The pair frequently made headlines for their adorable Instagram photos and fashion looks.
Despite never pursuing basketball, others in her family excelled at it.
In 2020, Nicole shouted her out onInstagramfor landing a scholarship.
In the lengthy caption, she poked fun at her lack of basketball skills.
“She’s a leader, intelligent, dedicated, and extremely talented,” Nicole wrote.
The model and influencer attended Pepperdine University and graduated in 2013.
“I wanted to spread my wings and venture out… the experience was wack.”
The influencer also complained about the campus having strict curfews for students and a no-alcohol policy.
“It was just like boarding school,” she said.
She went on to place third runner-up.
Despite never winning the Miss Malibu title, Nicole had fun competing.
“It seems rather narcissistic but as a Broadcast News major, it’s the ultimate high point.”
After graduating, Nicole went from owning the pageant stage to strutting across runways as a model.
In 2023, she returned to the runway during New York Fashion Week.
“I haven’t been on a runway in AGES.
Decades,” she wrote onInstagram.
“So it felt really good to celebrate this version of my body.”
“[H]osting is where my heart is,” she captioned the reel onInstagram.
She also uploaded it to her YouTube page.
It all started in 2017 with a cheeky DM.
AsTMZreported in 2022, Nicole revealed how she first connected with the NFL star in an Instagram story.
“He had been following me and insta-flirting for months.
All double taps and no DMs,” she wrote with an eye roll emoji.
I DM’d him on New Years."
Nicole came up with a witty opening line that ultimately caught Kelce’s attention.
“A lot of overlapping here,” she wrote in another tweet (viaThe Shade Room).
“Take all your hatred somewhere else yo.”
However, by May 2022, the two split for good.
The breakup made headlines whenBarstool Sportsreported that the reason for the split was Kelce allegedly being way too frugal.
The source alleged that Kelce made Nicole go half on everything throughout their five-year relationship.
The rumor caused a firestorm on social media, forcing Kelce to publicly deny ever being that cheap.
Don’t buy into that s**t!"
Nicole later denied ever going 50/50 during their relationship on the “Unapologetically Angel” podcast 2024.
“Dear Black girl… they’ll say you deserve the backlash and embarrassment.
Because of your Blackness, you should have known better.
They’ll even venture to tie your value to your net worth.
But Black girl, like remember your value lies elsewhere.”
The sports reporter encouraged others on the receiving end of hate to not feed into the negativity.
“Remember that you are a part of something way bigger,” said Nicole.
Nicole shared that the backlash didn’t get to her until after she saw how it pained her mother.
“She’s hurt by the way people are perceiving her daughter.
She’s hurt by the negative headlines and the way people are spinning it,” she explained.
She called it a learning experience that taught her not everything is deserving of a response.
“I’m posting content and people are like, ‘You look so good.
Tell us your tricks.
You look amazing.’
And I’m like, ‘I’m miserable.
I’m depressed,'” Nicole shared.
“My abs were amazing, I had a six-pack.
And it was like, ‘I had never felt so bad in my life.'”
A therapist helped her realize that being healthy is more than just working out mental health matters, too.
Despite the rebrand, Tribe Therepe is committed to focusing on mental and physical wellness.
She hopes to share what she learned in therapy with those who can’t afford it themselves.
Call the next girl.
Wrong girl!'"
What ultimately helped change her mind was wanting to challenge herself to take on a tough battle.
“Life is not that difficult in hindsight.
While on the show, she revealed a more vulnerable side to herself.
The sports journalist revealed the punch in of men she sees herself now going for.
Let date night be courtside… that’s my kind of guy.”
On the “Unapologetically Angel” podcast, Nicole spoke about the WAG life and some of its struggles.
She advised women dating athletes to always prioritize their own career goals.
