On the latest episode of their New Heights podcast, the Kelce brothers have responded to the viral video of retired NFL star Jason Kelce using the homophobic f-slur.
Travis and Jason Kelce discussed the event that reportedly happened on November 2 outside Penn State University when a man who was recording on his phone approached Jason and asked, “Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is a f—-t for dating Taylor Swift?”
Jason snatched the phone from the man, smashed it on the ground, then responded, “Who’s the f—-t now?”
Jason told his brother Travis that he regrets the scene.
“I’m not happy about the situation, me reacting gave him the time of day and it also gave the situation notoriety,” said Jason. “That’s what I regret. It didn’t deserve attention, it’s really stupid.” Jason went on to say that the “thing that I regret the most is saying that word, to be honest with you. The word he used it’s just f–king ridiculous, and it takes it to another level. It’s just off the wall, f–king over the line.”
Travis comforted his brother, saying, “The real situation is you had some f–king clown come up to you and talk about your family and you reacted in a way that was defending your family. And you might have used some words that you regret using.”
“I know it’s weighing on you, brother,” he went on. “That s–t sucks. You shouldn’t feel this much, obviously the scrutiny and the media view on it and everybody passing around the videos that are out there. That’s gonna make it a bigger situation than what it really is.”
Travis concluded that Jason “owning it and speaking it, shows how sincere you are to a lot of people in this world.”
Jason previously publicly apologized on Monday, November 4.
“I’m not happy with anything that took place. I’m not proud of it,” Kelce said during the November 4 episode of ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown. “Within a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate and I don’t think that’s a productive thing. I don’t think it leads to discourse.”
“In that moment I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have,” he continued. “Bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rules. That’s what I’ve always been taught. I try to treat people with decency and respect. I’m going to keep doing that moving forward.”
