Travis Kelce says brother Jason was 'defending his family' after encounter with homophobic fan

Travis Kelce has supported his member Jason Kelce pursuing an incidental past week successful which the retired NFL subordinate reacted to a homophobic slur being utilized by a fan

Jason Kelce's member Travis Kelce has supported the retired NFL subordinate amid the contention involving the usage of a homophobic slur successful an brushwood connected the weekend.

Footage that's circulated connected societal media is understood to amusement Jason, 37, being heckled extracurricular Beaver Stadium successful Pennsylvania connected Saturday. One idiosyncratic appears to telephone his member Travis, 35, a "f****t" for dating singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, 35. Jason past appeared to drawback a telephone - reportedly from the idiosyncratic who heckled - and propulsion it to the floor, earlier appearing to retort: "Who's the f****t now?"

Jason later addressed the situation and both brothers spoke astir it connected the latest occurrence of their New Heights podcast. Kansas City Chiefs subordinate Travis supported his sibling and said that helium was "owning" his behaviour aft reacting to proceeding a homophobic slur.

Travis commented: "I cognize it's weighing connected you, brother. That s*** sucks. You shouldn't consciousness this overmuch ... evidently the scrutiny and the media similar presumption connected it and everybody passing astir the videos that are retired there. That's gonna marque it a bigger concern than, I think, what it truly is. He continued: "The existent concern is that you had immoderate f***ing clown travel up to you and speech astir your family. You reacted successful a mode that was defending your household and you mightiness person utilized immoderate words that you regret using.

"And that's a concern wherever you've conscionable got to kinda larn from and own, and I deliberation you owning it and you speaking astir shows however sincere you are to a batch of radical successful this world and shows that, particularly what you said connected Monday night, that you take not to f***ing ... you don't take hate. That's conscionable not who you are. I emotion you brother. I deliberation you said that perfectly."

Travis' comments came successful effect to Jason erstwhile again addressing the concern successful the opening moments of the podcast. Jason said: "I'm conscionable gonna code it due to the fact that I consciousness it needs 1 much clip and past hopefully we tin halt talking astir this truly anserine concern that occurred.

"I'm not blessed astir the situation. Me reacting gave him the clip of time and it besides gave this concern notoriety, that's what I regret. It didn't merit attention. It's truly anserine and if I conscionable support walking it's a f***ing, it's a thing burger. Nobody sees it. Now, it's retired determination and it conscionable perpetuates much hate." He added: "The happening that I regret the astir is saying that connection to beryllium honorable with you. The connection helium utilized is conscionable f***ing ridiculous and it takes it to different level. It's conscionable disconnected the partition and f***ing implicit the line. It's dehumanising and it got nether my skin."

Jason continued: "I cognize present that I shouldn't person done that due to the fact that present there's a video retired determination of maine saying that word, him saying that connection and it's not bully for anybody. [...] Now there's a video that is precise hateful that is present online that has been seen by millions of radical and I stock responsibility successful perpetuating it and having that retired there."

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