As they addressed the situation on New Heights, Travis Kelce has dubbed the fan whose phone was broken by brother Jason a ‘f***ing clown’. On Saturday when Jason Kelce visited Penn State University to appear on ESPN’s College GameDay show, he became viral fast. Later on, he was passing through a throng of people when one man called Travis a “f****t” for dating Taylor Swift, which made Kelce grab his phone angrily.
Leading to a police inquiry still under progress, he crushed it to the ground and yelled out at the man, “Who is the f****t now?” However, Kelce seems to evade internal discipline at ESPN when Front Office Sports revealed on Tuesday night that the network’s executives have no additional plans regarding their newest NFL commentator.
Following the first-time incident on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown, Jason spoke further on the New Heights program this week. He said: “I’m going to address it since I feel it needs one more time and then hopefully we can stop talking about really dumb situation that happened.” The current state of affairs makes me unhappy. Me reacting gave him the time of day and, regretfully, this situation notoriety.
It deserved no attention at all. It’s absolutely ridiculous; if I simply keep walking, it’s a f***ing nothing burger. Nobody noticed it. Now it’s out there and it fuels more hatred. Speaking that term to be honest with you is the one I regret most. He took it to another level with the just f***ing absurd word he chose. Just off the wall, f***ing across the line. It’s degrading and started to irritate me.
“It caused a reaction,” I said in my brain, thinking in the heat of the moment “well, what can I say back to him? I’m going to toss this s*** straight back in his face because f*** him. ‘I know now I shouldn’t have done it since there’s now a video out there of me using that term, he uttering that word and it’s not good for anybody.
“I share fault in perpetuating what is now a very nasty video that is now online and has been seen by millions of people; I think what I do regret is that. Then Travis added his own opinions and supported his brother as he attacked the fan.
The Kansas City Chiefs star noted: “I know it’s dragging on you brother. It is horrible. You shouldn’t feel thus much; clearly, the media’s perspective and the examination of the available recordings reflect people passing by. That will create a more complex scenario than, in my opinion, what it actually is. Actually, you had some f***ing moron come up to you and discuss your family. You responded in a way that was protecting your family; you might have uttered some words you regret.
‘That’s a scenario you just have to learn from and own; I believe you own it and that your Monday night comments reflect your real sincerity to individuals in this planet. You choose not to chose hate. That simply is not who you are. Sweet brother, love you. You articulated exactly what I think. Kelce apologized live on-air for the episode over the weekend on this week’s MNF show, which split fans online; many claimed he shouldn’t have had to say sorry for the interaction with the fan.
He apologized to viewers at the beginning of the broadcast for ‘falling short’ of his customary standards of “common decency and respect”. ‘Everyone has seen on social media what happened this week,’ Kelce added. Listen; nothing that happened makes me pleased. I don’t feel good about it. “In a flash I decided to welcome hatred with hate and I simply don’t think that’s a good thing—that’s truly not. It’s the correct approach to approach things and I doubt it sparks conversation. In that instant I descended to a level I shouldn’t have been at.
‘The bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rule; that’s what I’ve always been taught; I try to treat people with common decency and respect; and I’m going to keep doing that moving ahead. “I’m going to do that moving forward and even though I fell short this week.” Before the Chiefs vs. Buccaneers, several social media users—including Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports—were left enraged with his apologies; some even attacked ESPN and claimed the network had facilitated it.
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