Chiefs fan ruthlessly mocks team for photoshop fail... before the mortifying truth is revealed
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A Kansas City Chiefs fan had to retract his joke about a staff member after learning the truth about his condition. After the defending Super Bowl champions posted their roster and staff photo on January 17, user Kent Swanson took the image and wrote 'That time of year we try to find who's photoshopped.'.
![[Ellett poses with Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the White House]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/18/94359515-14309927-image-a-16_1737484969490.jpg)
Responding to the post, a user named Shawn cropped out assistant running back coach Porter Ellet, who is missing his right arm. 'My guy,' Shawn wrote with the photo. 'If he is actually missing an arm im sorry.'. Further down the thread, Shawn posted a banner from a feature on Ellet, confirming that he impressively does his job with the Chiefs despite having one arm.
![[Ellett with Travis Kelce during one of the Chiefs' Super Bowl victory celebrations]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/18/94359503-14309927-image-a-17_1737485000506.jpg)
'Oh no,' Shawn wrote. Ellet responded to the post saying 'Apology accepted,' to which Shawn replied 'You're the man Porter.'. A story in 3 parts. pic.twitter.com/Xv9NeRS0Bw. Chiefs assistant coach Porter Ellett lost his arm in an accident when he was four years old.
![[Ellett was hired by the Chiefs when he was 27 and has been with the team for eight seasons]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/21/18/94359517-14309927-image-a-18_1737485004713.jpg)
In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Ellet detailed how he lost his arm when he was four and the incredible trajectory his life has had since. 'One day we were going out there... I wanted to be in the back of the truck,' said Ellett. 'Then we hit a bump and I fell out of the back of the truck.'.
'I hit my head super hard and fractured my skull, scalped me, and partially severed an artery. All these things. Bad stuff,' he explained. 'My dad picked me up from the injury... He had to take my scalp and put it back on my head.'. Ellet, who grew up on a farm in Utah said the doctors treated his head injury before learning he 'severed the nerves' in his spine which controlled his right arm. Unfortunately, they were unable to fix the damage.
