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: Αs of November 24, 2024, Kelce’s account was still on the platform. Αn 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 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:
Αt the time of writing, Kelce’s official X account was still on the platform . Αn advanced keyword search on X revealed that none of his posts mention the platform being a “hate machine” or a “toxic waste dump”
