Kelce and the sports activities journalist Kayla Nicole had been in a five-year relationship from 2017 to 2022. In a February 2022 interview with E! Information, Kelce confirmed the couple started courting after he began Instagram “stalking” Nicole, which led her to direct message him. “It was over the course of a month’s span, simply following her and liking the photographs that she was posting and watching all of her tales when tales had first began popping out,” he mentioned about interacting with Nicole’s profile. “Lastly, on New 12 months’s, she gave in. And, , New 12 months new me. She simply shot her shot, jumped in my DMs and the remaining is historical past.”
In an Instagram Story that June, Nicole shared her facet of the story whereas answering fan questions. “He had been following me and insta-flirting for just a few months. All double faucets and no dm. Soooo after slightly liquid braveness and a pep discuss from @iqueenb (one thing alongside the traces of ‘WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR’) I dm’d him on New Years,” she wrote, based on the New York Submit. “Slid into that thang prefer it was third base, idk baseball so undecided that is one of the best analogy, however ya.”
A 12 months after they started courting, Kelce and Nicole made their purple carpet debut as a pair by attending the 2018 ESPY Awards collectively. Afterward, the pair made a number of extra public appearances collectively, together with on the 2018 Nickelodeon Youngsters’ Alternative Awards, 2019 Paris Trend Week, and a 2020 Los Angeles Lakers sport.
In August 2020, rumors swirled that Kelce and Nicole had damaged up because of the NFL star reportedly dishonest on her. Shortly afterward, Kelce confirmed he and Nicole had break up, however denied it was attributable to him being untrue. “That is faux information… a lie… and never why Kayla and I broke up,” Kelce mentioned in a since-deleted tweet (through TMZ). “Take all of your hatred elsewhere please.”
That December, Kelce revealed he and Nicole had gotten again collectively in a Q&A with WNBA participant Chiney Ogwumike. After Ogwumike requested Kelce who he was shopping for Christmas presents for, Kelce confirmed he and Nicole had reconciled by saying, “So clearly we have got the fam. My girlfriend Kayla. Kayla is unquestionably on the listing. At all times gotta do it huge for Kayla,” based on TMZ.
The couple remained collectively for 2 extra years earlier than they break up for good in Could 2022.