Chicago Sky star Angel Reese’s new podcast episode dropped on Thursday night, with Kayla Nicole joining as a guest. The model and influencer dated Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce for five years, and their relationship reportedly ended in late 2022.
Reese has done six episodes of her Unapologetically Angel podcast, with previous guests including Dwyane Wade, Latto and Sheryl Swoopes. On this week’s episode, Reese and Nicole touched a variety of topics, including a lengthy discussion about her relationship with Kelce.
At one point, Reese asked if Nicole and Kelce were “cool” now that he has been dating pop star Taylor Swift for over a year. Nicole said they’d greet each other, but any sort of visible interactions or friendly behavior would be heavily scrutinized because of the 14-time Grammy winner.
“We’ve seen each other in public spaces, but I think that we’re both aware of the nature of his new situation,” Nicole told Reese. “There’s just no room really for us to communicate or acknowledge each other publicly without it being spun into something crazy so we just keep it moving.”
Kayla Nicole tells Angel Reese that her and Travis Kelce mutually respect each other but there isn’t room for acknowledgement due to Taylor Swift.
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While the classification of Kelce and Swift’s relationship as a “situation” was a little odd, Reese’s follow up statement of “I loved you guys together” felt even more out of place.
Nicole also denied on the rumors of Kelce being “cheap” in their relationship, and discussed the over-the-top behavior from some Swifties.
“I would be lying if I said that that level of hate and online chaos doesn’t impact me. It does, even to this day,” she said. “You can go to my most recent post and there will be people debating each other why I am worthless and I’ll never be a talented person and I have no career.”
The full episode is available on YouTube.
