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By Nora Moses and Julia Senzon
What’s happening: Social media users are falsely saying that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are honeymooning in Israel, citing the claim to criticize the couple for their purported support of Israel amid the conflicts in Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon. The claim has garnered over 54.8 million views on X alone, according to a social media analytics tool used by NewsGuard.
Context: The pop phenom and NFL star were married on July 3 in New York City’s Madison Square Garden, in a star-studded affair with approximately 1,000 guests. Actor Adam Sandler officiated, according to news reports.
A closer look: The day after the wedding, social media accounts began to baselessly claim that the pair was en route to Israel for their honeymoon. The social media users called Swift and Kelce Zionists, criticizing them for their supposed support of Israel, and noted that Sandler called himself “very pro-Israel” in 2015.
The claim appears to have originated on X account @BuzzCrave_, which posted, “Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have left the U.S. for Israel to start their honeymoon.” The post received 22.6 million views and 173,000 likes in four...
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