Travis Kelce begs ex Kayla Nicole to ‘get off your phone’ in resurfaced video after Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ diss

The girl Travis Kelce loved before was always “in her phone,” according to Taylor Swift’s savage new lyrics — and fans found proof.

On Friday, an eagle-eyed Swiftie resurfaced a video via X from Kelce’s on-again, off-again romance with Kayla Nicole.

The couple, who were together between 2017 and 2022, bickered during a date night in the throwback footage.

Kayla Nicole and Travis Kelce via X
Taylor Swift’s fans resurfaced a cringey video of Travis Kelce and Kayla Nicole after the singer’s shady lyrics.X/@Trying2Unplug

Travis Kelce leaning in while Kayla Nicole laughs and holds a glass of wine.
In the throwback clip, the athlete requested his then-partner “get off [her] phone.”X/@Trying2Unplug

As Nicole filmed selfie-style, a glass of wine in hand, Kelce leaned in to firmly request, “Just drink the wine so we can go.”

The 33-year-old giggled, telling the camera that she “love[d] it here.”

Nicole held the same glass in another video, insisting she wouldn’t have to go on social media “to seek validation from a bunch of strangers on the internet” if “someone sometimes would pay [her] attention.”

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Travis Kelce looking at Kayla Nicole holding a glass of wine.
“Just drink the wine so we can go,” the tight end requested firmly.X/@Trying2Unplug

Kayla Nicole holding a glass of red wine.
Nicole quipped that Kelce didn’t give her “attention” so she sought “validation from strangers on the internet.”X/@Trying2Unplug
Kelce sighed and replied, “Oh, my God. Get off your phone. Get off your phone. … You’re not even drinking your wine anymore, can we go?”

Nicole laughed off the question.

The footage made the rounds on Friday in the wake of Swift seemingly shading Nicole in the third track of her 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

Taylor Swift posing as a showgirl in a yellow feathered and jeweled costume with other showgirls.
Swift seemingly referenced Nicole’s phone use in “Opalite.”Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wearing headphones and speaking into microphones in front of a bookshelf for the podcast New Heights.
The song, notably, is Kelce’s self-proclaimed “favorite” off the “Life of a Showgirl” album.
“Opalite,” which is Kelce’s “favorite” off of the project, begins with a verse about Swift’s “past lovers” — before diving into the athlete’s previous relationship.

 

“You couldn’t understand it, why you felt alone,” the Grammy winner sang. “You were in it for real, she was in her phone / And you were just a pose.

“And don’t we try to love love?” Swift continued. “We give it all we got / You finally left the table / and what a simple thought / You’re starving ’til you’re not.”

Kayla Nicole in a bikini posing outdoors amongst lush greenery.
“You were in it for real, she was in her phone,” the pop star sang.Instagram/@iamkaylanicole

Kayla Nicole wearing a brown dress and gold earrings outdoors at night.
The lyrics continued, “You finally left the table / and what a simple thought / You’re starving ’til you’re not.”Iamkaylanicole/Instagram
Reps for Kelce, Nicole and Swift did not immediately reply to Page Six’s requests for comment.

Swift gushed about the song on “Capital Breakfast” Friday morning, confirming the title is a link to her fiancé’s opal birthstone.

She did not address any shady lyrics while explaining that the song is about happiness as a “man-made” concept.