{"id":1982714,"date":"2025-08-27T15:51:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982714"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T15:51:45","slug":"kayla-nicole-posts-about-joy-after-ex-travis-kelces-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kayla-nicole-posts-about-joy-after-ex-travis-kelces-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayla Nicole Posts About \u2018Joy\u2019 After Ex Travis Kelce&#8217;s Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/travis-kelce\/\"><strong>Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s ex-girlfriend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/kayla-nicole-facts-about-travis-kelces-ex-girlfriend\/\"><strong>Kayla Nicole<\/strong><\/a> reposted a video <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-engaged-hollywood-reacts\/\">about choosing \u201cjoy\u201d<\/a> hours after the NFL player <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-are-engaged\/\">announced his engagement<\/a> to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/taylor-swift\/\"><strong>Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole, 33, shared a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DNYkrl2uxhB\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video of <strong>Tracee Ellis Ross<\/strong><\/a> via her Instagram Story on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/taylor-swift-engagement-date-why-she-chose-august-26\/\">Tuesday, August 26<\/a>, where the actress, 52, talked about the difference between joy and happiness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think joy is different from happiness,\u201d Ross said in the clip. \u201cI feel like happiness is something you can get at 7-Eleven and joy is something that you earn and work for and takes practice. I feel like joy has legs. I feel like joy has feet. I feel like joy has roots. I feel like joy creates space and allows room for more than just a good day. I think joy is an attitude. I think joy is a perspective, and I think joy is a lens through which I live and look at my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a caption shared over the video, Nicole added, \u201cRead about this very concept years ago in a book called <em>Choose Joy: Because Happiness Isn\u2019t Enough<\/em>. I aspire! So so good.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelces-ex-kayla-nicole-references-his-taylor-swift-romance\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelces-ex-kayla-nicole-references-his-taylor-swift-romance\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Travis Kelce\u2019s Ex Kayla Nicole References His Taylor Swift Romance<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKayla Nicole is opening up about where she stands with ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen each other in public spaces before but it\u2019s \u2014 I think that we\u2019re both aware of the nature of his new situation that there\u2019s just no room really for us to communicate or acknowledge each other publicly without it being [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nicole and Kelce, 35, dated off and on for five years before calling it quits in 2022. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end famously moved on with Swift, also 35, the following year. The couple <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/how-new-heights-addressed-taylor-swift-and-travis-kelces-engagement\/\">announced their engagement<\/a> on Tuesday in an Instagram post with the caption, \u201cYour English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Nicole said she doesn\u2019t plan on dating again unless she\u2019s certain that the relationship will end in marriage and a family.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4082921\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:81.142857142857%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4082921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Travis Kelce s Ex Kayla Nicole Shares Video About Choosing Joy After Taylor Swift Engagement\" width=\"1000\" height=\"812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=78&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=55&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=74&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Travis-Kelce-s-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Shares-Video-About-Choosing-Joy-After-Taylor-Swift-Engagement-3.jpg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Jean Catuffe\/GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI am like<strong> John Cena<\/strong> now with men,\u201d she said during an April episode of her \u201cThe Pre-Game With Kayla Nicole\u201d podcast. \u201cYou don\u2019t see me. You don\u2019t see me with a man, and you will never see me with a man until I\u2019m married with kids. Scout\u2019s honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on to acknowledge that some suitors might interpret that as her \u201cbeing sneaky,\u201d but she sees her tactics differently.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelces-ex-kayla-nicole-reflects-on-major-breakup\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Travis-Kelces-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Reflects-on-Prioritizing-Her-Mental-Health-After-Their-Major-Breakup-01.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C1403px%2C793px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Travis Kelce\u2019s Ex Kayla Nicole Reflects on Prioritizing Her Mental Health After Their 'Major Breakup'\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Travis-Kelces-Ex-Kayla-Nicole-Reflects-on-Prioritizing-Her-Mental-Health-After-Their-Major-Breakup-01.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/travis-kelces-ex-kayla-nicole-reflects-on-major-breakup\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Travis Kelce\u2019s Ex Kayla Nicole Reflects on &#8216;Major Breakup&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKayla Nicole seemingly shared insight into her split from Travis Kelce for the first time. In an interview with People published on Tuesday, October 24, the sports journalist, 31, recalled going through a \u201cmajor breakup and major life change\u201d last year. Though she didn\u2019t mention Kelce, 34, \u2014 whom she dated on and off from [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m protecting me and I\u2019m protecting you,\u201d she explained. \u201cI don\u2019t think I ever want to publicly date another man until I am absolutely sure that they are my long-term person, just because I want to protect the things that mean the most to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the same episode, Nicole said she had no regrets about attending this year\u2019s Super Bowl, where her ex-boyfriend\u2019s Chiefs lost to the Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think twice about it,\u201d she said. \u201cThe biggest day in sports? The biggest game of all the games? \u2026 I want to go to every game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Kelce\u2019s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole reposted a video about choosing \u201cjoy\u201d hours after the NFL player announced his engagement to Taylor Swift. Nicole, 33, shared a video of Tracee Ellis Ross via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, August 26, where the actress, 52, talked about the difference between joy and happiness. \u201cI think joy is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1982715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[24003,62543],"class_list":["post-1982714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-exes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Kayla-Nicole-Posts-About-\u2018Joy-After-Ex-Travis-Kelces-Engagement.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}