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Taylor Swift isn\u2019t the only one with very public relationships \u2013 as \u2018new boyfriend\u2019 Travis Kelce also dated someone in the public eye, and didn\u2019t exactly hide the romance.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Fans have been sleuthing ever since pop superstar Taylor was linked to NFL player Travis, both 33, earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n They appeared to confirm the dating rumours last weekend when the Blank Space singer watched Travis play during a Kansas City Chiefs game and was pictured cheering in the stands alongside his mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n It comes months after Taylor\u2019s split from The 1975 rocker Matt Healy, and more than a year since Travis\u2019 longtime relationship with presenter Kayla Nicole came to an end.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some who have discovered Travis and Kayla\u2019s relationship for the first time have compared her to Taylor \u2013 but others were keen to remind them that they are two different women.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018One thing y\u2019all NOT gonna do is come for my sis, Kayla Nicole,\u2019 one peacemaker tweeted.<\/p>\n They added: \u2018She don\u2019t give a damn about what travis kelce or swift doing. They\u2019ve been over for a long time & both have moved on. No one is an \u201cupgrade\u201d or \u201cdowngrade\u201d they wanted different lives & parted ways to get it. BYE.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n So who is Kayla and what happened between her and Travis?\u00a0<\/p>\n Kayla, 31, is a sports broadcast journalist who graduated from Pepperdine University in 2013 with a bachelor\u2019s degree. She soon began working for outlets such as ESPN and Barstool Sports and has reported courtside on the NBA and sidelines for the NFL.\u00a0<\/p>\n She\u2019s also worked covering entertainment news with past interviews including Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler and Sterling K Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cuz8HcHyf9g\/ When she\u2019s not giving sports fans the rundown, Kayla can be found modelling on her social media and has become an ambassador for brands such as Savage x Fenty, Revolve and Crocs. <\/p>\n She also runs a fitness brand called Strong Is Sexy.\u00a0<\/p>\n After \u2018flirting\u2019 in their Instagram DMs, Travis and Kelce officially began dating in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n Their relationship was on and off over the five years they dated; the former couple first split in August 2020 after Kayla deleted photos of him from her Instagram account.\u00a0<\/p>\n Travis was accused of cheating on his girlfriend with a \u2018Becky\u2019 which he vehemently denied in a tweet, saying: \u2018This is fake news\u2026 a lie\u2026 and not why Kayla and I broke up. Take all your hatred somewhere else please.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n They got back together months later and Travis confirmed the reconciliation by describing Kayla as his \u2018girlfriend\u2019 and saying online: \u2018She\u2019s the best. She\u2019s the absolute best.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n However, the reunion didn\u2019t last and Travis and Kayla split in May 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n At the time, Barstool Sports claimed the reason for their split was that Travis forced Kayla to pay for \u2018half of everything\u2019 during their relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n The rumours were fuelled when Kayla hopped on IG Live to ask how women are affording \u2018designer, diamonds, G Wagons\u2019 when she\u2019s shopping at high street brand Zara. <\/p>\n Fans then wondered why NFL player Travis \u2013 worth an estimated $30million (\u00a324.7million) \u2013 wasn\u2019t showering her with expensive gifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, Travis blasted the rumours that their relationship broke down because of his frugal ways, telling The Pivot Podcast: \u2018Don\u2019t buy into that s**t. I would never say that I was supported [financially], she had a very financially stable life in what she was doing in her career but, you\u2019ve gotta be crazy if you think I never helped or gave her a couple of dollars or grabbed some food or she gave me some money or grabbed me some food.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018We were in a relationship for five years. $100 here and $100 there wasn\u2019t even thought about, which was ridiculous.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n Clearly, Travis doesn\u2019t mind splashing the cash as he and new girlfriend Taylor are said to have paid for everyone\u2019s meals at a restaurant so they could eat privately.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/metro-parent\/img\/fallback.png\")
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