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Kayla Nicole insists her viral Halloween costume was solely a tribute to R&B icon Toni Braxton - and not a dig at Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
Fans were convinced that Nicole, who dated Kelce on and off for five years before he found love with Swift, was throwing shade at the NFL legend and his fiancee after dressing up as Braxton and recreating the music video for her 2000 hit 'He Wasn't Man Enough For Me.'
In the video, she is seen miming along to the lyrics: 'Did you know about us back then? Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?'
'I'm not thinking 'bout him / But you married him / Do you know I made him leave?
'Do you know he begged to stay with me? / He wasn't man enough for me.'
Despite a number of users suggesting it was a shot at Swift over Kelce, Nicole has stressed that she is 'not in the business of tearing other women down' after setting the record straight about her Halloween shoot.
Kayla Nicole insists her viral Halloween costume was not a dig at Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift
Fans were convinced that Nicole was throwing shade at ex Kelce and his new lover Swift
'Halloween is an opportunity for me not to be myself and to dress up as someone that I admire, someone that I've been a fan of, someone that I think is chef's kiss,' the 34-year-old said on her 'The Pre-Game' podcast.
'You guys don't want celebrities… to dress up as celebrities, but I'm confused because what am I supposed to do?' she asked. 'A doctor? Superwoman?'
Nicole then took aim at those who 'try to project their own narratives' before saying: 'I'm not in the business of tearing other women down. I am in the business of celebrating them.'
The influencer's tribute to Braxton came after speculation that Taylor dissed Travis' ex on her new track Opalite - a song she’s admitted is about her fiance.
Lyrics in the song which read 'You were in it for real, she was in her phone / And you were just a pose' were quickly pegged as a dig at Nicole, who Kelce once publicly scolded for constantly being on her phone.
In one resurfaced clip, the Kansas City Chiefs icon is heard telling her: 'Oh my God. Get off your phone… You’re not even drinking your wine anymore, can we go?'
Amid her rumored beef with Swift, Nicole was recently forced to delete her social media after a series of offensive posts, allegedly shared by her, emerged online.
The alleged posts were shared in 2010 and made use of 'racist' and 'homophobic' language, which was repeatedly used in reference to disenfranchised groups.
Nicole dressed up as R&B icon Toni Braxton and mimed along to lyrics about dumping a lover who 'wasn't man enough for me'
It came after fans claimed that Swift took a shot at Nicole on her new 'Life of a Showgirl' album
According to screenshots circulating online, Nicole appeared to rant against a 'dumb fat Mexican h**' and in another she allegedly claimed: 'Asian ppl rude as f***'.
In another of the alleged posts, she used a homophobic slur and threatened to 'smack the hell outta' gay people if they act 'bold'.
Elsewhere in the thread of alleged posts, Nicole said 'I live [sic] gay people!' but went on to say 'not enough' to want a gay child herself.
It's believed that the posts were dredged up by users on the platform after Swift was rumored to have referenced Nicole on her recent album 'The Life of a Showgirl.'
