Retired NFL star Jason Kelce mocked his appearance during Philly's Lookalike Contest.
During an appearance on ESPN's "Monday Night Countdown," the Ohio native shared his thoughts on the competition.
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Jason Kelce jokes he's an 'exaggerated white guy with a beard'
On December 16th, the former Philadelphia Eagles Center watched Jason Kelce faceoff contest footage, but he didn't seem too impressed with what he saw!
The competition was held at Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia on Saturday, December 14th. Two days later, on ESPN's "Monday Night Countdown," the 37-year-old gave his thoughts on the competition.
“Newsflash! Every fat white guy with a beard looks like me,” he joked in the comments he copied Peoplemagazine.
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Jason thought it was an 'easy competition'
After watching the footage, Jason felt it wasn't too much of a challenge to replicate his signature look.
“It's an easy competition. There is absolutely nothing unique about these gentlemen except that they are large men with beards,” he added.
However, he told host Scott Van Pelt that one man caught his eye. The contestant wore a Fairisle zip-up and sported Jason's signature beard. "That guy is spot on," Jason said, adding, "That's my new profile picture."
For fans wondering what the man looks like, Jason stayed true to his word and truly made the man's photo his own new profile picture on Xthe social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
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Jason Kelce did not endorse the contest winner
Unfortunately, the man he chose didn't actually win the competition. Instead, Jason wanted the "sweater girl" to win the prize.
After the video, Jason said it was "disheartening" to see "thousands" of people look just like him, but it looks like they may have had a little help from his wife, Kylie Kelcewho offered contestants tips on how to look like Jason in the second episode of her new podcast, "I'm Not Going to Lie."
In the episode, which premiered on Thursday, December 12, she advised contestants to wear a "heavy sweater" with "some design." If they didn't have such a sweater, she assured them, a velor tracksuit with the Italian flag would also get big points.
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Jason will not face disciplinary action over the phone incident
"Kelce, how does it feel that your brother wants to date Taylor Swift?"
Jason Kelce kept slamming this kid's phone into the ground.
It looked like the Penn State student was getting in Kelce's face for no reason. Wild scene in State College pic.twitter.com/3PEdZXWhSg
— Vlasac (@jarrett_daveler) November 2, 2024
On Nov. 2, an unidentified person approached Jason Kelce at the Penn State vs. Ohio State football game in Pennsylvania and made a homophobic comment about his brother, Travis Kelcewho is currently dating a pop star Taylor Swift.
The man asked, “Hey, Kelce. How does it feel that your brother wants to date Taylor Swift?” Jason Kelce can be seen smashing the heckler's ground on the phone before asking, "Who's the dick now?"
Dec. 10, a Penn State University police spokeswoman said TMZ Sports that Jason will not face any disciplinary action for destroying property, as no one has come forward to claim they are the people in the video.
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"The individual in the video circulating on social networks has not been identified, and no one contacted the University Police with a complaint about damage to personal property," the statement said.
Jason Kelce regrets how he reacted to the incident
Jason Kelce addressed the Penn State phone smash incident at the start of tonight's ESPN pregame show and apologized:
"In the heat of the moment, I decided to greet hate with hate... I failed this week" pic.twitter.com/884LtqvFzX
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) November 4, 2024
Two days after the event happened, the 37-year-old father addressed the incident on ESPN's "Monday Night Countdown."
“I'm not happy with anything that happened. I'm not proud of it,” he said on the Nov. 4 episode. “In a heated moment, I decided to greet hate with hate and I don't think that's a productive thing to do. I don't think that leads to discourse."
“At that moment I fell to a level I shouldn't have. The bottom line is that I try to live my life according to the golden rules," he continued. "That's what I've always been taught. I try to treat people with respect and decency. I will continue to do so in the future.”
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