Fact Check: Did NFL Reporter Mistakenly Call Travis Kelce Travis Scott?

Travis Kelce had one of his most complete performances of the season on Monday night, leading the Kansas City Chiefs to a commanding 28-7 win over the Washington Commanders. The 10-time Pro Bowler caught six passes for 99 yards and a touchdown that saw him tie Priest Holmes’ franchise record of 83 career regular-season touchdowns.

It was vintage Kelce, who rekindled his connection with Patrick Mahomes to power the Chiefs to their third straight win and a 5-3 record on the season. However, while the focus should’ve been on the milestone and the Chiefs’ tight end finally finding his form, Travis went viral for a completely different reason.

Claim: Following the victory, ESPN reporter Lisa Salters interviewed Mahomes on the field. During the interaction, while discussing Kelce’s record-tying touchdown, Salters reportedly slipped up and called the tight end “Travis Scott” instead of Travis Kelce.

She supposedly asked Mahomes, “Travis Scott tied the touchdown record. He told me before the game what it would mean to him. What does it mean to you?”

Source of the Rumor: The interview clip was first shared by NFL aggregator Dov Kleiman, whose post on “X” garnered over 165K views and nearly 1,400 likes within hours.

Soon, several other accounts reposted the slip-up, adding humorous commentary about how unbothered Mahomes looked despite the on-air gaffe.

Verdict: Yes, the news that Lisa Salters mistakenly called Travis Kelce “Travis Scott” during ESPN’s live postgame interview is true. It happened immediately after the Chiefs’ victory and is confirmed by multiple broadcast replays and Kleiman’s viral post.

To Mahomes’ credit, he didn’t flinch or correct Salters and calmly carried on with his response, praising Kelce’s latest milestone:

“That’s the true Chief of Chiefs. He’s the guy that was here before me, set the culture, he’s the guy that’s in the building early. in the building late, and he’s the leader of the team. To be able to get record-tying… Let’s go out there and break it now,” said Mahomes.

The 3x Super Bowl winner also added that he hopes the veteran tight end gets “another football” later in the season, when he inevitably breaks the franchise record outright.

Kelce, meanwhile, joined Scott Van Pelt on SportsCenter later that night, where he reflected on his longevity and about cherishing each game. “We’re cherishing every single one of these games, man, not knowing how long we’ll be able to do this,” he said.

Salters’ mix-up provided an unexpected laugh. But it hardly overshadowed a night that celebrated Kelce’s enduring excellence and Mahomes’ leadership in steering the Chiefs back to form. After all, name slip or not, the only record that mattered in Kansas City was the one Travis Kelce just tied.