{"id":13457,"date":"2024-11-05T21:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=13457"},"modified":"2024-11-05T21:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T21:27:41","slug":"jason-kelce-breaks-silence-on-heated-penn-state-fan-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=13457","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kelce breaks silence on heated Penn State fan incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/jason-kelce-smashes-penn-state-student-phone-nsfw-travis-kelce-taylor-swift-insult\">Jason Kelce broke his silence about his incident<\/a>\u00a0with a Penn State fan in which the former Philadelphia Eagle Center smashed the fan\u2019s phone after he accosted him. The incident happened before the Ohio State vs. Penn State game as Kelce was walking the campus and the fan yelled homophobic slurs at him specifically referencing his brother Travis Kelce and his relationship with Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey, Kelce. How does it feel your brother\u2019s a f\u2014\u2013 dating Taylor Swift?\u201d the fan shouted at him<\/p>\n<p>Immediately,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/what-jason-kelce-told-penn-state-student-after-smashing-phone\">Kelce turned and grabbed the fan\u2019s phone<\/a>\u00a0out of his hand and smashed it onto the sidewalk. Kelce was then yelled at the fan, \u201cWho\u2019s the f\u2014\u2013 now?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fan involved was wearing a Penn State hoodie and looked to be recording Kelce on his phone before shouting the slur. This incident occurred as Kelce was heading to Beaver Stadium for an appearance on ESPN\u2019s College Gameday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jason Kelce addressed the Penn State phone-smashing incident at the start of ESPN&#8217;s pregame show tonight and apologized:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a heated moment, I decided to greet hate with hate. &#8230; I fell short this week&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/884LtqvFzX\">pic.twitter.com\/884LtqvFzX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySportsUpdate\/status\/1853576180026462281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MySportsUpdate\/status\/1853576180026462281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelce said on ESPN\u2019s Monday Night Football<\/a>\u00a0pre-game show saying, \u201cI think everybody has seen on social media what happened this week,\u2019 Kelce said. \u2018Listen, I\u2019m not happy with anything that took place. I\u2019m not proud of it. In a heated moment I chose to greet hate with hate and I just don\u2019t think that\u2019s a productive thing, I really don\u2019t. I don\u2019t think it leads to discourse and it\u2019s the right way to go about things. In that moment I fell down to a level that I shouldn\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">He continued, \u2018The bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rule, that\u2019s what I\u2019ve always been taught; I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and I\u2019m gonna keep doing that moving forward. Even though I fell short this week, I\u2019m gonna do that moving forward and continue to do that.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Jason Kelce broke his silence about his incident\u00a0with a Penn State fan in which the former Philadelphia Eagle Center smashed the fan\u2019s phone after he accosted him. 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