Kayla Nicole on Special Forces: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce Quotes

Influencer and model KaylaNicole is one of 16 celebrities featured Fox’s Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test – and it wasn’t long before her ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift became a topic of conversation.

At the start of episode two, which aired as part of the two-part premiere on Wednesday, January 7, surfer Nicole, 33, inquired Alana Blanchard and Disney alum Kyla Pratt that her ex is Kelce, 35.

“He’s dating Taylor Swift,” she said. “I’m just getting a lot of messages online because he’s dating such a mega-superstar.”

Nicole and Kelce dated for five years before calling it quits for good in 2022. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end started dating Swift in the summer of 2023.

Later in the two-part premiere, the Special Forces soldiers pull out an article with the headline: “Travis Kelce’s ex Kayla Nicole asks trolls to ‘leave her alone’ as Taylor Swift releases new album.”

The article was originally published by The Independent in April 2024. Nicole had tweeted at the time: “I just can’t fully process all these new albums. I’m still working Cowboy Carter.”

The post was taken as a dig at Swift’s release The department of tortured poets aka the first album with songs inspired by Kelce.

“I am problem-free. Mind my business. Never respond to the constant vitriol,” she fired back at the time? “Reliable as they are and don’t expect a pat on the back for it. Just know that everyone has a breaking point and I would love it if ‘you guys’ (because you know exactly who you are) would leave me alone.”

During the show, one of the spiders told Nicole that they wanted to explore what happens “when social media becomes a battlefield.”

Elsewhere in episode two, the rest of the cast talked about Kelce.

“I didn’t know that was her ex,” Pratt said before Blanchard asked, “Is he a football player?”

Wide receiver Golden Tate then told them that Kelce “might be the greatest of all time to play tight end.”

“Okay, we’re not here to pump that thing up right now,” Pratt stated. “We’re just going to say he’s good.”

Keep reading for more quotes from Nicole about Kelce and Swift:

The public break

“To be honest, going through a public breakup is overwhelming,” she said in a confessional in episode two. “I’ve never experienced anything like this before. Because I’ve been reduced to a headline – to something as small as someone’s ex-girlfriend – I feel like if I finish this, it will have a huge impact on myself.”

A fan

“I really like her,” Nicole told Blanchard and Pratt in episode two, referring to Swift. “I think she’s very talented.”

An interrogation

Before calling Nicole into the interrogation room in episode two, the Special Forces soldiers discover how Nicole was dragged into Kelce and Swift’s relationship online.

“Yes, it’s pretty consistent [and] tiring,” she told the staff about the discourse. “It doesn’t matter – I could post that the sky is blue and people will have a reaction about an ex and their new situation. It has unintentionally influenced me in a way that makes me question my overall worth as a person.”

Nicole then started crying. “It’s just the comparison. It’s just in a loop. I think I’m still trying to figure out how to deal with that.”

When she got back to her costars, Nicole explained what happened. ‘They found an article about my ex. “I didn’t think they would do that,” she said. “They’re just really good at putting the pieces together so I feel like I have to prove myself to people.”

Carey Hart – a motocross champion who is married to Pink – replied: “Well, fine. Well, move on from there….”