Travis Kelce Tells Brother Jason He Was ‘Defending Your Household’ in Telephone-Smashing Incident

Jason Kelce will eternally have Travis Kelce in his nook.

After the retired Philadelphia Eagles star, 37, went viral on Saturday, Nov. 2, for smashing the cellphone of a Penn State soccer fan who known as Travis, 35, “a f—– courting Taylor Swift” and later repeated the homophobic slur again to the fan, his youthful brother reacted to the incident in the course of the Wednesday, Nov. 6 version of their New Heights podcast.

“I do know it is weighing on you, brother. That s— sucks. You should not really feel this a lot,” expressed Travis in regards to the interplay that came about outdoors of Beaver Stadium in State School, Pa., forward of Jason’s look on ESPN’s School GameDay in the course of the Penn State-Ohio State sport.

Travis mentioned he believes folks “passing across the movies” of the incident made for a “larger state of affairs than I believe what it truly is.”

“The true state of affairs is you had some f—— clown come as much as you and speak about your loved ones and also you reacted in a means that was defending your loved ones, and also you may’ve used some phrases that you simply remorse utilizing,” the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish mentioned.

“That is a state of affairs you have simply received to study from and personal. I believe you proudly owning it and also you talking about it exhibits how honest you’re to lots of people on this world,” continued Travis. “You do not select hate, that is simply not who you’re.”

The NFL star ended his sentiments by telling his older brother, “I really like you,” including, “I believe you mentioned that completely.”

Travis’ remarks got here after Jason, who first addressed the incident on the Nov. 4 version of ESPN’s Monday Evening Countdown, mentioned on the podcast that he was “not glad in regards to the state of affairs” and that his response “gave the state of affairs notoriety.”

The previous soccer middle mentioned the “factor that I remorse probably the most is saying that phrase to be sincere with you … the phrase he used it is simply f—— ridiculous and it takes it to a different stage. It is simply off the wall, f—— over the road.” 

“It is dehumanizing and it received beneath my pores and skin, it elicited a response,” continued Jason.

“Within the warmth of the second, I assumed ‘Hey, what can I say again to him? I’ll throw this s— proper again in his face. F— him,’ ” he mentioned admitting he is aware of now that he “should not have executed that.”

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Penn State Police confirmed to PEOPLE on Monday, Nov. 5, that the altercation is beneath investigation. On the time of the incident, PEOPLE reached out to representatives for each Jason and ESPN however did not instantly obtain a response.