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Everything Kayla Nicole Said About Travis and Taylor on ‘Special Forces’

8 January 2025 at 19:01
Everything Kayla Nicole Says About Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift on ‘Special Forces’
Kayla Nicole, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift Andrew Toth/Getty Images ; Matthew Stockman/Getty Images ; Aeon/GC Images

Influencer and model Kayla Nicole is one of 16 celebrities featured on Fox’s Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test — and it didn’t take long before her ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce and his girlfriend, Taylor Swift, became a topic of conversation.

At the start of episode two, which aired as part of the two-part premiere on Wednesday, January 7, Nicole, 33, informed surfer Alana Blanchard and Disney alum Kyla Pratt that her ex is Kelce, 35.

“He’s dating Taylor Swift,” she said. “I just get a lot of s— online because he’s dating such a mega superstar.”

Nicole and Kelce dated on and off for five years and before calling it quits for good in 2022. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end started dating Swift in summer 2023.

Later in the two-part premiere, the Special Forces soldiers pull up an article with the headline: “Travis Kelce’s ex Kayla Nicole asks trolls to ‘leave her alone’ as Taylor Swift releases new album.”

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The article was originally published by The Independent in April 2024. At the time, Nicole had tweeted, “There’s just no way I can fully digest all these new albums. I’m still on Cowboy Carter.”

The post was taken as a dig at the release of Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department a.k.a the first album that features tracks inspired by Kelce.

“I’m unproblematic. Mind my business. Never respond to the constant vitriol,” she fired back at the time?. “Solid as they come & don’t expect a pat on the back for it either. Just know everyone has a breaking point & would love for ‘yall’ (because you know exactly who you are) to leave me alone.”

On the show, one of the spiders told Nicole that they wanted to explore what happens “when social media becomes a battlefield.”

Elsewhere in episode two, the rest of the cast chatted about Kelce.

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“I didn’t know that that was her ex,” Pratt said before Blanchard asked, “Is he a football player?”

Wide receiver Golden Tate subsequently informed them that Kelce is “arguably the greatest of all time to play tight end.”

“OK we ain’t here to pump that f— up right now,” Pratt declared. “We’re just gonna say he good.”

Keep reading for more quotes from Nicole about Kelce and Swift:

The Public Breakup

“Going through a public breakup, just to be frank, is overwhelming,” she said in a confessional on episode two. “I’ve never experienced anything like it. Being reduced to a headline —to something so small as someone’s ex-girlfriend — I feel like if I complete this it will be a massive impact for myself.”

A Fan

“I really like, like, her,” Nicole told Blanchard and Pratt on episode two, referring to Swift. “I think she’s very talented.”

An Interrogation

Before calling Nicole into the interrogation room on episode two, the Special Forces soldiers learn how Nicole was dragged into Kelce and Swift’s relationship online.

“Yeah it’s pretty consistent [and] exhausting,” she told staff about the discourse. “It doesn’t matter — I could post about the sky being blue and people will have a response about an ex and their new situation. It’s inadvertently affected me to the point where it makes me question my overall value as a person.”

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Nicole then began to cry. “It’s just the comparison. It’s just, like, on loop. I think I’m still trying to figure out how to deal with that.”

When she got back to her costars, Nicole explained what happened. “They pulled up an article about my ex. I didn’t think they were going to do that,” she said. “They’re just really good at, like, putting the pieces together to the feeling of me needing to prove myself to people.”

Carey Hart — a motocross champion who is married to Pink — replied, “Well, good. Well, move forward from that s—.”

Denise Richards' Husband Aaron Phypers Sued for Alleged Fraud

8 January 2025 at 18:55
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Aaron Phyphers and Denise Richards. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for A+E Networks)

Denise Richards’ husband, Aaron Phypers, is being sued for alleged fraud and breach of oral contract.

Rupert Perry filed a lawsuit on November 13 that accused Phypers, 52, of violating a verbal agreement concerning treatment at his wellness center, Quantum 360, in Malibu. Perry’s wife, Elina Katsioula-Beall, died of cancer in May 2024 and was allegedly treated by Phypers the year prior, per documents obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday, January 8. 

According to the filing, Katsioula-Beall was diagnosed with Sarcoma — a rare cancer that develops in the bones and soft tissues — in 2019 and sought “a stem cell treatment for her cancer” that Phypers’ Q360 Club had provided. Perry claims that Phypers promised the treatment “would cure or at least ameliorate [Katsioula-Beall’s] condition.”

Perry’s suit alleges that Phypers had “claimed that the treatment had a 98 percent success rate and he was so confident in it that, if it did not work, he would refund” half of the money — $126,000 — that Perry and Katsioula-Beall paid him for the procedures. 

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Katsioula-Beall was treated there between July and September 2023. That December, she learned that her tumors had grown, prompting her and Perry to reach out to Phypers with a written request for a $63,000 refund. 

“[Phypers] ignored her request and instead proposed that she undergo another round of treatment,” Perry claims in the filing. 

He alleges that Phypers had also ignored further requests for a refund. 

“On May 21, 2024, Ms. Katsioula-Beall succumbed to her illness and died,” the suit stated. “On June 28, 2024, Mr. Perry spoke with [Phypers] by telephone, who acknowledged the debt but proffered a series of excuses for his failure to pay the $63,000.”

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Perry, who requests a jury trial, claims that Phypers must pay Katsioula-Beall’s estate, as her illness became worse after treatment at his facility. 

“[Phypers’] aforementioned misconduct was intentional, willful, and done for the purpose of depriving Plaintiff of property and/or legal rights or otherwise causing injury,” Perry states in the documents. “This despicable conduct subjected Plaintiff to cruel and unjust hardship in conscious disregard of his rights.”

Us has reached out to Richards’ team for comment. Phypers, for his part, has not yet filed papers with an attorney in response to the lawsuit. His Q360 Club appears to have closed.

In late December 2024, his wife, Richards, gushed over her “great” marriage with her husband. 

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“I love being married. I love my husband. I know not everyone does,” Richards, 53, exclusively told Us at The Hollywood Christmas Parade on December 1. “I don’t understand them. But we like each other, and love being with each other.”

Richards noted that she and Phypers, with whom she previously appeared on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, are “best friends” and always make time for themselves.

“I say this to other couples with children, I always say you have to have time for yourself. Don’t feel guilty,” she added. “If this ain’t working, it starts at the top and s— rolls down. If [your marriage] stays strong, your family is intact.”

Stephen Baldwin Exits 'Special Forces' Early After Bizarre Doctor Showdown

8 January 2025 at 18:07
Stephen Baldwin and His Headband Make Early Special Forces Exit After Wild Scene With Show Doctor
Stephen Baldwin. Pete Dadds/FOX

Stephen Baldwin’s stint on Special Forces was short but memorable — and we’re not just talking about his skinny black headband.

Hailey Bieber’s 58-year-old dad was the first star to leave during the Wednesday, January 8, premiere of the Fox show, which brings together celebrities from all genres attempting to pass training exercises led by a team of ex-Special Forces operatives. Season 3 takes place in North Wales and features Stephen, Bachelor Nation’s Trista Sutter and Ali Fedotowsky, Brody Jenner, Denise Richards and more.

“I’m the youngest Baldwin brother. I’m a thespian,” Stephen told the cameras. “I’ve trained twice with military technical advisers. Am I a Special Forces guy? No, but I’ve played one on TV.”

For the first task, the 16 celebrities had to jump from a speeding boat to a speeding helicopter and climb into the helicopter — and Stephen was actually one of the eight cast members who was able to complete the challenge. Before the end of the episode, however, the actor worried that he was injured and requested a medical consultation with the on-duty doctor.

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“I smashed my meniscus on the helicopter today and my back is in knots and I can’t turn my head past there,” Stephen said before the doctor asked if he wanted him to look at his knee.

Things subsequently take a bit of a weird turn as Stephen becomes hostile. “It really, at this point, doesn’t matter,” Stephen said before asking the doctor, “Are you being paid to do this?”

Stephen Baldwin and His Headband Make Early Special Forces Exit After Wild Scene With Show Doctor
Pete Dadds/FOX

“I’m curious — if right after this gig you had another one that paid you 10 times what they are paying you know, would you do it?” he continued. When the doctor replied that he wasn’t sure “where this conversation is going” as he thought Stephen wanted a medical consultation, Stephen declared that he had a “decision to make.”

“OK, what’s your decision?” the doctor asked.

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“I have a gig right after this.The one condition for that gig is that I not get injured. It’s not worth it to me. It’s not worth it to have to go into a hospital for a couple of weeks,” Stephen said.

When the doctor asked if Stephen was aware of the type of tasks on the show, he responded, “Yes, but I didn’t know I would definitely get injured.” Stephen then appeared to get heated and spoke louder, repeating twice: “I cannot get injured.”

When the doc filled in the “staff” — a.k.a. the ex-Special Forces operatives who lead the show — they said they believed Stephen was looking for “an excuse” and subsequently dismissed him from the show, saying: “No. 5, you failed this course and you failed yourself. Go.”

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The voiceover then confirmed, “Just one day into selection, actor Stephen Baldwin is the first recruit to leave the course.”

Stephen previously spoke to Us Weekly about his filming the show, noting he had “multiple breaking points” during production.

“I had some challenges going in with asthma, and it just became very real, very fast,” he said.

Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test airs on Fox Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET.

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