Taylor should give her heart to Kamala

Fake celebrity stories now come in several sub-genres.

- VINAY MENON

There are death hoaxes. There are false casting rumours. There are the made-up oddball antics. No, Justin Bieber does not sit alone on park benches to devour burritos by first biting into the middle. No, Leo DiCaprio did not once rent out a theatre and force a nubile date to watch every “Star Wars” flick as he battled invisible villains with a monogrammed lightsabre.

The latest fake story involves a celebrity breakup: Justin Trudeau and Jagmeet Singh. Whoops, wrong breakup. The latest fake story involves a celebrity breakup: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, a couple more powerful than the Large Hadron Collider.

It all started on Reddit. A poster shared images of what was allegedly a confidential document titled, “Comprehensive Media Plan for Travis Kelce’s Public Relations Following Breakup With Taylor Swift.” The letterhead was emblazoned with Full Scope, an L.A. agency that represents Mr. Kelce. The documents provided a strategic outline for how to deal with the breakup, allegedly to be announced on Sept. 28.

The problem? Not real. As Full Scope noted in a statement to media: “These documents are entirely false and fabricated and were not created, issued or authorized by this agency. We have engaged our legal team to initiate proceedings against the individuals or entities responsible for the unlawful and injurious forgery of documents.”