often referred to as Swifites – has predominately supported the musician’s courtship with the Kansas City Chief’s tight end. Some have even gone the extra yard (albeit out of bounds) to tell Kelce’s ex-girlfriend that there’s a new queen in town, writing nasty comments on her social media.

journalist who dated Kelce on and off for five years, seemingly addressed the hate she’s been receiving in a video shared to Instagram. She started by saying, “It’s also been really important for me to use my platform not to create division, but to elevate and unite women. Black women, specifically. So I prepared a letter, and would like to share it with you today.””Dear Black girl,” Nicole, 31, began.

“They may call you a traitor for falling in love. You’ll hope the ones closest will protect you.

ut you will quickly find out that people don’t protect what they don’t value.

They’ll say you’re too much. Too provocative.

Too boisterous. Too outspoken. And in the same breath, tell you, that you’re not enough.

Not successful enough. Not wholesome enough. Maybe not even intelligent enough. They’ll say you deserve the backlash and embarrassment.

Because of your blackness, you should have known better. They’ll even try to tie your value to your net worth,” she continued.

In Nicole’s prior Instagram post to the video, fans of Swift hurled insults, writing things like “Sorry, sis. You can’t compete with a legend like T-Swift. You’ll be taking the L every time,” and “Taylor Swift would never post anything like this.

Why would any man wife this? Ok, nice to look at but you really want this as a wife? Posting like this for all the world to see? I say no thanks.”

Breaking News: Taylor Swift responds to Kim Kardashian’s recent comments with a firm but polite message: ‘I don’t have time for petty drama, but I think you could use a lesson in kindness and respect.’ Swift’s statement is a clear indication that she’s not going to engage in any back-and-forth with Kardashian …

the matter—urging her fans to pay attention to what “really matters,” COVID-19 relief, but also touching on the call’s impact on her (“the one that was illegally recorded, that somebody edited and manipulated in order to frame me and put me, my family, and fans through hell for the last 4 years”)—Kim Kardashian took to Twitter and posted a thread about how Swift was “actually lying,” and she was “left without a choice but to respond.

” Kardashian also apologized for writing extensively about this issue as “I know you are all dealing with more serious and important matters” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Swift has not responded to Kardashian, but her publicist Tree Paine did, pointing out that in Kardashian’s thread, the reality starSwift’s reputation took a hit when the Snapchats were released, and she was attacked on social media by those who saw her as a “snake” and liar.

She ended up retreating from public life for a year afterThe full phone call video that leaked was seen by some fans—and Swift herself—to be vindicating for her. As Swift pointed out in her statement yesterday, the clips showed “I was telling the truth the whole time about *that call*.”