The young man who ran into conflict with ESPN’s Jason Kelce before Saturday’s game versus visiting Ohio State is unknown to Penn State police. On campus to appear on ESPN’s College GameDay, Kelce was strolling past a throng when one man called his brother Travis a “f*****” for dating Taylor Swift. Jason answered by seizing the fan’s phone, crushing it on the ground, pushing it away from the fan and screamed back: “Who’s the f****t now?”
A University spokesman said TMZ they have not found the man. Moreover, nobody has stepped forward to provide any suggestions. The chief of police and public safety at Penn State as well as the police deputy for the institution did not immediately respond DailyMail.com’s request for further information. Although Kelce went viral for breaking a fan’s phone right after the homophobic comment, university police informed Page Six on Saturday that no incident report has been recorded on the case.
According to sources, Jason Kelce’s ESPN superiors decided not to discipline the former Eagles player for angrily confronting a fan by smashing a phone to the ground. On Saturday, Kelce swiftly became well-known after heading to Penn State University to cover the College GameDay show on TV. One man called his brother Travis a “f****t” for dating Taylor Swift, which infuriated Kelce grabbing his phone as he was passing through a throng of people.
Jason Kelce hit him with the cleanest “who’s the f****t now?” These eyes have ever seen pic.twitter.com/XpbDBGThd6
— Joe Pop (@JoePops_) November 2, 2024
In a recent interview, the retired Philadelphia Eagles player responded to ESPN’s decision to not punish him for his outburst. Jason said “Once again, I am not proud of my actions, but I appreciate the support from my ESPN team. They’ve been like a family to me since I joined.”
Following his retirement from the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this year, Kelce has been a highly popular addition to Monday Night Football appearing weekly. Kelce apologized live on-air for the episode over the weekend on this week’s MNF show, which split viewers online. Many claimed he shouldn’t have had to say sorry for the interaction with the fan.
He apologized to viewers at the beginning of the broadcast for ‘falling short’ of his usual standards of ‘common decency and respect’. ‘Everyone has seen on social media what happened this week,’ Kelce added. Listen; nothing that happened makes me pleased. I don’t feel good about it. “In a flash I decided to welcome hatred with hate and I simply don’t think that’s a good thing—that’s truly not. It’s the correct approach to approach things and I doubt it sparks conversation. In that instant I dropped to a level I shouldn’t have been at.
‘The bottom line is, that’s what I’ve always been taught; I try to treat people with common decency and respect; I’m going to keep doing that moving ahead. I try to live my life by the golden rule. ‘Even if I fell short this week, I’m going to do that moving ahead and keep doing that.’
Before the Chiefs vs. Buccaneers, several social media users—including Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports—were left enraged with his apologies; some even attacked ESPN and claimed the network had facilitated it.
On X, Portnoy said: “The only thing Kelce should have apologized for is maybe saying the F word. But everyone with a brain understands he was merely echoing what he had heard. Should he refer to him as a p***y, b***h, a**hole that would have been the term employed. Perfect use of golden rule was made. He handled the man precisely as he deserved to be treated.
