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Penn State University Police and Public Safety is investigating an altercation over a cellphone that took place between retired Philadelphia Eagles center/ESPN NFL analyst Jason Kelce and a PSU fan last Saturday outside Beaver Stadium, where the Nittany Lions football team hosted Ohio State.
PSU public information officer Jacqueline Sheader confirmed to Will Graves of the Associated Press on Tuesday that the investigation process is ongoing and the incident involved Kelce, who was in State College, Pennsylvania, to appear on College GameDay.
A police spokesperson also confirmed the investigation to Alex Andrejev of The Athletic, who wrote that the department’s incident log contains an entry logged Saturday stating an “officer observed a visitor damaging personal property.” The report’s listed potential offenses are “criminal mischief” and “disorderly conduct.”
On Saturday, video emerged of a Penn State fan appearing to follow and harass Kelce over the relationship between his brother, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and pop star Taylor Swift. The fan can be heard using an anti-gay slur.
Kelce, who had been walking toward Beaver Stadium, then appeared to turn toward the fan, grab his cellphone and slam it down before using an anti-gay slur.
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On Monday, Kelce made his weekly appearance on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown prior to the Chiefs’ home game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and addressed the matter.
“I think everybody’s seen on social media everything that took place this week,” Kelce said. “Listen, I’m not happy with anything that took place. I’m not proud of it. In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate. I just don’t think that’s a productive thing. I really don’t. I don’t think it leads to discourse and is the right way to go about things.
“At that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have. 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.”
Kelce then turned the attention toward the football game, stating he “didn’t think this was the platform, necessarily, to go into more detail.”
The former Eagles center played in the NFL from 2011-2023, making seven Pro Bowls and six All-Pro teams. He started in all 193 of his regular-season games and served as the backbone of the offensive line for the 2017 Eagles, which won the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl.
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