Jason Kelce sorry for reacting with ‘hate’ after homophobic slur directed at brother | NFL

Jason Kelce has apologized after he responded angrily to a confrontation with a fan earlier than Ohio State’s recreation with Penn State on the weekend.

Video emerged of the fan asking Kelce: “How does it really feel that your brother [Travis] is a faggot for relationship Taylor Swift?” Kelce then appeared to seize the fan’s telephone, slam it to the bottom and say: “Who’s the faggot now?”

Kelce was at Penn State as a part of ESPN’s broadcast of their recreation with Ohio State. On Monday, he was a part of ESPN’s protection of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and addressed the weekend’s incident.

“I’m not proud of something that passed off. I’m not pleased with it,” Kelce mentioned. “In a heated second, I selected to greet hate with hate, and I simply don’t suppose that’s a productive factor. I actually don’t. I don’t suppose that it results in discourse and it’s the proper technique to go about issues. In that second, I fell all the way down to a degree that I shouldn’t have.”

Travis Kelce has been in a high-profile relationship with Swift for a 12 months and co-hosts a massively standard podcast with Jason, who retired on the finish of final season after 13 years with the Philadelphia Eagles. Swift was additionally at Monday evening’s Chiefs recreation to observe Travis.

“I believe the underside line is, I attempt to stay my life by the golden rule,” Jason Kelce mentioned on Monday. “That’s what I’ve all the time been taught. I attempt to deal with individuals with frequent decency and respect, and I’m going to maintain doing that going ahead regardless that I fell brief this week. I’m going to try this shifting ahead.”

In August the Kelce brothers signed a $100m, three-year cope with Wondery for his or her New Heights podcast.