewhere else please,\u201d the football tight end wrote at the time, according to Entertainment Tonight<\/i>. However, that wasn\u2019t the only baseless rumor that swirled about Travis and Kayla. Earlier this year, Travis appeared on \u201cThe Pivot Podcast,\u201d where he confirmed his single status. The athlete also addressed the \u201ccheap\u201d report from Barstool Sports, alleging that he didn\u2019t pay half of his and Kayla\u2019s bills when they were together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t buy into that s**t,\u201d Travis said in his podcast appearance. \u201cI would never say that I was supporting her. She had a very financially stable life and what she was doing in her career. But you\u2019ve got to be crazy if you\u2019d think I would never [help] or gave her a couple thousand to grab some food or she gave me some money to go get some food. \u2026 We were in a relationship for five years. A hundred dollars here, a hundred dollars there wasn\u2019t even thought about.\u201d<\/p>\n Even Kayla denied the report by taking to X (previously Twitter) by writing<\/a>, \u201cNot sure where y\u2019all got this nonsense from, but it\u2019s absurd and very false.\u201d<\/p>\n When they were together, Kayla revealed how she and Travis first met, according to a screenshot from her Instagram Stories obtained by TMZ<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe had been following me and Insta-flirting for a few months,\u201d she revealed in a since-deleted Instagram Story captured by TMZ. \u201cAll double taps and no dm. Soooo after a little liquid courage and a pep talk from @iqueenb (something along the lines of \u2018WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR\u2019) I dm\u2019d him on New Years [sic],\u201d Kayla explained.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Travis followed up on his then-girlfriend\u2019s explanation of their meet-cute during his 2022 interview with E! News<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t just go through every single pic and just start \u2018liking\u2019 it immediately,\u201d the Chiefs team member noted. \u201cIt was over the course of a month\u2019s span, just following her and \u2018liking\u2019 the pictures that she was posting and watching all of her Stories when Stories had first started coming out. I was just stalking her, and then, finally on New Year\u2019s, she gave in. And, you know, New Year, new me. She just shot her shot, jumped in my DMs, and the rest is history.\u201d<\/p>\n Kayla has not publicly addressed<\/a> her ex\u2019s newfound romance<\/a> with Taylor Swift<\/b><\/a>, but her open letter<\/a> to Black women garnered attention from fans. Though she never mentioned Travis in the letter, the on-air sports journalist talked about Black women being called \u201ca traitor for falling in love\u201d and the ongoing \u201cbacklash and embarrassment\u201d they receive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ll hope the ones closest will protect you, but you will quickly find out that people don\u2019t protect what they don\u2019t value,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ll say you\u2019re too much \u2026 and in the same breath tell you that you\u2019re not enough. Not successful enough, not wholesome enough, maybe not even intelligent enough. They\u2019ll say you deserve the backlash and embarrassment. Because of your blackness, you should have known better. They\u2019ll even try to tie your value to your net worth.\u201d<\/p>\n In January 2025, Kayla appeared on Special Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test<\/em>, and she owned up about her public split from Travis. At one point in a season 3 episode, Kayla complimented Taylor by telling other recruits on the show, \u201cI really like, like, her. I think she\u2019s very talented.\u201d<\/p>\n However, the cruel comments she\u2019s received online made her life difficult, Kayla told the directing staff members.<\/p>\n \u201cYeah it\u2019s pretty consistent [and] exhausting,\u201d she explained. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter \u2014 I could post about the sky being blue and people will have a response about an ex and their new situation. It\u2019s inadvertently affected me to the point where it makes me question my overall value as a person.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\t<\/div>\nWhy Did Travis Kelce and Kayla Nicole Break Up?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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