Jason Kelce breaks silence after smashing Penn State fan's phone: 'I chose to greet hate with hate'

Before ESPN’s "Monday Night Countdown" went connected with their usually matchup interruption down of the crippled ahead, the level was Jason Kelce’s to code him smashing a Penn State fan’s telephone connected Saturday. 

Video rapidly went viral of Kelce reacting to the instrumentality utilizing a homophobic slur to onslaught his brother, Travis Kelce, for his narration with Taylor Swift. 

"Hey Kelce, however does it consciousness that your member is simply a f----- dating Taylor Swift," the instrumentality was heard saying connected video. 

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Broadcaster Jason Kelce anterior to a crippled betwixt the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)

Kelce, then, turned astir to face the instrumentality and smashed his phone, which was up seemingly signaling the incident.

"Monday Night Countdown" big Scott Van Pelt started the amusement by mounting up Kelce’s apology connected Monday nighttime astatine Arrowhead Stadium up of the Chiefs-Buccaneers game.

JASON KELCE SMASHES PENN STATE FAN’S PHONE FOR USING HOMOPHOBIC SLUR TO ATTACK TRAVIS KELCE, TAYLOR SWIFT

"Listen, I deliberation everybody’s seen connected societal media everything that took spot this week," Kelce began. "Listen, I’m not blessed with thing that took place. I’m not arrogant of it, and successful a heated moment, I chose to greet hatred with hate, 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. That infinitesimal I fell down to a infinitesimal I shouldn’t have.

"So, I deliberation the bottommost enactment is I effort to unrecorded my beingness by the aureate regularisation — it’s what I’ve ever been taught. I effort to dainty radical with communal decency and respect, and I’m going to support doing that moving forward, adjacent though I fell abbreviated this week. I’m going to bash that moving guardant and proceed to bash that."

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Kelce was successful University Park, Pennsylvania, to marque an quality connected ESPN’s "College GameDay" up of the Nittany Lions’ crippled against their Big Ten-rival Ohio State Buckeyes. 

There were respective radical astir flashing their phones, trying to interact with Kelce, though they were overmuch nicer than the 1 instrumentality who decided to hurl the homophobic slur toward him. 

ESPN expert and erstwhile NFL subordinate Jason Kelce looks connected anterior to the crippled betwixt the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field connected September 16, 2024 successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)

Despite Kelce’s actions, galore connected societal media stood up for him. They, instead, recovered a occupation with what the Penn State instrumentality said alternatively than the telephone being smashed. 

"People are gonna remark astir Jason Kelce but the constituent is there’s nary accountability for thing anyone says anymore," erstwhile Team USA shot subordinate Taylor Twellman said connected X. "The aged days with nary phones and societal media what bash you deliberation would person truly happened?! People are losers for this crap."

Kelce mentioned connected "Monday Night Countdown" that this wasn’t needfully the level for him to spell into much detail, truthful that could travel connected his "New Heights" podcast with Travis, which is usually scheduled to merchandise each week.

Jason Kelce has been affectional successful the past erstwhile defending his brother, which includes those who criticized the Chiefs choky extremity for his dilatory commencement to the season. 

An affectional Jason Kelce was seen talking to his member astir it connected the podcast. 

"It’s going to spell your way, particularly if you freaking support being the feline you’ve ever been, you cognize what I mean," Jason Kelce said. "There ain’t cipher that I’ve ever played sports with and cipher that anybody’s ever been connected a squad with that has loved being retired determination with Trav more, and I cognize it’s frustrating for maine to ticker and person to perceive to.

Former NFL subordinate Jason Kelce anterior to a crippled betwixt the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium. (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images)

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"But I can’t hold — and we don’t person to enactment that successful determination — but I conscionable can’t wait. I f---ing can’t hold for it to turn."

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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