Colin Cowherd, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce (Photos via Twitter and Getty Images)
Sports fans are teeing off on FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd for getting duped by a fake tweet from an X/Twitter account posing as Kansas City Chiefs superstar Travis Kelce.
X chairman Elon Musk made global headlines on Tuesday when he sent out a tweet directed at Taylor Swift after the beloved singer endorsed Kamala Harris on Instagram. Musk told Swift in an X post, “I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life.” Though Kelce didn’t respond to the post about his girlfriend, Colin Cowherd certainly thought he did.
In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the post from Musk:
Fine Taylor … you win … I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 11, 2024
Someone on social media then photoshopped an image to make it look like Kelce himself tweeted back at Musk, threatening to twist the SpaceX founder “into a pretzel.” Again, this is a FAKE tweet that Kelce did not actually write:
Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris after the first presidential debate, sparking a rapid response from Elon Musk.
But this supposed clapback from the pop star’s NFL player boyfriend Travis Kelce is fake — the comment parrots a sports meme https://t.co/g3sCifYjBA pic.twitter.com/clp3ARzkzj
— AFP Fact Check 🔎 (@AFPFactCheck) September 13, 2024
But while speaking on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd”, the veteran sports journalist got totally duped by the fake tweet. On his show, Colin Cowherd stated that the superstar tight end “took a shot at Elon Musk on X.”
Colin Cowherd got duped by the fake tweet of Travis Kelce replying to Elon Musk.🤷♂️ https://t.co/sXC5vJjnRR pic.twitter.com/C9vQCQL9Vd
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 13, 2024
As you’d expect, social media had a field day mocking Colin Cowherd for getting tricked into thinking that Kelce posted this:
Colin Cowherd got duped by the fake tweet of Travis Kelce replying to Elon Musk.🤷♂️ https://t.co/sXC5vJjnRR pic.twitter.com/C9vQCQL9Vd
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 13, 2024
Hottest free agent in sports television.
— Jason Turner (@the1101) September 13, 2024
@BackAftaThis lmao
— Shawn Johnson (@Godfather_JS) September 13, 2024
@ProctrDoctr ya boy at it again lol
— damn that’s crazy (@LosTheIVth) September 13, 2024
Following Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris, it was reported that Travis Kelce will also publicly endorse the Vice President. Harris is running against Republican Donald Trump, who could join Grover Cleveland as the only other president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
The Chiefs host Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at 4:25 p.m. EST.
Not Colin Cowherd’s Finest Moment
Cowherd is one of the most polarizing figures in sports journalism. He’s used to the criticism that comes with non-stop controversial hot takes, but this moment definitely leaves eggs on his face.
It’s just another reminder not to believe everything you read on the Internet and to always fact-check when you’re doing fact-based research or watching television.
