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, Kelce's account was still on the platform. An advanced search on X did not return any posts supporting his supposed description of the platform. There are no credible reports that confirm Kelce having made such a statement.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) 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
#kattwilliams #beyonce #jayz #celebritygossip
#australia #diddy #kimkardashian #hollywood #hiphop #rapper
#usa #uk #canada #hollywood #news #hiphop #diddy #pdiddy #newsdiddy
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Sat Nov 23 22:58:23 2024 UTC)
At the time of writing, Kelce's official X account was still on the platform (archived here). An advanced keyword search on X revealed that none of his posts mention the platform being a "hate machine" (archived here) or a "toxic waste dump" (archived here).
Lead Stories did a search using keywords on Google News (archived here), which found no credible documents or reporting to confirm Kelce's supposed exit from the platform. We also searched for keywords on Google that included "hate machine" and "toxic waste dump" (archived here). The results yielded copies of the claim across social media platforms. However, no results supported the quote's authenticity.
Other Lead Stories fact checks of claims related to Travis Kelce can be found here.
