"You can have your wedding at Arrowhead. So why not propose at Arrowhead too?"
That was my lede for this story of a man who proposed to his girlfriend at the Chiefs-Bengals game Thursday night at Arrowhead Stadium. A beautiful moment between two lovers ... with pictures! What a story.
Except that's not the story here. The girl has a boyfriend. And it's not the Chiefs fan in the pictures below. The "Arrowhead concourse wedding proposal" story is (unfortunately) a fake.
Here's how it started
Some websites saw a tweet from a user who claimed to have caught a moment in the Arrowhead concourse.
@Real_B_Riley congrats guys. pic.twitter.com/GXN06LCzPN
— Who feels Royal now? (@theonlytjd) August 8, 2014
I saw this tweet, too. Because I spend my entire day on the Internet, my BS meter is high. I was skeptical. So I reached out to the guy.
The investigation
@Real_B_Riley So did you really propose last night at the game?
— Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride) August 8, 2014
NOPE
@ReannaJoy @ArrowheadPride it was fake. Know idea it would create such a buzz.
— B. Riley (@Real_B_Riley) August 8, 2014
The girl didn't even know the guy!
@ArrowheadPride @Real_B_Riley no. Lol that was me and I don't know him. I have a boyfriend lol
— Reanna Joy (@ReannaJoy) August 8, 2014
Fake
@ReannaJoy @Real_B_Riley So you two don't know each other?
— Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride) August 8, 2014
It's actually kinda funny
@ArrowheadPride @Real_B_Riley no lol
— Reanna Joy (@ReannaJoy) August 8, 2014
The end
@ReannaJoy tell you're boyfriend not to worry!
— B. Riley (@Real_B_Riley) August 8, 2014