Jason Kelce Breaks Silence After Breaking Penn State Fan’s Phone: ‘I Chose to Meet Hate with Hate’

Before ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown” continued their usual matchup breakdown of the game at hand, the floor was for Jason Kelce to address him with a Penn State fan’s phone on Saturday.

The video quickly went viral of Kelce responding to the fan who used a homophobic slur to attack his brother, Travis Kelce, over his relationship with Taylor Swift.

“Hey Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is dating Taylor Swift,” the fan was heard saying on video.

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Kelce then turned to confront the fan and smashed his phone, which was apparently recording the incident.

“Monday Night Countdown” host Scott Van Pelt started the show by setting up Kelce’s apology Monday night at Arrowhead Stadium ahead of the Chiefs-Buccaneers game.

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

“Listen, I think everyone on social media saw everything that happened this week,” Kelce began. “Listen, I’m not happy with what happened. I’m not proud of it, and in a heated moment I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing. I don’t think it will lead to discussion and that it is the right way to go about things. At that moment I fell into a moment I shouldn’t have.

“So I guess the bottom line is that I try to live my life by the golden rule – that’s what I’ve always been taught. I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and I will continue to do that moving forward, Even though I fell short this week, I’m going to do that and continue to do that.”

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Kelce was in University Park, Pennsylvania, to appear on ESPN’s “College GameDay” prior to the Nittany Lions’ game against their Big Ten rival Ohio State Buckeyes.

There were several people nearby who flashed their phones and tried to communicate with Kelce, although they were much nicer than the one fan who decided to throw the homophobic slur at him.

Despite Kelce’s actions, many on social media stood up for him. Instead, they found a problem with what the Penn State fan said, rather than the phone breaking down.

“People are going to comment on Jason Kelce, but the point is there’s no accountability for what anyone says anymore,” former Team USA soccer player Taylor Twellman said on X. happened?! People are losers for this nonsense.”

Kelce said on “Monday Night Countdown” that this wasn’t necessarily the platform he could go into in depth, so that could be on his “New Heights” podcast with Travis, which normally comes out every week.

Jason Kelce has been emotional in the past defending his brother, including those who criticized the Chiefs tight end for his slow start to the season.

An emotional Jason Kelce talked about it with his brother on the podcast.

“It’s going your way, especially if you continue to be the goddamn man you’ve always been, you know what I mean,” Jason Kelce said. “There’s no one I’ve ever played sports with and no one that anyone’s ever been on a team with that enjoyed being there with Trav more, and I know that’s frustrating for me to watch and have to listen to.

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“But I can’t wait – and we don’t have to put that in – but I just can’t wait. I can’t wait for it to change.”

Fox News’ Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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