Mainstream media outlets rushed to defend Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Travis Kelce when his troublesome old tweets resurfaced online.
Sports Illustrated claims fans love how “wholesome” Kelce’s fat-shaming tweets are.
NBC News said Taylor Swift’s fans “are here for” Travis’s old tweets.
And People Magazine wrote: “Taylor Swift Fans Resurface Travis Kelce’s Wholesome Old Tweets.”
One of Travis’s “wholesome” tweets pokes fun at plus-sized women.
“As a man, You have something wrong with you if your going for girls that weigh more than you!! [sic]”
Another tweet reads: “I gotta get outta here, it’s too weak!!! im getting attacked by ugly girls.”
A third tweet poked fun at calorically challenged people.
“haha when fat people fall, its like slow motion entertainment, cuz they never JUST fall, they always tumble n gradually hit the deck #comedy.”
The Kansas City Star dismissed the troubling aspects of Travis’s tweets because Taylor Swift’s fans love him.
“Swifties dig up Travis Kelce’s old tweets and still love him: ‘Make him president.'”
Men who fat-shame women are usually raked over the coals. But Travis gets a pass because he’s dating pop singer Taylor Swift.
Only The New York Times criticized Travis: “Swifties Delight, Then Recoil, From Travis Kelce’s Old Tweets.”
Taylor Swift’s fans were quick to defend the 34-year-old wide receiver, saying he was an “immature” 21-year-old man when he wrote the tweets.
But others say Travis is an entitled bully who hasn’t changed a bit in 13 years.
