Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole has opened up to regret about her breaken up with Travis Kelce.

If you didn’t know, Travis and Kayla dated on and off between 2017 and 2022. During this time, and even after they split for good, Kayla shared a super-close friendship with Brittany Mahomes — aka the wife of NFL star and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Kayla ended up clarifying that while “the love” was still there between her and Brittany, she unfollowed her in order to “protect” herself. She told People magazine, “That’s a lot of history and friendship there, that doesn’t change overnight,” Kayla said. “But publicly, because things are happening so quickly and so publicly, I have to protect myself. That’s really all that is.”

I still love my KC people and my KC community so much,” she said, referring to Kansas City. “But for me in my life, I have to move forward and everyone has to respect that. And hopefully when they respect that, that means that they’re no longer inserting me into things that do not involve me.”

Appearing on the Behind the Likes podcast this week, Kayla was asked if she would date “another athlete.” She replied, “I’ll never say never, but I fully, wholeheartedly believe that I am out of the athlete stage.”

I do think that I am attracted to men in positions of power, and I also think that those types of men are attracted to me,” she said.

Kayla went on to note that while she’d still like to go to some sports events, she doesn’t necessarily want to attend as the partner of one of the athletes playing.

I would love to date an executive of a record label or a movie producer so that we can go to sporting events. Let date night be courtside at the Laker game; that’s my kind of guy,” she said.

I don’t really need to go to any more sporting events because I have a jersey on with someone’s name on the back. I did that, it was fun, I’m good,” she added.