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in General Factchecking by Novice (540 points)
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce broke up?
by Novice (500 points)
There is no evidence to support this claim, and the misinformation tweet states, "'They broke up': Fans speculate on Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift's relationship after TE's solo appearance at Justin Timberlake's concert. I have multiple sources that said they are still together

https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-spotted-at-private-club-in-l-a-report/

https://people.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-still-happy-eras-tour-break-source-8610446
by (100 points)
There is no information to support this claim. When looking at the actual message, it says "fans speculate" that the couple has broken up. After seeing this, it's apparent that there's no evidence to back this up. Some fans will overanalyze a famous person's every move and create theories based on no evidence. "Speculation" is not evidence, especially from "fans"
by (100 points)
Much is going on all over social media regarding the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. There is not any credible information behind this saying. After looking it up and doing research multiple conversations discuss this thought but nothing from any credible sources or from either of the two of them say anything of the sort.
 https://people.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-still-happy-eras-tour-break-source-8610446

6 Answers

+1 vote
by Champion (14.6k points)
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There is no available information that confirms that Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift have broken up. The claim originated from an X account, (@SportsLab18) with 3,300 followers. The post said, "They broke up": Fans speculate on Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift relationship after TE's solo appearance at Justin Timberlake's LA concert." Kelce attended the concert on March 13. However, there are no additional sources that confirm the current status of their relationship. On the March 20 episode of his New Heights podcast with his brother Jason, Kelce said "Honestly, everybody knows I'm a huge JT fan" (Today). Timberlake and Kelce have been friends for years and have even played golf together (Today).

No available information
+2 votes
by Newbie (400 points)

There is no concrete evidence to support his claim. The tweet states "'They broke up': Fans speculate on Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift relationship after TE's solo appearance at Justin Timberlake's LA concert." The tweet did not include any sources or evidence, only a link with speculation from fans who have a "feeling" the two split because they were spotted separately. When it comes to the relationship between the two, there is a lot of media attention and mixed speculation, so we can really only trust what Swift and Kelce say themselves. With this in mind, I found an article from People magazine (which I would also take with a grain of salt) that claims they are "still very happy."

https://people.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-still-happy-eras-tour-break-source-8610446

by Genius (41.0k points)
How would you rate the actual claim? True, false, no information? Always select a rating for each fact-check. Thanks!
+1 vote
by (160 points)
This is not true, Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are still confirmed to be together. This claim started on an X account @SportsLab18 that claimed the two were no longer together. They have been seen at Coachella weekend one. Many sources have confirmed that the two are still together.
False
by Genius (41.0k points)
Sources? Links?
+1 vote
by (160 points)
In today's episode of Travis Kelce's podcast "New Heights," he raved about the weekend he spent with Taylor at Coachella (which was a few days ago, and were extremely openly affectionate towards each other the entire time). Here is a link to the podcast episode: https://open.spotify.com/show/1y3SUbFMUSESC1N43tBleK
by Genius (41.0k points)
Nice work mentioning the source and providing a link. Concise and clear fact-checking work! Bravo!
+1 vote
by (160 points)
There is no evidence to support this claim and it is therefore false. Just last weekend, they were seen together being very PDA in the Coachella crowd, according to photos and articles published by DailyMail.com and People Magazine. This tweet did not have any evidence to support its claim.
by Genius (41.0k points)
Don't forget to add source links to your fact-checks going forward. Also, please select a rating (true, false, N/A, etc.). Thanks!
+1 vote
by (160 points)
After searching for a source to validate this claim, I couldn’t find anything to support it. The only related information I could find where websites disproving rumors about the couple’s split.
False
by Genius (41.0k points)
What sources did you use?

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