by Jason Kelce threw a Penn State football fan’s phone to the ground after taunts and homophobic comments were made toward him Saturday prior to the Nittany Lions’ game against Ohio State at Beaver Stadium.
As you walk behind Jason, you can hear a fan say, “Kelce, how does it feel that your brother is a favorite for dating Taylor Swift?”
After seemingly hearing the question, Jason turned around and appeared to grab the phone of the fan who uttered the slur and throw it to the ground. The fan then demanded that Jason give him the phone back, to which Jason said, “Who’s the dad now?”
UPDATE: In a new video of the altercation with Jason Kelce, the fan demanded Kelce give him the phone back, to which Kelce said, “Who’s the dad now?”
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Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and Jason’s brother, started dating pop sensation Taylor Swift after admitting on his “New Heights” podcast in the summer of 2023 that he wanted to give Swift a friendship bracelet with his phone number on top. during her concert in Kansas City back then.
Swift has since attended many NFL games — including the 2024 Super Bowl, which the Chiefs won — with 72.5 percent of NFL players surveyed by The Athletics say the singer’s interest in football is positive for the league. (Only 4.9 percent of players surveyed viewed it as negative, and 22.5 percent viewed it as neither negative nor positive.)
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Jason, the former Philadelphia Eagles center and ESPN analyst, was in State College to appear on “College GameDay,” which was also in town to spotlight the Top-5 matchup.
ESPN declined to comment.
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