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<p>Kayla Nicole, a model and onetime girlfriend of NFL star <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/travis-kelce">Travis Kelce</a>, has shared an open letter to Black women amid her ex’s <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/travis-kelce-laughably-thinks-nfl-is-overdoing-it-on-taylor-swift">highly publicized romance </a>with <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a>.</p>
<p>In an Instagram video on Monday, the 31-year-old addressed the negative attention she’s received on social media and the renewed dialogue around her five-year relationship with Kelce. Nicole dated the Kansas City Chiefs tight end from 2017 to 2022.</p>
<p>“Dear Black girl,” she began. “They may call you a traitor for falling in love. You’ll hope the ones closest will protect you. But you will quickly find out that people don’t protect what they don’t value.”</p>
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In an Instagram video on Monday, the 31-year-old addressed the negative attention she’s received on social media and the renewed dialogue around her five-year relationship with Kelce. Nicole dated the Kansas City Chiefs tight end from 2017 to 2022.
“Dear Black girl,” she began. “They may call you a traitor for falling in love. You’ll hope the ones closest will protect you. But you will quickly find out that people don’t protect what they don’t value.”
