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Jason Kelce broke his silence over his viral phone swatting incident and apologized for his misconduct.
“I’m not happy with anything that took place. I’m not proud of it,” Kelce, 36, said during the Monday, November 4, episode of ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. “Within a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate and I don’t think that’s a productive thing. I don’t think it leads to discourse.”
The retired NFL player continued, “In that moment I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have. Bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rules. That’s what I’ve always been taught. I try to treat people with decency and respect. I’m going to keep doing that moving forward.”
Kelce concluded by saying, “We got a game to focus on. A matchup. I don’t think this is the platform to necessarily go into more detail.”
Jason made headlines on Saturday, November 2, when he hurled a heckler’s smartphone after the person made an offensive remark about his brother, Travis Kelce, and girlfriend Taylor Swift.
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In the clip, Jason was confronted by a person asking, “How does it feel that your brother is a f— f— for dating Taylor Swift?”
Jason, who was outside Penn State University’s Beaver Stadium for an appearance on ESPN’s College GameDay, retaliated by grabbing the guy’s phone and throwing it down on the ground.
Travis Kelce may want to keep his relationship with Taylor Swift under the radar, but Jason Kelce still has plenty to say. Jason, 35, chimed in on his brother’s dating life during an appearance on SportsRadio 94 WIP on Wednesday, September 27. “It was fun watching the whole world take it in, to be honest […]
Footage later surfaced of Jason verbally responding to the altercation by saying, “Who’s the f— f— now?” three times.
Philadelphia radio host Jon Marks slammed Jason’s behavior via X on Saturday, writing, “Kelce has to realize that his profile is bigger than it ever was as a player.”
The PHLY Sports host explained why he believed that Jason throwing the phone was out of line. “He’s making big $$$ across multile [sic] platforms and his brother might marry the biggest pop star ever. He can’t be spiking people’s phones. He needs security to deal with this s—,” Marks added.
While Jason received some backlash for escalating the situation, many social media fans supported the former Philadelphia Eagles player for defending his brother, 35, and Swift, 34.
Travis and Swift have not publicly commented on the altercation.