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Topics: Travis Kelce, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Social Media
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Travis Kelce, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Social Media
Warning: This article contains discussion of racism and discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community, which some readers may find distressing.
Sports journalist and media personality Kayla Nicole has issued an apology after her extremely offensive social media posts resurfaced.
The posts in question, which were shared on X between 2010 and 2014, saw Kayla use homophobic slurs, call Asian people 'rude as f**k' and use derogatory language while referring to people from Mexico and India, People reports.
Taking to Instagram on Thursday, about a week after the tweets resurfaced on X, Kayla posted a statement to her Stories which began: "I want to take a moment to sincerely apologise for the hurtful tweets I posted so many years ago.
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"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."
Kayla, who was in an on-again, off-again relationship with Travis Kelce between May 2017 and August 2022, went on to say: "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.
"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 rounded off: "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."
Kayla concluded to her 983k followers on the social media platform: "I can't change the past, but I will continue showing through my actions who I've become and what I stand for today."
Last month, the journalist garnered negative attention after fans speculated that her Toni Braxton-inspired Halloween costume was a subtle jab at Travis' fiancée, Taylor Swift, which she denied.
"I’m not in the business of tearing other women down. I am in the business of celebrating them," she said on one of the latest instalments of the Pre-Game podcast on Saturday (8 November).
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