Travis Kelce’s ex-girlfriend Kayla Nicole is throwing her hat in the ring to be the next “Bachelorette” after ABC pulled the plug on Taylor Frankie Paul’s season.
The fitness influencer took to TikTok Wednesday and posted a video titled, “My audition to be the next ‘Bachelorette.’”
In the clip, she lip-synced to a playful audio, listing off a list of a bunch of made-up qualities to try and impress potential suitors.
“Hey @ABC, heard you need a stand in? 🌹😂 ” she captioned the post.
Nicole’s video comes one week after ABC pulled Paul’s season from airing amid an ongoing domestic violence investigation involving the reality TV star and her ex boyfriend Dakota Mortensen.
Additionally, a video was released days before “The Bachelorette” was supposed to air showing Paul involved in a separate domestic violence incident from 2023 with Mortensen.
Page Six reported Wednesday that Utah police are now investigating allegations of a third domestic violence incident involving the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star and her ex.
Paul and Mortensen share 2-year-old son, Ever, and have had an on-again, off-again relationship from 2022 to 2025 — with Mortensen claiming that he and Paul slept together the night before she left to film Season 22 of the ABC dating show.
As for Nicole, her last public relationship was with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.
The exes dated from 2017 to 2022, though they broke up several times within those five years.
After they called it quits for good in May 2022, Nicole continued to speak about the athlete publicly, especially when Kelce and Taylor Swift went public with their relationship in September 2023.
In her most recent jab at the engaged couple, Nicole appeared in a 2026 Super Bowl commercial for the sports app Sleeper where she played the “ex of a certain NFL player.”
But last month, she changed her tune while reflecting on her relationship with Kelce, calling him the “right person, wrong time” during a TikTok live.
“Who knows? Could be compatibility issues, right person, wrong time,” she said, referring to their breakup.
The sports reporter added that she’s open to a relationship but “dating in 2026 is just hard all the way around” — seemingly why she’s now gunning for the role as the new “Bachelorette.”
