“Taylor Swift shook off shade from Travis Kelce’s ex as she dazzled on a girls’ night Friday. ”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
The pop superstar stepped out in New York City for dinner at the French hotspot Chez Margaux, proudly showing off the stunning engagement ring Kelce gave her earlier this year.
She looked effortlessly elegant in a chic all-brown ensemble, her mini skirt adding a flirty, leggy touch while her ring sparkled under the city lights.
Taylor flashed a megawatt smile as she arrived with her stylist Ashley Avignone, radiating confidence and glamour.
The outing comes after Kelce’s ex Kayla Nicole threw a subtle jab at the couple with her Toni Braxton–inspired Halloween costume.
But on Friday, all eyes were on Taylor — glowing, stylish, and clearly unbothered by the drama.
Kayla dressed as Toni Braxton and recreated the singer’s 2000 music video He Wasn’t Man Enough For Me, complete with lyrics like, ‘Did you know about us back then? Do you know I dumped your husband, girlfriend?’ and ‘He wasn’t man enough for me.’
Fans quickly picked up on the jab, with one commenting, ‘Theeee perfect costume + song! YOU ARE HER!’
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Bozoma Saint John added, ‘YOU CLEARED THE ROOM!!!!! Omg. The level of petty, slayage and pure decimation needs to be studied.’
The costume comes amid speculation that Swift, 35, may have dragged Nicole in her new track Opalite, which she has admitted references Kelce, 36, whom Nicole dated on and off for five years until 2022.
Lyrics like, ‘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,’ were quickly pegged as a dig at Nicole, who Kelce once publicly scolded for constantly being on her phone.
In one resurfaced clip, Kelce is heard telling Nicole at dinner, ‘Oh my God. Get off your phone… You’re not even drinking your wine anymore, can we go?’
Kayla fired back subtly but clearly on Instagram on Saturday.
She shared a throwback clip from America’s Next Top Model showing contestant Eva Marcille being compared to other girls.
In the footage, host Tyra Banks asks, ‘How do you compare yourself to other girls out there?”
Marcille’s response: ‘I don’t compare myself to other girls. I’m Eva. I’m no comparison to anyone else.’
Nicole didn’t stop there.
She also shared a Friday Instagram Story meme that read, ‘And when God give you ball, BALL.’
The bold post, a clear nod to courage and audacity, seemed like a confident clapback to anyone following the Swift-Kelce drama.
Nicole dated Kelce on and off from 2017 to 2022. Over those five years they were often at splashy events together.
Taylor announced her engagement to NFL star Kelce in August.
In the past year, Nicole has been questioned about her dating life with ex Kelce. She said she is done romancing athletes and would rather have a relationship with an executive of a record label or a movie producer.
And she has a feisty side: When trolls lashed out at Nicole for talking about Kelce after their split she countered, ‘Life handed me lemons and I made a lemon martini out of it and that upsets people.’
Swift also reportedly dissed Charlie XCX in one of her songs on the Life Of A Showgirl album.
This comes after claims Swift does not plan to tour again anytime soon.
The 35-year-old pop star made history with her record-breaking Eras Tour that spanned 149 shows from 2023 to 2024.
But now she doesn’t have the ‘itch’ to hit the road again as she would want the future gigs to reach the same standards.
Speaking to BBC Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James on Friday, Taylor said: ‘I’m gonna be really honest with you. Like, I am so tired when I think about doing it again because I would want to do it really, really well again.’
The Eras Tour earned over $2 billion in revenue to become the highest-grossing music tour of all time and the Blank Space singer was taken aback by the sheer enormity of the concerts.
Taylor said: ‘For me it feels like such an honour that the fans made into what it was, because it was truly astonishing for all of us who were on that tour. We were like, what is going on? It turned into something very quickly that we, that exceeded any of our expectations for what the tour could have been.’
The artist added: ‘I knew it was crazy what was happening. We never had anything happen like that. I’ve been with my band for a very long time.
‘My tour, my touring family, my team… we’re all very close and have been forever and none of us have ever had anything like that happen.’
Taylor – who has released her latest album The Life of a Showgirl – is glad that she is able to spend time on hobbies such as sourdough baking now she has finished the tour.
She said: ‘I could only do the Eras Tour when I was on the Eras Tour and that’s two years of having no other hobbies. And now I have the hobbies again… and making it everybody’s problem.’
She has explained that her songwriting has become less personal than it once was.
The Cardigan hitmaker said: ‘Last year on the tour I was physically exhausted – sick and worn down – so to spark me up I had the album as a secret passion project behind the scenes. It stopped me hitting a wall…
‘I am open about things [in the songs] but in recent years I have a different perspective and like storytelling at a little bit of a distance, so it isn’t like doing a complete autopsy of myself.’