Jason Kelce 'Not Proud' Of Viral Phone-Smashing Incident

Jason Kelce wishes his temper hadnt gotten the better of him when he confronted a foul-mouthed heckler outside of a college football game on Saturday.

The retired NFL center addressed the now-viral incident at the top of this weeks Monday Night Countdown, admitting he wasnt proud of what transpired ahead of the battle between Penn State and Ohio State.

In widely circulated videos of the scuffle, an angry Kelce is seen swatting a phone out of a mans hand after the man had badgered him with crude questions about his brother, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce , who is in a relationship with pop star Taylor Swift .

After the man had followed Jason Kelce through a crowd and called his younger brother a faggot, the former Philadelphia Eagles player whipped around, smashed the mans phone and snapped back with the same anti-gay slur.

Though other footage seemed to show the heckler hounding Kelce ahead of the confrontation, the sports anchor still apologized to his fans for losing his cool.

Im not happy with anything that took place. Im not proud of it, he told ESPN viewers. In a heated moment, I chose to greet hate with hate, and I just dont think thats a productive thing, I really dont.

I dont think that it leads to discourse and its the right way to go about things, he added. And in that moment, I fell down to a level that I shouldnt have.

The bottom line is, I try to live my life by the golden rule, thats what Ive always been taught, Kelce said. I try to treat people with common decency and respect, and Im going to keep doing that moving forward.

On Monday, People magazine reported that the Penn State University Police were looking into the weekend incident.

Authorities did not say whether Kelce or the other man was being investigated.