Did NFL player Travis Kelce publicly say he would leave X, calling the platform a “hate machine” and a “toxic waste dump”? No, that’s not true: As of November 24, 2024, Kelce’s account is still on the platform. An advanced search on X did not return any posts that supported his alleged description of the platform. There are no credible reports that confirm Kelce made such a statement.
The allegation appeared in a Facebook post on November 18, 2024, which read:
NFLTravis Kelce has announced he is leaving Elon Musk’s ‘Hate Machine’ X app, calling it a ‘toxic waste dump’ following his scathing and offensive comments about Taylor Swift
This is what the Facebook post looks like at the time of writing:
At the time of writing, Kelce’s official X account is still on the platform. An advanced keyword search on X revealed that none of its posts mentioned the platform as a “hate machine” or a “toxic waste dump.”
Lead Stories conducted a keyword search on Google News, which did not find any reliable documents or reports confirming Kelce’s alleged departure from the platform.
We also searched Google for keywords that included “hate machine” and “toxic waste dump.” The results yielded copies of the claim on social media platforms. However, no results supported the authenticity of the quote.
