The internet is going bats — over a couple’s very public breakup on a delayed plane that was live-tweeted by a nearby passenger. Metro is calling shenanigans.
In case you need a recap, Twitter user Kelly Keegan was on a delayed flight when two passengers beside her broke up, made a scene, and then proceed to get drunk and make out. RELATED:Are Italianprostitutesforced to wear vests for their safety?
This guy on the plane just broke up w his girlfriend and she’s SOBBING pic.twitter.com/IW9QVYxXdB
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 23, 2015
Guy: “is this really a surprise? Are you seriously surprised at this information?”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Girl: “Great. JUST GREAT. I’m so glad I paid 40 extra dollars to be on this fucking flight with you”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Guy: I don’t care. Girl: IM GLAD YOU DONT CARE
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Girl: “ITS JUST SO MEAN. DO I DESERVE THIS? WHY ARE TOU BRINGING THIS UP”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
“I don’t want to be this girl. I don’t want to be her. I want to be my best for you and YOU WONT LET ME”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
“Is that what you’re starting to do with me? Just slow fade me OUT? Just like the others?”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
This is the greatest plane delay I’ve ever had
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Girl: “you don’t even understand why I’m FUCKING SAD. YOU HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT ME”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Girl: “Why is this so easy for you? It’s just THAT FUCKING EASY? What do you want from me?”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Guy: “You need to calm down” Girl: “To me I just really thought, you know, this was going to go somewhere”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
**loud sobs**
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Very stoic few minutes pic.twitter.com/eyt4YDlEj3
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Girl: “well what makes you so FUCKING SPECIAL?”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Girl: “well what makes you so FUCKING SPECIAL?”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
“I’m going to ask Charlotte. I’m going to ask her the minute we get home and we’ll see if your STORIES MATCH” (Omg scandal who’s Charlotte?)
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Guy: “I can’t discuss this anymore.” Girl: “so I’m not worth your time????”
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
What the fuck? Now they’re making out. I’m not kidding
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
We took off, they immediately ordered SIX vodkas and Bloody Mary mix for the 50 minute flight and chugged them in silence between makeouts
— Kelly Keegs (@keegs141) August 24, 2015
Hilarious right? Almost too hilarious and too good to be true.
Keegan tweeted out images of the couple breaking up, however both of their faces are facing away from the camera. What about a video though? In the days of internet hoaxes we can’t believe anything without some solid video proof (even those videos though are speculative). RELATED:Video: ‘Either you buy these tickets, or I take your car’ In addition to all of this, Keegan never tweeted out video or photo proof of the most salacious moments. Where’s the proof that this couple made out? Where’s the proof that this couple proceeded to get exorbitantly drunk? Then there is the one of the strangest details: The first picture taken by Keegan at 4:57 PM shows a bright blue sky behind the supposedly broken up with woman. At 5:27, a mere half hour later, the sky is completely dark outside. How is this possible? The sun sets in most of the continental United states around 7 p.m. which is a full hour and a half after the tweet that shows a pitch black window.
Perhaps Keegan wasn’t in the united states, perhaps there was a sudden thunderstorm? We have no idea, but it doesn’t add up.
This entire story brings to mind last year’s Diane In 7A story in which a TV producer claimed to have gotten into a napkin message spat with a frustrated woman on a delayed plane. That was revealed to be a hoax.
The similarities between these two stories– the delayed flight, the rowdy customer, the hilarious live tweeting, the scant evidence– put these two stories in the same category of “Fake things on the internet.” Look, it’s also possible that there was actually a couple who did get into a very public flight on a delayed plane. It’s very possible that Keegan is a reliable narrator and that all of this is true. However, Keegan’s solitary twitter testimony simply isn’t enough to prove that it actually happened. EvenMashable quesions the veracity of this story.
Be vigilant, people of the internet. The web is dark and full of horrors.
Metro has reached out to Kelly Keegan for comment. We will update you if we hear from her.
Matt Lee is a Web producer for Metro New York. He writes about almost everything and anything. Talk to him (or yell at him) on Twitter so he doesn’t feel lonely@mattlee2669.
