Jason Kelce coolly escalated tensions after being berated by a furious autograph hunter following an appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ on Thursday.
The former Philadelphia Eagles star was called a “p—-” and faced an X-rated tirade from a man after Kelce declined to sign autographs. The incident was caught on camera, with the video being published by TMZ.
“You ain’t nobody special,” the man shouted furiously as Kelce headed for his car. “You’re some s— bag, f—— guy that thinks he’s on some pedestal!”
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The man’s rage – which stretched as far as telling the future Hall of Famer that even iconic actor Morgan Freeman “signed an autograph with a busted hand” – prompted Kelce to get out of his car to try to calm things down.
“I have a habit of not signing for people that follow where I’m going,” Kelce told the man, but he was having none of it, continuing to throw barbs at the ESPN pundit, seemingly calling him out for a fight.
“I’ll be running the Marvel Cinematic Universe,” the man screamed. “Watch for me, you p—-! F— you. And f— your love!”
Kelce reacted very differently to last month’s flashpoint at Penn State (
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It is not the first time of late that Kelce has faced a confrontation with an unruly member of the public. He apologized for his actions after he snatched and smashed a heckler’s phone on the floor before a Penn State football game against Ohio State last month.
The heckler had harassed Kelce while recording it on his phone before launching a homophobic slur about Kelce’s younger brother, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis. Video clips of the incident went viral.
This time, however, Kelce handled the situation classily. He approached the man and the other people wanting his autograph and agreed to sign their things. The man who subjected him to such vile abuse apologized numerous times and shook hands with Kelce, who told him “You’re good, bro.”
Although many believed Kelce’s reaction to the Penn State incident was fair, it seems he has heeded his own advice and handled his next public scrape with more poise.
“And in a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing,” said in an opening monologue on ‘Monday Night Countdown’ days after the Penn State incident. “I really don’t. I don’t think it leads to discourse, and [don’t think] it’s the right way to go about things. In that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldn’t have. So I think bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rule. It’s what I’ve always been taught.
“I try to treat people with common decency and respect, even though I fell short this week. I’m going to do that moving forward and continue to do that.”
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