Kayla Nicole has become the target of some Taylor Swift fans due to her relationship with ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce, who is now engaged to the pop star.
She upped the ante when she appeared to be shading Kelce and Swift with her choice of Halloween costume. Nicole dressed as Toni Braxton in the music video for the song, "He Wasn't Man Enough." Nicole denied she was referring to Swift.
Social media users responded by digging up her old tweets, prompting Nicole to delete her X page. Now, Nicole is apologizing for those tweets.
According to TMZ, the deleted tweets were "mostly homophobic and racist." The New York Post described the tweets as "written in the early 2010s" and "containing homophobic and racist language." The deleted posts have widely circulated on X.
Nicole posted the apology to her Instagram story on November 13.
“I want to take a moment to sincerely apologize for the hurtful tweets I posted so many years ago. 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," she wrote.
"The woman I am today would never use those words or express those kinds of views. 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," she added. "I have since deleted those tweets and my X account entirely, because I refuse to keep that energy alive or contribute to a cycle of hate."
She continued, "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. I can’t change the past, but I will continue showing through my actions who I’ve become and what I stand for today.”