Jason Kelce has addressed the recent controversy between himself and a so-called football fan who called his brother Travis Kelce homophobic last week.
“I am not happy with whatever happened. I’m not proud of it,” the retired Philadelphia Eagles center said at the beginning of Monday Night Countdown on ESPN.
“Within a hot moment, I decided to welcome hate with hate and I don’t think that’s a productive thing. I don’t think it leads to debate.”
Here’s some background:
On November 2, Jason was walking outside Penn State University’s Beaver Stadium when a man began to harass him regarding Travis’ relationship with Taylor Swift.
“Kelsey,” this idiot yelled. “How do you feel about your brother wanting to date Taylor Swift?”
Because this is the age of the Internet and cell phones, the question was caught on camera – as was Jason’s reaction, which was to knock the man’s phone to the ground and then walk away with it in his hand.
“I don’t think it warrants debate and it’s the right way to move things forward,” Kelce explained on air this evening.
“In that moment, I stooped to a level I should not have stooped to. So, I guess the bottom line is, I try to live my life according to the golden rule – it’s what I’ve always been taught – I try to treat people with common decency and respect. , and I will continue to do so moving forward, even if I fell behind this week.
“I’m going to go ahead and do that.”
We believe that we cannot condone vandalizing another person’s property.
But we also do not condone the language used by this idiot who came before Jason.
Meanwhile, this latest encounter wasn’t the first time Jason Kelce has experienced a tense fan interaction.
In May, he and his wife Kylie Kelce – with whom he shares children Wyatt, 5, Elliot, 3, and Bennett, 20 months – were accosted in a New Jersey parking lot by a woman who groped the couple for a photo Was.
In the video that went viral at the time, the woman can be heard telling Jason and Kylie that they will “never be allowed in this town again”, prompting Kylie to tell her:
“I can smell the alcohol on your breath. You are embarrassing yourself.”
The woman eventually apologized and thanked Kelces for his understanding.
“In a heated moment, I said things that were out of character for me and I regret that, and for that I am sorry,” he told WPVI in a statement in May.
“My anger, and my actions, are not who I am, and certainly not indicative of the welcoming community of Margate. As an adult and proud member of my community, I should have recognized and respected his right to privacy from the beginning.”
