Jason Kelce apologized for his part incident in which he was involved with a rebel fan over the weekend.

The former Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro was in Pennsylvania on Saturday when he appeared on ESPN’s “College GameDay” show before the Ohio State vs. Penn State confrontation. social media images It showed Kelce walking through a crowd near Beaver Stadium as several people asked him for selfies and recognized him. However, a person in a Penn State hoodie hurled anti-LGBTQ slurs at Kelce about his brother. Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

“Hey Kelce! How does it feel like your brother is a (expletive) for dating Taylor Swift?” the person shouted.

Kelce turned around. grabbed the fan’s phone and stabbed it into the ground before picking up the phone and continuing to walk. Another video shared on social media showed the fan chasing Kelce and telling him to “give me my phone.” Kelce then responded, “Who’s the (expletive) now?”

Jason Kelce: ‘I’m not proud’ of incident

Now an analyst on ESPN’s “Monday Night Countdown,” Kelce apologized for his role in the incident before the Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.

“Everyone has seen on social media everything that happened this week,” Kelce said. “Listen, I’m not happy with anything that happened. I’m not proud of it. In a heated moment, I chose to meet hate with hate, and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing to do.

“At that moment, I fell to a level that I shouldn’t have done.”

Kelce added that he tries to live his life treating people with decency and respect and that he “didn’t live up to” his expectations.

The Super Bowl 52 champion is in Kansas City for ESPN’s coverage of the game that includes his brother, who is dating pop icon Swift.

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