Travis Kelce's Ex-Girlfriend Kayla Nicole Shares Praise for Him Ahead of Chiefs-Bills AFC Championship

• Kayla Nicole spoke highly of her ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce’s athletic skills during a recent podcast
• The Special forces star predicted the Chiefs will beat the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship on January 26th
• Nicole also praised quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who she unfollowed in October 2023 because of Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift

Kayla Nicole shared some kind words about her ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce and his playoff run.

The Special forces star, 32, was asked at I’m an athlete podcast to talk about the NFL playoffs and the upcoming game between Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs and Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills on Jan. 26 — where they will battle for a spot in the Super Bowl.

While discussing the potential outcomes of the AFC Championship game, Nicole revealed that she would rather see the Bills reach the championship game because she wants to see “something new” in the Super Bowl this year and is “sick” of seeing the Chiefs advance.

Co-host Brandon Marshall asked, “Kayla, you know what it’s like to watch the Chiefs and be in them, be a part of…what makes Patrick Mahomes so dynamic?”

Nicole, who regularly cheered on Kelce at Chiefs games during their five-year relationship, said Arrowhead Stadium must be “the loudest” in the NFL. “There’s nothing like that environment,” she said.

The Tribe Therepa founder spoke highly of Mahomes, whose wife Brittany was a close friend before Nicole unfollowed them both because of Kelce’s relationship with Taylor Swift, calling the quarterback a “seasoned vet” who “studies the game like nobody else.”

Travis Kelce, Kayla Nicole, Brittany Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes attend the 2022 NHL All-Stars in Las Vegas.

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Her co-hosts quickly fired up, asking her how she knew so much information about Mahomes and joking that the conversation was “getting messy” about Nicole’s former relationship.

However, she took the quip in stride, jokingly adding, “I know someone inside out.”

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Nicole continued to praise her ex as she explained the success of the Chiefs offense. “They have guys that I can throw the ball to that won’t drop the ball in the end zone,” Nicole said of Kansas City, before specifically naming her ex.

Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs on December 15, 2024.

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“Travis Kelce — that’s a tight end that’s not going to make it,” she said, referring to her previous comment about guys who won’t “drop the ball” in the playoffs.

Nicole concluded, “They have threats, so as much as I would love to see someone else in the Super Bowl, just to see something new, it’s not going to happen.”

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The sports reporter and analyst dated Kelce for five years between 2017 and 2022. The Chiefs star has been dating Swift, 35, for more than a year.

Travis Kelce and Kayla Nicole at the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Memphis Grizzlies game on February 21, 2020.

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During an October 2024 episode of Angel Reese’s podcast, Nicole said that the “online chaos” of her ex’s new relationship with Swift still affects her “to this day.”

“You can go to my latest post and people will be arguing with each other about why I’m worthless and I’ll never be a talented person and I don’t have a career,” said Reese, 22, who then asked Nicole why she thought she was exposed to so much negativity after she solved the end of their five-year relationship with “grace”.

“I don’t know,” Nicole replied. “I think there’s something about that level of fame that attracts crazy people, and that’s unfortunate because I’ve never done anything to warrant that kind of reaction.”

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