Penn State police have closed their investigation into Jason Kelce’s phone destruction incident, exempting the now-ESPN analyst from any formal punishment for the act.
Last month, Kelce was approached by a college-aged man, who called his brother Travis Kelce ‘f*****’ for dating Taylor Swift.
As fans lined up to take selfies and fist bumps, an unidentifiable male voice can be heard shouting: ‘Hey Kelce! How does it feel like your brother is screwed for dating Taylor Swift?
Kelce continues walking momentarily after the homophobic slur before turning around, grabbing the fan’s phone, and proceeding to angrily slam it into the ground before picking it up and walking away.
But, as he continued to walk away, the fan chased Kelce and said, “give me my phone,” to which Kelce responded, “Who the f*** now?”
Now, Kelce can officially put the confrontation in his past. according to TMZ.
On Nov. 2, Jason Kelce smashed a Penn State fan’s phone after the man used a slur.
Kelce later apologized for the incident on ‘Monday Night Football’ after the footage went viral.
“The individual in the video circulating on social media has not been identified and no one has reported to University Police with a related complaint regarding damage to personal property,” Penn State’s statement read.
Despite being immediately praised on social media for his actions, Kelce later apologized leading up to the Nov. 4 episode of ‘Monday Night Football,’ two days after the incident occurred.
“Everyone has seen what happened,” Kelce, dressed in a gray suit for his television appearance, said in the first minutes of the program. ‘I’m not happy with anything that happened, I’m not proud of it. It’s a heated time to greet hate with hate and I don’t think it’s a productive thing to do, I really don’t. I don’t think it’s the right way to do things.
‘At that moment I fell to a level that I shouldn’t have had. The bottom line is that I try to live my life by the golden rule, I have always been taught to treat people with common decency and I will try to continue doing so in the future. I came up short this week though.’
Kelce’s rise in popularity has coincided with Travis’ relationship with Swift, which began publicly last September.
Since then, interest in all things Kelce has skyrocketed, with Jason being one of the main beneficiaries, with the close-knit nature of his family on full display.
A source close to Swift and young Kelce told DailyMail.com at the time: “Taylor and Travis were really surprised by this considering Jason is one of the nicest guys in the world.
‘It really became clear how much he loves and respects Taylor. Travis means a lot to him.
‘The use of the word fuck is not okay for him or anyone else. This fan crossed the line. “Jason will never tolerate anyone insulting his family and now sees Taylor as family.”