Social media personality Kayla Nicole is speaking out after homophobic and racially insensitive posts she shared on X more than a decade ago re-emerged online in the form of screenshots.
“I want to take a moment to sincerely apologize for the hurtful tweets I posted so many years ago,” she wrote in a Nov. 13 Instagram Story. “Seeing them resurface last week has been incredibly difficult, and reading them now, I’m ashamed that I ever thought or spoke that way. They were ignorant, hurtful and completely wrong.”
Noting that she would “never use those words or express those kinds of views” in the present, she continued, “Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand how cruel and harmful online hate can be, and I would never want to add to that world of pain in any form.”
The offensive tweets were made between 2010 to 2014, with screenshots of the tweets being shared on X, formerly Twitter.
Kayla Nicole’s Nov. 13 Instagram story.
Nicole said she has since deleted the posts as well as her X account, citing that she “refuse[s] to keep that energy alive or contribute to a cycle of hate.”
“I take full responsibility for what I posted, and I’m truly sorry to anyone I may have hurt. My heart, values, and perspective are completely rooted in empathy, love, and respect for others.”
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Telling her 984,000-plus followers that she “can’t change the past,” she wrapped up her message by adding, “I will continue showing through my actions who I’ve become and what I stand for today.”
Nicole and Travis Kelce, the star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, dated on and off from 2017 to 2022. Kelce started dating Taylor Swift in 2023, and the couple got engaged in August of this year.
Last month, Nicole garnered negative attention after fans speculated that her Toni Braxton-inspired Halloween costume was a shot at Swift, which Nicole denied.