Did NFL player Travis Kelce publicly say he would leave X, calling the platform a “hate machine” and “toxic waste dump”?
No, that’s not true. As of November 24, 2024, Travis Kelce’s account remained active on X. An advanced search on the platform did not yield any posts supporting the claim that he described X in such negative terms. Additionally, there are no credible reports confirming that Kelce ever made such a statement.
The claim appeared in a post on Facebook on November 18, 2024, that read:
NFLTravis Kelce announced that he’s leaving Elon Musk’s ‘Hate Machine’ X app, Calling it
a ‘Toxic waste dump’ after his Scathing and Hurtful comments about Taylor Swift
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
At the time of writing, Kelce’s official X account was still active on the platform. An advanced keyword search on X revealed no posts from him referring to the platform as a “hate machine” or a “toxic waste dump.”
Lead Stories conducted a search using keywords on Google News and found no credible reports or documentation confirming Kelce’s supposed exit from the platform. We also searched Google using keywords like “hate machine” and “toxic waste dump.” While the search returned copies of the claim across social media platforms, none of the results supported the authenticity of the quote.
