{"id":1154,"date":"2023-09-26T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=290116"},"modified":"2025-02-07T17:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:03:22","slug":"recap-how-maya-benberry-won-catching-kelce-in-2016-and-where-she-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2023\/09\/26\/recap-how-maya-benberry-won-catching-kelce-in-2016-and-where-she-is-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap &#8211; How Maya Benberry won &#8216;Catching Kelce&#8217; in 2016 and where she is now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Taylor Swift&#8217;s rumored new romance with NFL star Travis Kelce is the talk of the town, but not everyone is on board. The athlete&#8217;s ex, Maya Benberry, has warned the singer to stay vigilant amid their budding relationship. It comes years after the social media star vied for his heart on Catching Kelce.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/taylor-swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a>&#8216;s sold-out Eras Tour has been the focus of 2023 &#8211; until now. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/dating\">dating<\/a> life has returned to the headlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pop singer has dated actors and singers but this is the first time she&#8217;s been linked to an athlete. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is Taylor&#8217;s latest rumored beau and the hitmaker was even photographed with the athlete after his game at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taylor-Travis love story has divided the internet and Kelce&#8217;s ex-girlfriend is warning the singer to &#8220;be smart&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-is-maya-benberry-inside-her-journey-to-catching-kelce\">Who is Maya Benberry? Inside her journey to Catching Kelce<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Maya Benberry is a marketing expert and life coach from Kentucky, but she is best known as one of the stars of <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/e-entertainment\">E! Entertainment<\/a>&#8216;s Catching Kelce. The 31-year-old competed against 49 other women on <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/the-bachelor\">The Bachelor<\/a>-esque reality series for Travis&#8217; affection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>READ<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-embraced-real-body-after-avoiding-the-one-thing-that-triggers-her\">Taylor Swift embraced &#8216;real body&#8217; after avoiding the one thing that triggers her<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Maya caught Travis&#8217; eye with her confidence, but it almost jeopardized her chances. In the final, Kelce admitted that her overconfidence came across as &#8220;arrogant&#8221; at times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have been attracted to women like that my entire life, and those relationships didn&#8217;t work because of that. I don&#8217;t want that anymore,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I feel like I came into this idea, this experience, this show because I needed that change in my life, and Veronica [Harwood] is that change.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Travis eventually chose &#8220;to go with my heart&#8221; and selected Maya as the winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The couple dated for several months before he moved on with social media influencer\u00a0Kayla Nicole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BLKGF2YjNtI\/?hl=en\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-travis-kelce-s-ex-warns-taylor-swift-of-his-cheating\">Travis Kelce&#8217;s ex warns Taylor Swift of his &#8216;cheating&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since winning Catching Kelce, Maya has gone on to become a social media personality alongside her marketing and life coaching career. She boasts nearly 150K <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/instagram\">Instagram<\/a> followers and heads her own company called MXM Marketing Agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After their split, Benberry accused him of infidelity, alleging that the athlete began dating Kayla Nicole before their split.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When you and your ex broke up five months ago but you find out via social media that he\u2019s supposedly been in another relationship for 6\u2026&#8221; she tweeted on X, formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/twitter\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five years later, Maya is advising Taylor to stay cautious given her personal experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Taylor seems like such a fun girl with a beautiful spirit so I wish her the best of luck but I wouldn\u2019t be a girls&#8217; girl if I didn\u2019t advise her to be smart,&#8221; she told Daily Mail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Maya continued: &#8220;I\u2019m sure by now she has mastered the ability to see who is really there for her &#8211; and who is just using her.\u00a0Only time will tell but like the saying always goes, &#8216;Once a cheater, always a cheater.'&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benberry clarified her statements based on &#8220;the man that I knew him to be when we dated&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>GRV Media and Reality Titbit have reached out to Travis Kelce&#8217;s representatives for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>MORE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/celebrity-news\/taylor-swift-swallows-eras-tour-anti-hero-as-singer-almost-sabotaged-on-stage\">Taylor Swift &#8216;swallows&#8217; Eras Tour anti-hero as singer almost sabotaged on stage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift&#8217;s rumored new romance with NFL star Travis Kelce is the talk of the town, but not everyone is on board. The athlete&#8217;s ex, Maya Benberry, has warned the singer to stay vigilant amid their budding relationship. It comes years after the social media star vied for his heart on Catching Kelce. 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