‘Kansas City Bomber’ trends during Chiefs parade, people panic. Here’s the real story
News that actress Raquel Welch had just died spread Wednesday during the Super Bowl celebration for the Kansas City Chiefs, a rally that drew thousands of people downtown.
When the name of one of Welch’s most famous movies began trending on Twitter, people thought something horrific and explosive had happened at the parade.
“Kansas City Bomber” began trending alongside “Chiefs.”
Cue the panic.
“Kansas City Bomber trending after the Chiefs had their parade scared me.”
“Bad day for ‘Kansas City Bomber’ to trend while the kc super bowl parade is happening, thought something happened there for a sec.”
“Hopping on Twitter and seeing ‘Kansas City Bomber’ right after the parade will scare you for a second or two.”
One Twitter user scolded Twitter.
“When - 1mi people were at KC’s Union Station today to celebrate the Chiefs Super Bowl win, maybe don’t push “Kansas City Bomber” (due to an actress in the film of the same name dying) as a trending topic.”
Definitely panicked seeing Kansas City bomber is trending
— Molly (@mollybabyyy) February 15, 2023
When “Kansas City Bomber” was trending, I’d initially thought that there was another mass bombing/terrorist attack that just happened in Kansas City or TLOU fans rewatching episodes 4 or 5, but it turns out that a famous musician under the “Kansas City Bomber” moniker passed away
— Rafa Castro️ (@DrRafaCastro) February 15, 2023
Twitter, maaaaaaaybe think through some of the trending topics.
When ~1mil people were at KC's Union Station today to celebrate the Chiefs Super Bowl win, maybe don't push "Kansas City Bomber" (due to an actress in the film of that name dying) as a trending topic. pic.twitter.com/M1Knaw7uXr— Kelly Stanze | May Actually Be a Hobbit (@KellyStanze) February 15, 2023
Perfect example how fake news spreads like & How Twitter is used for this... 'Kansas City Bomber' trending because #rachelwelch died today and that was a movie she was in, but some are pushing lies that there is a bomber at the #KC #chiefsparade? Much like #pizzagate #Maga lies pic.twitter.com/XuLVJ8ippc
— Frank (@WFMGINC) February 15, 2023
Welch became an international sex symbol during the 1960s and ’70s. She was 82 when she died early Wednesday after a brief illness, her agent said.
One of her most iconic images shows her in a brown, doeskin bikini in the 1966 campy flick, “One Million Years B.C.,” in which she had only three lines. The public, though, was more interested in her curves than her acting.
In the 1972 movie “Kansas City Bomber,” she played roller derby star K.C. Carr.
More recently, in the 2001 movie “Legally Blonde” Welch played the pampered socialite mother of a murderous young woman.
