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Donna Kelce Says Viral Travis Kelce Tweet Is Not From His Account

The post spread quickly across social media as a message from the Kansas City Chiefs tight end, until his mother said it was not his; the internet keeps believing screenshots.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on Best of BBN
Published 5:15 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

Photo: Adam Schultz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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Photo: Travis Kelce — Photo: Adam Schultz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by Just Jared: “Donna Kelce Says Viral Travis Kelce Tweet Is Not From His Account”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 5:15 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Travis Kelce.
BBN covered this story before: What Kim Kardashian, Kylie Kelce & More Have Said About Their Nannies (October 17).

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Just JaredDonna Kelce Says Viral Travis Kelce Tweet Is Not From His Account

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA viral tweet got passed around this week, supposedly from Travis Kelce, and his mom says it did not come from his account.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDonna Kelce is the one setting the record straight, which feels right. Nobody checks a post like a mother.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe details of the tweet are what spread, and it racked up shares before anybody asked whether he actually wrote it.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich is how most of us read the internet at five in the morning. Eyes half open, thumbs fully committed.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFake accounts, parody accounts, screenshots of nothing. Bro, a lot of famous people have a twin who is just a typo.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA typo twin.

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