Fans left furious as Jason Kelce apologizes for phone smash live on ESPN

Jason Kelce has issued an on-air apology aft helium was seen angrily smashing a fan's phone over the play - but fans judge helium has thing to beryllium atrocious for.

Kelce - who was astatine Penn State connected Saturday to look connected ESPN's College GameDay - was walking done a assemblage of radical erstwhile 1 antheral called his member Travis a 'f*****' for dating Taylor Swift.

After proceeding the vile insult, the Philadelphia Eagles fable responded by grabbing the fan's phone, slamming it to the crushed and shouting: 'Who is the f***** now?'

Reports emerged claiming Penn State constabulary are investigating the incidental conscionable hours earlier Kelce was owed to look on ESPN's Monday Night Football for his member Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs' crippled against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 

And astatine the commencement of the broadcast, he apologized to viewers for 'falling short' of his accustomed levels of 'common decency and respect'.

'I deliberation everybody has seen connected societal media what happened this week,' Kelce said. 'Listen, I'm not blessed with thing that took place. I'm not arrogant of it.

'In a heated infinitesimal I chose to greet hatred with hatred and I conscionable don't deliberation that's a productive thing, I truly don't. I don't deliberation it leads to sermon and it's the close mode to spell astir things. In that infinitesimal I fell down to a level that I shouldn't have.

'The bottommost enactment is, I effort to unrecorded my beingness by the aureate rule, that's what I've ever been taught; I effort to dainty radical with communal decency and respect, and I'm gonna support doing that moving forward.

'Even though I fell abbreviated this week, I'm gonna bash that moving guardant and proceed to bash that.'

Though aft proceeding him explicit regret implicit the incident, fans person rushed to societal media to support Kelce and importune helium did thing incorrect connected the day. 

Several users, including Barstool Sports laminitis Dave Portnoy, were near furious astatine his apology earlier the Chiefs vs Bucs game, with immoderate hitting retired astatine ESPN and accusing the web of making it happen.

Portnoy said connected X: 'The lone happening Kelce should person apologized for is possibly utilizing the F word. But anybody with a encephalon knows helium was conscionable repeating what was said to him. If helium called him a p***y, b***h, a**hole that woulda been the connection helium used. Golden regularisation was applied perfectly. He treated that feline precisely however helium deserved to beryllium treated'.

A instrumentality besides wrote: 'Jason Kelce should not person to apologize for lasting up for his brother. We emotion you'. 

Another posted: 'F*** ESPN for making Jason Kelce apologize connected air. That antheral didn’t bash a damn happening wrong.'

'Jason Kelce should not beryllium apologizing!' said a 3rd fan. 'An a**hole said immoderate disrespectful worldly and you acted astatine the clip arsenic you saw fit! Do not apologize and crook the knee!'

A 4th commented: '@JasonKelce you had thing to apologize for, but I’m definite you had to bash it for your employer. That punk should person gotten worse from you.' 

While 1 simply put: 'Not a azygous idiosyncratic connected the satellite needs an apology from Jason Kelce.'

Kelce, who turns 38 connected Tuesday, has been wide supported since the footage went viral connected societal media implicit the weekend.

The Kelce household are yet to respond publically to the incidental but a root adjacent to Travis and Taylor told DailyMail.com connected Saturday night that the mates are arrogant of Jason for sticking up for them.

'Taylor and Travis were some truly shocked by this considering Jason is 1 of the nicest guys successful the world,' the insider said.  

'It truly became wide however overmuch helium loves and respects Taylor. Travis means the satellite to him. 

'The usage of the connection f****t is not good with him nor anyone. This instrumentality crossed the line. Jason volition ne'er basal for anyone insulting his household and helium views Taylor arsenic household now.'