It appears that Kayla Nicole's motto is "no new friends."

In a recent interview with PEOPLE, the social media influencer opened up on why she unfollowed Brittany and Patrick Mahomes on Instagram in September, after her ex-boyfriend Travis Kelce started dating Taylor Swift.

For Nicole, making a private matter public tea is not her go-to.

"I do think it's important to publicly address this because I did publicly unfollow people," Nicole said. "The reality is I know these people in real life. And so, in real life, I've communicated to these people why I've had to publicly make the decisions that I made."

In 2017, a friendship blossomed between Nicole and Brittany when Nicole and Kelce, Patrick's Kansas City Chiefs teammate, were an item. However, their relationship ended in May 2022. Kelce is now courting the Grammy winner. So what's the issue, you might ask?

Brittany and Swift are now besties.

"To everyone it's like, 'Oh, you broke up a year ago,' and that meant it's like a light switch, you turn it on and off and everything goes dead and black and you don't ever speak to anyone ever again,” Nicole explained. “That's not reality. I have ongoing relationships with all parties involved."

She also noted that she still has "love" for Brittany so, there's no bad blood there. "We've had our conversations," Nicole added.

"That's a lot of history and friendship there, that doesn't change overnight. But publicly, because things are happening so quickly and so publicly, I have to protect myself. That's really all that is. The love is still there...But for me in my life, I have to move forward and everyone has to respect that.”

“And hopefully when they respect that, that means that they're no longer inserting me into things that do not involve me."