Retraction Notice: Travis Kelce corrects story about foster home donation

Travis Kelce

On March 5, 2025, Good Good Good published a story about Kansas City Chiefs football star Travis Kelce purchasing a $3.3 million mansion to transform into transitional housing for homeless foster youth.

Our reporter confirmed the information through a social media and blog post shared by Foster Love, a nonprofit organization that supports children and young adults navigating the foster care system

“Travis Kelce bought a $3.3 million home in Kansas City in 2024 to turn it into a temporary living facility for homeless youth,” the foundation wrote on their Facebook page on March 2. 

Foster Love also said that Kelce also took a multi-pronged approach to his donation, by bundling free housing with mentorship opportunities and educational resources to “give these youth the tools they need to move toward independence” and “break the cycle of homelessness.” 

The organization added: “It’s inspiring to see Travis Kelce use his platform to make a real difference for vulnerable youth.”

The social media post — as well as a web page about the project on Foster Love’s website — have since been deleted.

Kelce himself also issued a correction on his podcast “New Heights” this week.

He said that the story about his donation was AI-generated, which the Kansas City Star confirmed in an article shared on April 9, 2025.

“I gotta make a little statement in the ‘don’t believe everything you read kids’ category or nice realm that you see online,” Kelce said in the podcast episode

“Some false claims were thrown out there that I was doing something in the community that I was not. And I’m not even going to talk about it specifically. I don’t want to bring any more attention to that whole nonsense and article and all that stuff.”

He added: “If you ever want to know exactly what I’m doing in the community, just go to 87running.org. We’re always trying to get out there and get in the Kansas City community and the Cleveland community, but this time I wasn’t doing what was falsely claimed by the social channels or the outlets posting all this AI stuff. Just want to set the record straight.”

While Good Good Good’s story was certainly not AI-generated, it was created based on what we now know is false information. Because of this, the article has since been deleted to avoid spreading any other misinformation. 

Good Good Good always prioritizes accuracy and integrity in our reporting. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns about our editorial process, please email us at press@goodgoodgood.co.

Header image courtesy of Erik Drost - Travis Kelce (CC BY 2.0)

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