Travis Kelce’s Ex Kayla Nicole Reveals Inspiration Behind Her Toni Braxton Halloween Costume

Kayla Nicole shared the real reason she chose to dress as Toni Braxton for Halloween following speculation her costume was a subtle diss to her ex Travis Kelce and his fiancée Taylor Swift.

Kayla Nicole is setting the record straight.

The sports reporter shared the real inspiration behind her decision to dress up as Toni Braxton from her 2000 music video “He Wasn’t Man Enough” for Halloween 2025 after many speculated that her getup was a subtle diss to her ex Travis Kelce and his fiancée Taylor Swift.

“I had a white best friend. Her name was Taylor,” Kayla recalled on the Nov. 3 episode of her The Pre-Game With Kayla Nicole podcast. “And she [was] the only house I could go over to as a kid because my mom didn’t play them type of games.”

One day, the 34-year-old got a ride home from school with her pal and made the surprising discovery that she wasn’t the only fan of Toni’s song “He Wasn’t Man Enough.”

“Her mom was playing this song, playing at the top of her lungs,” Kayla explained. “It was just like an ah-hah moment that, ‘Wow, white people listen to Black people music as well.'”

Kayla first unveiled her Halloween costume on Instagram Oct. 31, when she shared a video of herself dancing to “He Wasn’t Man Enough” while wearing a see-through chain-metal mini dress over a metallic silver bikini.

“Did you know about us back then? / Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?” she lip-synched in the clip. “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.”