In the case of Kayla Nicole, not every part has to do together with her ex — particularly not this 12 months’s Halloween costume.
After the 34-year-old media persona and sports activities journalist’s “He Wasn’t Man Sufficient” Toni Braxton-inspired Halloween look almost broke the web, many assumed it was shade towards her ex, Travis Kelce, and his fiancée, Taylor Swift. However on her podcast, “The Pregame with Kayla Nicole,” she revealed the actual inspiration had nothing to do with both of them.
Nicole’s Halloween tribute to Braxton performed out throughout two posts on Instagram. Within the first, she starred in a brief, mock music video full with lip-syncing, choreography, and the purple kaleidoscope backdrop made well-known in Braxton’s “He Wasn’t Man Sufficient” visible. Wearing a skimpy, bejeweled chain costume together with her hair lengthy, glossy, and bone straight, she embodied the R&B icon’s early-2000s glamour. The second submit showcased nonetheless pictures from the shoot alongside behind-the-scenes footage.
Whereas Braxton’s unique lyrics are sung from the angle of a girl telling her ex’s new spouse he “wasn’t man sufficient,” Nicole mentioned her inspiration got here from a “very particular” childhood reminiscence.
“I had a white finest buddy. Her identify was Taylor,” she recalled throughout the episode. “And he or she [was] the one home I may go over to as a child as a result of my mother didn’t play them sort of video games.”
She continued, “I particularly bear in mind driving dwelling from personal college in my little uniform at the back of a paddy wagon with Taylor, and her mother was enjoying this track, enjoying it on the high of her lungs.”
Nicole mentioned the second left an enduring impression.
“I had an ‘ah ha’ second,” she mentioned. “I bear in mind considering, wow, white individuals take heed to Black individuals music as nicely.”
A mannequin, on-air host, and wellness advocate, Nicole first rose to prominence within the sports activities world. She later gained notoriety for her on-again, off-again relationship with Kelce, which ended completely in 2022. However ever for the reason that NFL star started relationship Swift a 12 months later, Nicole has discovered herself unwittingly swept into the continuing narrative surrounding their romance.
When she spoke to theGrio not too long ago concerning the evolution of her media and wellness model, Nicole made it clear the place her focus lies now.
“My focus has actually simply been cultivating neighborhood and creating protected areas for girls like me to really feel seen and understood, revered, [and providing] locations that they’ll go to be taught extra about themselves,” she mentioned.
