Saints' Khalen Saunders, brother of Swift backup dancer, defends Jason Kelce after phone smashing incident

Jason Kelce’s enactment with a Penn State instrumentality implicit the play seemingly struck a chord with New Orleans Saints antiaircraft lineman Khalen Saunders. 

Saunders, whose member is simply a backup dancer on Taylor Swift’s "Eras Tour," defended Kelce connected societal media Tuesday aft the erstwhile NFL halfway was seen smashing the telephone of a instrumentality who utilized a homophobic slur to onslaught Swift’s narration with Travis Kelce.

New Orleans Saints antiaircraft tackle Khalen Saunders, #50, intercepts a walk intended for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, #9, during the 2nd fractional astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium successful Kansas City, Missouri, connected Oct. 7, 2024. (Denny Medley-Imagn Images)

"My brother! I’ve dealt with this occupation for years & years. You bash NOT request to apologize for defending your member successful immoderate circumstance," Saunders wrote. 

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"You are genuinely 1 of the top men successful this world. And that lame mf didn’t request a telephone anymore anyway. & Happy bday Champ." 

Jason Kelce broke his soundlessness connected ESPN’s "Monday Night Countdown" aft helium was seen connected respective videos smashing the telephone of a instrumentality who shouted astatine him "how does it consciousness that your member is simply a f----- dating Taylor Swift." 

In 1 video, Kelce appears to beryllium walking distant with the phone. In another, erstwhile the antheral demands the telephone back, Kelce appears to respond "Who’s the f----- now?"

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are seen astatine the Men's Final betwixt Fritz and Sinner astatine the 2024 U.S. Open Tennis Championships connected Sept. 8, 2024 successful New York City. (Gotham/GC Images)

Kelce apologized for his actions connected Monday.

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

"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 discourse, 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."

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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Penn State University constabulary are presently investigating the incident. The study listed the imaginable offenses arsenic transgression mischief and disorderly conduct.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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