Taylor Swift confirmed an engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce via Instagram photos posted Aug. 26. Both Swift and Kelce have been frequent targets of misinformation and false headlines. Social media repeatedly circulated claims that Swift was banned from Chiefs games or criticized by team figures, but those assertions originated on satire pages and were reshared without context. Specific false claims included a fabricated attempt by Candace Owens to ban Swift and bogus Facebook posts alleging criticism from Coach Andy Reid and a ban by CEO Clark Hunt. Official comments from Reid and Hunt were positive toward the couple, and the viral claims are false.
Pop superstar Taylor Swift has been falsely accused of a laundry list of absurdities: Doing "satanic rituals" at her shows. Being a government "psyop." But this time, the news about her is true: She's engaged to be married. Swift posted a series of photos on Instagram Aug. 26, showing her engagement to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who is also no stranger to being targeted by misinformation. Even Kelce's father, Ed, has occasionally fallen for false headlines about the couple.
Since then, social media posts have often falsely declared that Swift was banned from football games. One June 2024 variation said conservative commentator Candace Owens tried to ban Swift from the NFL because of being "awfully woke," but that originated with satire. A year after Swift started attending Chiefs games, Facebook posts broke what seemed like the salacious news that Kansas City Chiefs Coach Andy Reid criticized Swift for not being a "good role model."
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