Angel Reese Claps Back After Kayla Nicole Interview Sparks Backlash

Angel Reese Says ‘Hating Pays’ After Kayla Nicole Interview Backlash


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Angel Reese has a response to the backlash she has obtained from Taylor Swift followers after an interview with Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole.

“Hating pays too,” Reese, 22, wrote by way of X on Friday, October 11, together with a nail-painting emoji. Someday prior, the Chicago Sky ahead had launched an episode of her podcast, “Unapologetically Angel,” whereby she spoke with Nicole, 32, about the place she stands with Kelce, 35.

“We’ve seen one another in public areas earlier than nevertheless it’s — I believe that we’re each conscious of the character of his new state of affairs that there’s simply no room actually for us to speak or acknowledge one another publicly with out it being spun into one thing loopy,” Nicole shared on the Thursday, October 10, episode. “I’ll in all probability hit him with, like, a head nod. That’s about it.”

Kelce and Nicole dated on and off between 2017 and 2022 earlier than they cut up for good. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish moved on with Swift, 34, in July 2023.

“He’s a terrific man,” Nicole stated about her previous relationship with the NFL star. “That was a very good time in my life. So many classes realized, however that’s with each relationship.”

She added that, transferring ahead, she could be hesitant about coming into into one other public relationship. “I don’t see myself doing that anytime quickly,” she advised Reese. “Folks can’t decide at what they don’t find out about. I’d simply defend my relationships from right here on out.”

Nicole, for her half, didn’t point out Swift in any respect throughout the podcast, however did handle the quantity of hate she has obtained on-line from a faction of Swift’s fanbase.

“I’d be mendacity if I stated that that stage of hate and simply, like, on-line chaos doesn’t influence me,” she revealed. “It does, even to this present day. You possibly can go to my most up-to-date submit and it will likely be individuals debating one another why I’m nugatory and I’ll by no means be a proficient particular person and I’ve no profession.”

She added, “I believe that there’s one thing about that stage of fame that pulls loopy individuals. It’s unlucky as a result of I’ve by no means finished something to warrant that form of backlash.”

Nicole nonetheless has ties to the NFL as a sports activities analyst, and guaranteed followers that she would proceed to speak about all NFL groups and their gamers, together with the Chiefs, irrespective of how a lot hate she obtained.

“To suppose I’m not going to speak in regards to the No. 1 workforce within the NFL with the very best quarterback and greatest tight finish? That comes with the territory,” she defined. “They’re gonna need to recover from it.”

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