Why Jason Kelce Called Himself An ‘Overweight White Guy’

Retired NFL star Jason Kelce made enjoyable of his personal look throughout Philly’s Lookalike Contest.

Throughout an look on ESPN’s “Monday Night time Countdown,” the Ohio native gave his ideas on the competitors.

On December 16, the previous Philadelphia Eagles Heart watched a clip from the Jason Kelce lookalike competitors, however didn’t appear too impressed with what he noticed!

The competitors came about at Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Sq. Park on Saturday, December 14. Two days later, on ESPN’s “Monday Night time Countdown,” the 37-year-old gave his ideas on the competitors.

“Newsflash! Any chubby white man with a beard appears to be like similar to me,” he joked in feedback transcribed by Peoplejournal.

After watching the clip, Jason felt that it wasn’t a lot of a problem to copy his signature look.

“It’s a simple competitors. There may be completely nothing distinctive about any of those gents aside from they’re massive folks with beards,” he added.

Nonetheless, he instructed host Scott Van Pelt that there was one man who caught his consideration. The contestant was carrying a Fairisle zip-up and sported Jason’s signature beard. “That man is spot on,” Jason mentioned, including, “That’s my new profile image.”

For followers questioning simply what that man appeared like, Jason was true to his phrase and certainly made that man’s picture his new profile picture on X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter.

Sadly, the person that he had chosen didn’t truly win the competition. As a substitute, Jason wished “the sweater man” to win the prize.

After the clip, Jason mentioned that it was “disheartening” to see that “1000’s” of individuals look similar to him, however evidently they may have gotten a little bit assist from his spouse, Kylie Kelce, who had supplied contestants recommendation on appear like Jason on the second episode of her new podcast, “Not Gonna Lie.”

Within the episode, which premiered on Thursday, December 12, she suggested contestants to put on “a heavy sweater” with “some sort of design.” In the event that they didn’t have such a sweater, she additionally assured them {that a} velour tracksuit with an Italian flag would additionally rating main factors.

On November 2, an unidentified particular person approached Jason Kelce at a Penn State vs. Ohio State soccer recreation in Pennsylvania and made a homophobic remark about his brother, Travis Kelce, who’s presently courting pop star Taylor Swift.

The person requested, “Hey, Kelce. How does it really feel your brother’s a f—ggot courting Taylor Swift?” Jason Kelce will be seen smashing the heckler’s floor on the cellphone earlier than asking, “Who’s the f-ggot now?”

On December 10, a spokeswoman for Penn State College Police instructed TMZ Sports that Jason won’t face any disciplinary motion for the destruction of property, as nobody has come ahead to say that they had been the particular person within the video.

“The person within the video footage circulating on social media has not been recognized, and nobody has come ahead to College Police with a associated criticism about harm to private property,” they mentioned in an announcement.

Two days after the occasion occurred, the 37-year-old father addressed the incident on ESPN’s “Monday Night time Countdown.”

“I’m not pleased with something that came about. I’m not pleased with it,” he mentioned on November 4’s episode. “Inside a heated second, I selected to greet hate with hate and I don’t suppose that’s a productive factor. I don’t suppose it results in discourse.”

“In that second I fell right down to a stage that I shouldn’t have. The underside line is, I attempt to reside my life by the golden guidelines,” he continued. “That’s what I’ve at all times been taught. I attempt to deal with folks with decency and respect. I’m going to maintain doing that shifting ahead.”