Jason Kelce has obtained a ton of help after he was caught on digicam smashing the telephone of a heckler who known as his brother, Travis Kelce, a homophobic slur on Saturday, November 2. However one Philadelphia radio host is just not OK with the previous Eagles heart’s conduct.
“Kelce has to appreciate that his profile is greater than it ever was as a participant,” PHLY Sports activities’ Jon Marks wrote on X Saturday, posting the video of Jason throwing the fan’s telephone on the bottom. “He’s making massive $$$ throughout multile [sic] platforms and his brother would possibly marry the largest pop star ever. He can’t be spiking folks’s telephones. He wants safety to take care of this s—.”
Marks is referring to Travis’ relationship with Taylor Swift, which has been going robust because the summer season of 2023. The heckler in query poked enjoyable on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star’s romance, allegedly screaming at Jason, 36, throughout an look at ESPN’s School Recreation Day at Penn State: “Kelce, how does it really feel that your brother is a f—– for courting Taylor Swift?”
Jason was caught on digicam smashing the individual’s smartphone earlier than shortly turning to stroll away. In a video obtained by TMZ, Jason will be seen and heard asking, “Who’s the f—– now? Who’s the f—– now? Who’s the f—– now?” after being confronted by the individual.
Many followers supported Jason’s actions within the feedback part of Marks’ submit, with one stating, “Present respect.. it’s easy. Man acquired what he deserved.”
NFL gamers Jason and Travis, 35, have at all times been shut, and at present host the “New Heights” podcast collectively. Additionally they confronted off within the 2023 Tremendous Bowl, with Travis and the Chiefs beating the Eagles a yr earlier than Jason introduced his retirement. He’s now a commentator on ESPN’s Monday Evening Countdown.
Jason can also be an enormous supporter of Travis and Swift’s relationship, and just lately attended her Eras Tour in Miami together with his spouse, Kylie Kelce, their eldest daughters Wyatt, 4, and Ellie, 3, and his and Travis’ mother, Donna Kelce.
Jason advised Travis it was the “best present” and even contacted him to let him know the Miami date was “on one other stage.”
“I texted you midway by means of it like, ‘This rain — Tay is killing it,” Jason stated on the “New Heights” podcast on October 23 earlier than explaining a viral photograph of himself seemingly sleeping in the course of the live performance.
“I’m sitting right here similar to feeling it, and I’m tapping my thigh within the second, after which unexpectedly I’m going on Twitter, and I see this f—ing image, and I’m like, ‘Dude, what the f–okay?’” Jason stated, explaining that he was overwhelmed by the group looking at him and the household.
“I’m nervous about all these different folks getting footage with me and Ellie, and I’m attempting to have a second, after which unexpectedly I see this,” he stated.
The Kelce clan has skilled a brand new stage of fame since being related to Swift, 34, as Jason admitted he and Kylie, 32, have seen how a lot consideration Travis now receives.
“It’s been loopy [and] then Travis and Taylor have taken it to a different stage and that’s a complete different aspect of it,” Jason recalled throughout a June episode of the “Whiskey Ginger” podcast. “Like, Kylie and I believe we have now it dangerous after which we go hang around with certainly one of them for a second. It is a entire different scenario right here [and] I don’t even know methods to, like, you may’t be a traditional individual at that time.”