Jason Kelce issued an on-air apology for repeating an anti-gay slur directed at his brother Travis Kelce by a heckler whose cellphone he smashed in an incident that went viral on social media over the weekend.
“All people has seen what occurred,” Kelce began on the high of ESPN’s Monday Night time Countdown broadcast. “I’m not proud of something that befell. I’m not happy with it. In a heated second I selected to greet hate with hate, and I simply don’t suppose that’s a productive factor, I actually don’t. I don’t suppose it results in discourse and it’s [not] the best solution to go about issues.”
In a series of clips that gained traction on Saturday, a person may very well be heard taunting Jason Kelce as he used an anti-gay slur in opposition to his brother in reference to his relationship with singer Taylor Swift. In response, the retired Philadelphia Eagles participant whipped round and smashed the person’s cellphone on the bottom, repeating the identical slur again at him. The incident befell on the Ohio State-Penn State sport at Beaver Stadium in State Faculty, Penn.
“In that second I fell all the way down to a degree I shouldn’t have,” he continued. “So, I believe the underside line is I attempt to stay my life by the golden rule, it’s what I’ve at all times been taught. I attempt to deal with individuals with frequent decency and respect, and I’m gonna hold doing that transferring ahead though I fell quick this week.”
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce has been relationship pop star Swift since September of final yr. The musician and athlete have been seen out and about collectively alongside members of the family at numerous soccer video games. Swift arrived at tonight’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Kansas Metropolis Chiefs matchup held at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri to help Travis Kelce. (His crew gained 30-24 after going into extra time.)
“We obtained a sport to give attention to, clearly a matchup. I don’t suppose that is the platform to essentially go into extra element,” Jason Kelce mentioned in his concluding remarks.
