INCREDIBLE: Kayla Nicole Slams People Who Continuously Refer to Her as Travis Kelce’s Ex: ‘Let It Go’…What Will Be Taylor’s Fate Now?

During her guest appearance on the Second Wind podcast, the media personality, 33, opened up about still being referred to as Travis Kelce’s ex despite their romance ending in 2022 after five years of on-and-off dating.

“I think initially I’m new to the landscape of being a public figure,” Nicole said on the May 6 episode, hosted by five-time Olympian Marion Jones and acclaimed entrepreneur Suzanne Evans. “I don’t consider myself to be a celebrity, but a public figure absolutely.”

“So I think I could have used a little PR training and learning how to navigate the space with the media because I was going into interviews thinking a little naively like, ‘Oh, they just want to hear my story,'” she shared.

While Nicole said she’s always opened up with the innocent thought that readers or listeners wanted to know about her “wellness journey” and about “Tribe Therapy,” she’s come to find out that the intentions of an interview aren’t always genuine.

“You sit down and you do an hour-long interview with someone and the headline is maybe a one sentence that you said of, ‘Yeah, I was heartbroken and devastated because I went through a breakup and that’s the headline,'” she said.

“Like, ‘So-and-so’s ex is devastated still and she’s sad and she’s depressed,” Nicole continued. “It’s like, ‘Damn, girl, did you listen to anything? I am human and I take it with a grain of salt now. One day they’re going to have to stop calling me someone’s ex.”

Though she never named the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, Nicole left listeners with no uncertainty when she answered, “Absolutely.” She maintained that the public “won’t ever see me with a man ever again until I’m married with kids.”

The reporter started dating the record-breaking NFL star in 2017, and they continued an on-again, off-again relationship for five years.