UPDATE: 11/4/24, 12:10 p.m. ET — Jason Kelce was caught on digicam utilizing a homophobic slur thrice after swatting a cellphone out of a heckler’s hand.
In a video obtained by TMZ, Kelce, 36, could be seen and heard asking, “Who’s the f—— now? Who’s the f—— now? Who’s the f—— now?” after being confronted by an individual getting in Kelce’s face and asking, “How does it really feel that your brother is a f—— for courting Taylor Swift?”
Kelce proceeded to slam the heckler’s cellphone to the bottom earlier than retaliating verbally.
The incident happened Saturday, November 2 outdoors Penn State College’s Beaver Stadium. Kelce was on campus to seem on ESPN’s Faculty GameDay forward of Penn State’s soccer showdown with Ohio State.
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Jason Kelce grabbed and threw a heckler’s cellphone on the bottom after listening to an offensive slur about his brother, Travis Kelce.
Jason, 36, was seen hurling the smartphone on Saturday, November 2, throughout an look on ESPN’s Faculty Recreation Day. Based on social media footage, Jason was advised that Travis, 35, was an offensive time period due to his relationship with pop star Taylor Swift.
Jason didn’t reply additional to the heckler’s remark, swiftly turning to stroll away.
Jason and Travis have at all times been shut lengthy earlier than their respective careers within the NFL. (Jason was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles as a middle in 2011, two years earlier than Travis signed with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to play tight finish. Jason retired earlier this 12 months.)
The 2 brothers had been the primary siblings to face off within the Tremendous Bowl in 2023 — and the Chiefs received.
“The good factor about this Tremendous Bowl was that my entire household was there. I received to play in opposition to my brother Jason, who’s an Eagle, and my mother was on TV greater than each of us,” Travis joked in his Saturday Evening Reside monologue weeks later. “My mother, dad and brother are all right here tonight.”
He added, “You realize, individuals hold asking me what it was wish to beat my brother within the Tremendous Bowl. And, um, it was fairly awkward particularly as a result of after the sport we needed to trip residence collectively. Our mother drove us there in her minivan. Regardless that his crew misplaced after being up 10 factors at half, my brother is definitely actually pleased for me.”
Jason and Travis, the 2 sons of exes Ed and Donna Kelce, have additionally remained shut as they grew up and expanded the household. Jason, for his half, shares three daughters with spouse Kylie Kelce. Travis has a particular bond along with his sister-in-law, too.
The 2 brothers additionally cohost a weekly podcast referred to as “New Heights” the place they talk about the most recent soccer information — and updates of their private life. It was due to quotes from the podcast that Travis was capable of land his first date with Swift, 34.
“It’s been loopy [and] then Travis and Taylor have taken it to a different degree and that’s an entire different aspect of it,” Jason recalled throughout a June episode of the “Whiskey Ginger” podcast. “Like, Kylie and I believe we’ve got it unhealthy after which we go hang around with certainly one of them for a second. It is a entire different state of affairs right here [and] I don’t even know easy methods to, like, you’ll be able to’t be a standard individual at that time.”
Swift has since bonded with Travis’ entire household since beginning their whirlwind relationship. Jason and Kylie introduced eldest daughters Wyatt, 4, and Ellie, 3, to Swift’s October live performance in Miami with Donna.