Jason Kelce appears to smash phone of man who used a gay slur to describe brother Travis and Taylor Swift
Jason Kelce was in Happy Valley on Saturday for the Penn State-Ohio State game with ESPN’s “College GameDay.”
Jason Kelce appeared to run into some trouble with a college football fan while he was in Happy Valley on Saturday for the Penn State-Ohio State game.
Videos shared on social media and verified by NBC News show Kelce walking outside Penn State’s Beaver Stadium holding a case of beer while he is surrounded by fans.
In the background, a man can be heard shouting at Kelce and then using a homophobic slur to describe his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, in reference to Travis Kelce’s relationship with pop superstar Taylor Swift.
In the videos, Kelce then appears to turn around, grab the man’s phone, smash it to the ground, pick it up again and walk away.
Another angle appears to show the man chasing after Kelce and asking for his phone back. In this video, Kelce appears to repeat the slur back to the person.
It was not immediately clear if the man whose phone was smashed was the same man who shouted the slur. It was also not clear whether the man was a student at Penn State or Ohio State or if he was just visiting for the game.
ESPN, which is representing Kelce in the matter, declined to comment. Penn State did not immediately respond to an inquiry about whether the man is a student there.
Jason Kelce angrily slammed a fan’s phone to the ground after they called Travis a ‘f*****’
Kelce then walked away with the guy’s phone before asking him: ‘Who’s the f***** now?’
Kelce retired from the Philadelphia Eagles at the end of last season and has been appearing as a commentator for ESPN. He was at the game Saturday with the network’s “College GameDay” and participated in a kicking challenge against a Penn State student for the program.
Kelce’s brother, Travis Kelce, and Swift have been in a relationship since last summer, when Travis Kelce showed up to the Eras Tour in Kansas City with a friendship bracelet and a dream.
Since then, the couple has frequently been seen supporting each other’s careers, with Swift cheering on the Chiefs at home games and Travis Kelce making appearances at Eras Tour shows around the globe.
JasonKelce and Swift have also become close over the course of her relationship with his brother, hanging out in the box above Arrowhead Stadium during Chiefs games. Kelce and his wife, Kylie, took two of their three daughters to see Swift’s Eras Tour in Miami last month.
He continued: ‘Homophobic slurs about this man’s brother for no reason. There should be someone that keeps folks away from J in these cases! You know why tho.’
Dave Portnoy, Barstool Sports founder, was on Kelce’s side, writing on X: ‘Jason Kelce shoulda smashed this guys nose into his brain.’
Portnoy then shared a screengrab of the viral video where the fan has a clenched fist as Kelce threw the phone to the ground.
‘Love this loser clenching his fist after Kelce emasculated him like he was gonna do something,’ he wrote.
‘3. If Kelce had smashed his phone or punched him, he’d be in less trouble than for using a gay slur, which is wild. 4. Flicking him off and calling him a b**** or just ignoring him and there’s no story here. 5. Reminds me of Beth Dutton on last season of Yellowstone.’
Kelce also got support from Antonio Brown, who shared the clip and wrote: ‘I mean good for Jason Kelce.
‘There’s comedy & entertainment. And then there’s crossing line wit (sic) family.’
Will Compton, an ex-NFL player who now hosts the podcast ‘Bussin’ with the boys’, wrote on X: ‘Hell yes Jason Kelce. F*** that dude.’
The Kelce family have not yet responded formally to the incident. Swift, meanwhile, is set to perform in Indianapolis on Saturday night on the second of three shows in the city – her final three Eras Tour dates in the United States.
Jason was furious with his brother being targeted with a homophobic slur
Kelce had a rude awakening earlier on Saturday when he hilariously missed a field goal just weeks after slamming NFL kickers.
He was invited to take part in Pat McAfee’s famous kicking contest at Penn State on ESPN’s College Game Day show.
McAfee, a former NFL kicker with the Indianapolis Colts, challenges a fan to make a kick every week in exchange for a cash prize.
Last month, on the Kelce brothers’ New Heights podcast, Jason demanded NFL goal posts be narrowed because kickers are having too much influence on games.
In response, McAfee challenged the Philadelphia Eagles legend to try and make a kick in exchange for a $100,000 donation to the hurricane relief fund.
Wearing Timberland boots, Kelce toe punted his effort way to the left of the posts.
McAfee then gave him a second opportunity but Kelce was again way off target in front of hundreds of fans. He hilariously admitted afterwards: ‘I suck at kicking’.
