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    Jason Kelce Apologizes on ESPN After Phone-Smashing Incident With Fan Who Directed Anti-Gay Slur at Brother Travis

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    Jason Kelce smashed a fan's phone after being confronted before Penn State's game against Ohio State on Saturday.

    Jason Kelce smashed a fan’s phone after he was confronted before Penn State’s game against Ohio State on Saturday. (Luke Hales/Getty Images) (Luke Hales via Getty Images)

    Former Philadelphia Eagles center and current ESPN analyst Jason Kelce apologized on the network Monday night after had an incident with a fan over the weekend.

    Kelce said he “chose to greet hate with hate” when he was confronted by a fan in State College, Pennsylvania, on Saturday before Ohio State’s victory over Penn State. Kelce broke a fan’s phone Saturday morning after that fan used a homophobic slur directed at Kelce’s brother, Travis.

    “I’m not happy with anything that happened. “I’m not proud of it,” Kelce said on ESPN. “In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing to do. I really don’t. I don’t think it leads to discourse and it’s the right way to approach things. “At that moment, I fell to a level that I shouldn’t have.”

    Kelce was on Penn State’s campus to appear on ESPN’s “College GameDay” show Saturday morning. As he walked through the tailgates before the game, which Ohio State won 20-13, a fan chased him down and confronted him while appearing to film on his phone.

    The fan can be heard shouting, “Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is screwed for dating Taylor Swift?”

    Kelce, who used the same slur toward the fan later, slammed the fan’s phone shut, confronted him, and then walked away.

    Warning: The following videos contain NSFW language

    Kelce, before the Kansas City Chiefs’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night, opened ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” pregame broadcast with an apology.

    “I think the bottom line is that I try to live my life by the golden rule,” he said. “That’s what I’ve always been taught. I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and I will continue to do so even though I fell short this week. “I’m going to do that in the future.”

    Kelce spent 13 seasons playing with the Eagles, although his popularity has skyrocketed in recent years due in part to his brother, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and his relationship with Swift. The Kelce brothers’ podcast has also taken off recently and the two signed a three-year deal for it. valued at more than $100 million in August.

    It’s unclear if more will emerge from Saturday’s incident or if Kelce has spoken to the fan in question in the days since. Kelce, however, seemed more than willing to put it behind him Monday night.

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