No charges for Jason Kelce over phone incident after slur directed at brother

Police will not charge Jason Kelce in connection with an altercation with a fan before a Penn State-Ohio State game in November.

Penn State University police said in a statement that the case has been closed. “The individual in the video footage circulating on social media has not been identified and no one has reported to university police with a related complaint of damage to personal property,” the statement said.

Video on social media showed the retired Philadelphia Eagles center mingling with fans in front of the Penn State-Ohio State. A fan then asked Kelce, “How does it feel that your brother [Travis] is a fag because he’s dating Taylor Swift? Kelce then appeared to grab the fan’s phone, slam him to the ground and say, “Who’s that faggot now?”

Kelce was at Penn State as part of ESPN’s broadcast of the game. A few days later, he was an analyst for ESPN’s coverage of the Kansas City Chiefs’ win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and discussed that weekend’s incident.

“In a heated moment, I decided to greet hate with hate,” Kelce said before the broadcast of the Buccaneers-Chiefs game. “I fell short this week.”

Travis Kelce has been in a high-profile relationship with Swift for a year and co-hosts a hugely popular podcast with Jason, who retired at the end of last season after 13 years with the Eagles.

“I think the bottom line is I try to live my life by the golden rule,” Jason Kelce said of the incident. “That’s what I was always taught. “I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and I will continue to do that in the future, even though I fell short… I’m going to do that in the future.”

In August the Kelce brothers signed a three-year, $100 million deal with Wondery for their New Heights podcast.