John Lamparski/Getty; Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott Kayla Nicole has seemingly reacted to the release of Taylor Swift's new album,The Life of a Showgirl She shared a clip on social media fromAmerica's Next Top Model, in which contestant Eva Marcille said, "I don't compare myself to other girls" Fans speculated that Swift's track "Opalite" — which appears to reference one of her fiancé Travis Kelce's exes — was a dig at Nicole, who dated the athlete for roughly five years before his relationship with the pop star IsKayla Nicolereacting toTaylor Swift'snew album,The Life of a Showgirl? As soon as Swift, 35, dropped her 12th studio album on Friday, Oct. 3,fans started to speculatethat the track "Opalite" was a dig at Nicole, who dated Swift's fiancéTravis Kelcefor roughly five years, beginning in 2017. On the song — which appears to describe Swift's previous failed relationships before she started dating Kelce, 35 — the Grammy winner seems to describe the athlete's love life before she came into the picture. "You couldn't understand it, why you felt alone / You were in it for real, she was in her phone and you were just a pose," sings Swift in an apparent nod to Kelce's romance with Nicole, 33. "And don't we try to love love? We give it all we got / You finally left the table, and what a simple thought / You're starving 'til you're not." In apost on her Instagram Storieson Oct. 3, Nicole shared a clip from an episode ofAmerica's Next Top Model, in which contestantEva Marcillewas asked byTyra Banks, "How do you compare yourself to the other girls out there?" and responded, "I don't compare myself to other girls ... I'm no comparison to anyone else." Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot Swift has never publicly addressed Nicole's former flame with Kelce. Nicole was previously the subject of fan scrutiny in October 2023, when sheunfollowed Kelce's teammatePatrick Mahomesjust days afterSwift was seen out to dinnerwith Mahomes' wife,Brittany Mahomes, in New York City amid reports that the singer's relationship with Kelce washeating up. Addressing rumors that she and Brittany, 30, were having a falling out,Nicole told PEOPLEat the time that "the reality" of their relationship was more complicated, and they had discussed the situation personally. Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic "That's a lot of history and friendship there, that doesn't change overnight," she clarified. "But publicly, because things are happening so quickly and so publicly, I have to protect myself. That's really all that is. The love is still there." During Nicole's first public appearance after Swift and Kelceannounced their engagementin August, she shut down a question by theDaily Mailasking her to comment on the news. She insteadtold PEOPLEat the event that the biggest lesson she had learned in 2025 was that "the opinions of others are only as big as you make them." "So if I don't allow it to affect me, it simply won't," Nicole added. "You know what I mean? Sometimes on social media, we think that it's the whole world, and it's really not." The Life of a Showgirlis available to purchase and stream now. Read the original article onPeople
