After Clips Of Her Celebrating The Eagles’ Win Went Viral, People Are Calling Out The “Unfair” And Misogynistic Backlash Over Travis Kecle’s Ex, Kayla Nicole, Attending The Super Bowl
“The ‘obsessive hating ex’ narrative is becoming exhausting.”
Overall, Sunday’s Super Bowl was a pretty humiliating experience for Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs, facing a crushing defeat to the Philadelphia Eagles. And if Travis’s night wasn’t rough enough already, it has since emerged that his ex-girlfriend was in the crowd watching the whole thing play out.
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For context, Travis and Kayla Nicole started dating in 2017 but broke up for good in 2022. And though she may have spent years repping the Chiefs while she and Travis were together, Kayla was among those proudly supporting the Eagles in New Orleans on Sunday.
Instagram @kaylanicole / @devonlmitchell / Via Instagram: @iamkaylanicole
Videos that were shared on Instagram, which have since gained a lot of traction on X, show Kayla on the field celebrating the Eagles’ victory.
One video, which shows Kayla blowing Eagles-colored confetti at the camera to the sound of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, “Not Like Us”, is captioned: “there’s room on the wagon y’all.” In another clip, she can be seen talking with the Eagles head coach, Nick Sirianni.
But, despite Kayla simply enjoying the game, minding her business, and making no mention of Travis, a worrying amount of people online have taken issue with her presence — with many latching onto the narrative that she was there simply to spite her ex.
The widespread hate for Kayla online is nothing short of vicious — and if we’re being frank, misogynistic — with posts calling her a “miserable” person and a “loser” garnering thousands of likes on X. Most absurdly of all, a post with over a quarter of a million likes also asks: “how the hell did she get on the field,” which is where we need to set the record straight.
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Though many people may only know her from her high-profile relationship, Kayla is a sports reporter with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. And, among other things, she makes content for the sports media brand I Am Athlete, which produces “exclusive, behind-the-scenes content that celebrates the essence of sports, culture, food, and fashion.”
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So, with this in mind, many fans online have quickly reminded the haters that Kayla wasn’t there out of spite and pettiness. She was literally at work — and, where viral content is concerned, doing a great job, too!
The girl can’t work now cause she dated an athlete that so happened to make it to the big annual sporting event she would be covering? So she has to stop her career because she may have to encounter an ex??? That’s dumb.
— Daria
(@dariacott) February 10, 2025
Instagram @kaylanicole / @ devonlmitchell / Twitter: @dariacott
Kayla works for the podcast for I Am Athlete media agency & Revolt Sports. She’s been a sports media girly, has a college degree. She’s literally working. The “obsessive hating ex” narrative is becoming exhausting. She broke up with him. Let her live her life.
— T ’ K ä a h (@luckyleftyXO) February 10, 2025
Misogyny is dangerous. The speed at which people jumped into the comments to disrespect this woman is alarming. She’s a sports journalist, why wouldn’t she be at one of the biggest sporting events of the year. https://t.co/I5rFWL9t2f
— Atlas (@TitanNamedAtlas) February 10, 2025
Instagram @kaylanicole / @devonlmitchell / Twitter: @TitanNamedAtlas
Among the comments in her defense, fans have pointed out that you can see that she’s wearing what appears to be a press pass around her neck while she’s on the field, and in one of the viral clips, she even gives a shoutout to the company she works for. So, yeah, do your research, folks.
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Well, I am glad to see fans online correcting the narrative — particularly when Kayla has spoken openly in the past about “the constant vitriol” she’s been at the receiving end of since Travis started dating Taylor Swift in 2023.
Keep doing your thing, Kayla!
