Kayla Nicole received Halloween with a double entendre for the ages.
The 33-year-old sports activities journalist and TV character took to Instagram to point out off her ode to the music video for Toni Braxton’s “He Wasn’t Man Sufficient,” and followers instantly picked up the shade she was throwing by the music alternative and the video.
“She’s an icon. She’s a legend. She’s @tonibraxton circa 2000. #Halloween25,” Kayla captioned her video, splicing collectively clips from the unique “He Wasn’t Man Sufficient” video and her rendition, all the way down to the gown, the choreography and extra.
The costume was such a success that Braxton jumped in Kayla’s feedback together with her stamp of approval: “You killed it, mama!”
Others commented on the “petty” Kayla tapped into by the music’s choice, an obvious dig at her ex, Travis Kelce and his now fiancée, Taylor Swift. Kayla selected one particular lyric of the 2000s hit to drive the purpose house: “Are you aware I dumped your husband, girlfriend?” and “Are you aware he begged to stick with me? He wasn’t man sufficient for me.”
The transfer comes lower than a month after followers tried to piece collectively lyrics from Swift’s “Opalite,” music from her “The Lifetime of a Showgirl” album, singing, “You couldn’t perceive it, why you felt alone, You have been in it for actual, she was in her cellphone, And also you have been only a pose,” alluding to a since-deleted video when Kelce and Kayla have been relationship.
Kayla and Kelce have been collectively on-again and off-again for 5 years, beginning in 2017 after Kayla despatched Kelce a DM on Instagram. The couple broke up in August 2020 and later reconciled earlier than splitting for good in 2022. Kelce would later start relationship Swift in 2023, culminating within the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs participant proposing to her earlier than the beginning of the NFL season.
Since Kayla and Kelce break up, she’s been the topic of on-line harassment and extra. Throughout a confessional on an episode of “Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at,” she expressed her frustration with how the world perceived her.
“Going by a public breakup, simply to be frank, it’s been overwhelming. I’ve by no means skilled something prefer it,” she started. “I’m a really assured individual, however coping with trolls or simply hate on-line, I always really feel like I’m in a state of vulnerability. I’d like to be in a headspace the place I’m simply not affected in any respect.”
Kayla has made it a behavior to point out out for Halloween. Final 12 months, she re-created Ye’s “Fade” video that includes Teyana Taylor, paying “homage” to Taylor regardless of followers believing Kayla as soon as dated Taylor’s ex-husband, Iman Shumpert. In 2023, she took on Ciara’s “Experience” to pay homage to the singer-dancer-entrepreneur.
