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Jason Kelce Throws Phone Following F-Slur Incident at Penn State
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Jason Kelce Throws Phone Following F-Slur Incident at Penn State

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Talk about an offensive line, man. He was there for ESPN’s College GameDay, but Jason Kelce wasn’t playing games when he was heckled during a Saturday visit to Penn State University. In images now viralretired Philadelphia Eagles football player grabbed a phone and threw it to the ground after someone called his brother, Travis, insulting him for dating Taylor Swift. Using a homophobic slur is bad enough, and using it to describe a man dating a woman is just weird. The video doesn’t clearly show the person who shouted the slur, but Kelce seemed to believe the culprit was someone wearing a Penn State hoodie filming him. For not letting the comment slide, Kelce initially received plenty of praise online, including from fans of his possible future sister-in-law. “He did all this with garage beer in his hand and a friendship bracelet on his wrist, this man needs a medal,” he said. Swiftie » tweeted approvingly. But reactions became a little more mixed after another angle of the incident surfaced, this time apparently showing Kelce continuing by repeating the slur — as the person wearing a Penn State hoodie attempted to retrieve his phone, Kelce appeared to ask, “Who the f——” NOW?”

Since Kelce New heights podcast with his brother just reached a $100 million deal in August, we doubt he would sweat even if he had to pay for any damage to the device. Campus Police called “Page Six” that no report had been filed about the incident as of Saturday afternoon. Honestly, buying a new phone is probably easier than portraying yourself as the internet’s new nemesis du jour.