The furious autograph seeker who unleashed a tirade of abuse at Jason Kelce has been revealed after footage of the shocking moment went viral online.
Kelce, 37, had just finished filming an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel‘s late-night talk show in Los Angeles when he was insulted by the crazed fan for getting into his car without signing an autograph.
In a video obtained by DailyMail.com, the man in question can be heard ripping into the former Philadelphia Eagles center in a berserk rant after the snub, shouting at him: ‘You ain’t nobody special! You’re some s*** bag, f***ing guy that thinks he’s on some pedestal!’
The barrage of insults were so relentless that Kelce eventually had to step out of his vehicle and sign them an autograph in an attempt to de-escalate the situation.
While their identity is currently unclear, the abusive fan who pressured him into signing the autograph can be seen in footage of the incident.
The camera swings round at one stage of the video to show the man – who has long blonde hair underneath a white and navy beanie hat – leaning over the fence and hurling abuse at Kelce.
‘I have a habit of not signing for people that follow where I’m going,’ Kelce initially told him before getting back out of his car in the hope that he would ease off.
However, the jilted autograph hunter still wasn’t satisfied. Not only did he refuse to let up, he even appeared to challenge Kelce to a fight.
‘I’ll be running the Marvel Cinematic Universe,’ the guy said. ‘Watch for me, you p***y! F*** you. And f*** your love!’
The bombardment of abuse forced Kelce into caving as the former Super Bowl winner eventually headed over to the gaggle of desperate fans and promised to sign their things.
Ever a good sport, Kelce even signed for his ballistic verbal abuser, before shaking his hand.
Kelce’s gesture appeared to appease the furious man with his autograph signing a metaphorical peace treaty and the man ultimately apologizing.
The signature seeker exclaimed that he was ‘ashamed of that moment’ while also demanding that no one post the video of his outburst.
‘You’re good, bro,’ Kelce told him.
Dave Portnoy was one of many left fuming after Kelce was pressurized into signing the autograph.
‘I HATE that Jason Kelce got back out of his car and signed this lunatics autograph,’ the Barstool Sports founder wrote on X.
‘He’s getting bullied by assholes. That guy should be in prison not getting an autograph to flip.’
The altercation comes just weeks after Kelce was embroiled in a scandal over yet another fan incident.
Earlier this month, Kelce, who was appearing on ESPN’s College GameDay, smashed a fan’s phone over a remark made about his brother Travis and his girlfriend Taylor Swift.
The older Kelce brother was at Penn State for the school’s huge college football game against Ohio State when he was goaded by a fan.
‘Hey Kelce! How does it feel your brother is a f***** for dating Taylor Swift?’ a fan shouted at him.
Kelce continued walking after the homophobic slur before turning around, grabbing the fan’s phone and furiously slamming it down into the ground. He then picked it back up and said ‘who is the f***** now?’ before walking away.
It is unclear whether the phone belonged to the male who made the disparaging comment about Travis.
Kelce later apologized for the outburst on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown, he apologized to viewers for ‘falling short’ of his usual levels of ‘common decency and respect‘.
‘I think everybody has seen on social media what happened 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 and I just don’t think that’s a productive thing, I really don’t. I don’t think it leads to discourse and it’s the right way to go about things. In 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 gonna keep doing that moving forward.
‘Even though I fell short this week, I’m gonna do that moving forward and continue to do that.’
The former center’s profile has risen immensely due to his brother Travis’ relationship to pop star Taylor Swift over the past year.
And the couple were both ‘really shocked by this considering Jason is one of the nicest guys in the world,’ a source close to them told DailyMail.com.
‘It really became clear how much he loves and respects Taylor. Travis means the world to him.
‘The use of the word f***** is not okay with him nor anyone. This fan crossed the line. Jason will never stand for anyone insulting his family and he views Taylor as family now.’
