On Monday night while Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was busy facing off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his brother, Jason, was apologizing on the ESPN airwaves following an incident with an unidentified person outside Penn State's game against Ohio state over the weekend.
Kelce spiked a person's phone into the ground and called that same person a homophobic slur in response to the fan using that term to describe his brother.
"I think everybody's seen on social media everything that took place this week. I'm not happy with anything that took place. I'm not proud of it. And in a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate," Jason said in his apology Monday night.
"And I just don't think that's a productive thing. I really don't. I don't think that it leads to discourse, and it's the right way to go about things. And in that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn't have. So I think 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 forward, even though I fell short this week. I'm going to do that moving forward and continue to do that. I think we got a game to focus on. Obviously, a matchup. I don't think this is the platform to necessarily go into more detail. So, get ready for this Chiefs game."
Fast forward a few days and now Travis has finally commented on the situation. During the latest episode of their 'New Heights' podcast, the younger Kelce brother made it clear Jason was just looking out for his family - but used language he probably regrets.
"You had some [expletive] clown come up to you talking about your family,” Travis said, via Page Six. "You reacted in a way that was defending your family and you might have used some words that you regret using."
Travis knows the situation has been "weighing" on his older brother.
“I know it’s weighing on you, brother,” he said. “That [expletive] sucks. You shouldn’t feel this much. … Everybody passing around the videos is gonna make it a bigger situation than what it really is.
“You don’t choose hate,” Travis added. “That’s not who you are.”
Jason once again added he regrets using the slur and hopes everyone can move on from the incident.
