Former Philadelphia Eagles star center Jason Kelce found himself issuing an apology this week after stirring controversy with remarks about the Toronto Blue Jays, Canada, the World Series, and baseball as a whole.
Jason’s comments surfaced during the latest episode of his New Heights podcast alongside his brother, Travis Kelce. When Travis began praising the thrilling back-and-forth nature of the World Series, Jason quickly made it known that he wasn’t interested.
“We’re gonna stamp baseball?” Jason asked incredulously on the podcast. “For what?”
“So, you’re telling me, I’m supposed to get excited about a Canadian baseball team and a team that spends more money than everybody else? Who the [expletive] cares about either of them?” Jason said.
“Both of them spend more money than everybody,” Travis replied, noting that both the Dodgers and Blue Jays rank among the top five teams in Major League Baseball in payroll.
“Yeah, that’s why baseball sucks,” Jason shot back. “You just buy World Series championships. It’s the dumbest thing in the world.”
After clips of his remarks circulated online, Jason took to social media to apologize and clarify, emphasizing that he had no intention of offending Canadians.
“Guys, I love Canada, I have been bamboozled by our social team that failed to show the whole story,” Jason wrote in a post on X. “How could I not love poutine, maple syrup, and beavers!! I was actually rooting for the Blue Jays in a World Series that I didn’t care about.”
“Seriously, Canada is the best,” Jason added. “I was just talking [expletive] about not being personally invested of caring that the team that spent the most money and built a super team won the World Series. That’s it. I am a known Canada advocate and Ice Hockey lover.”
Needless to say, this apology led to a lot of reactions on social media.
“Can’t believe you have to post this. Canadian here is thought it was funny. Dear fellow Canadians what happened to our sense of humor. We uses to produce the world’s best comedians and we always loved laughing ourselves,” one fan wrote in a post on X.
“Don’t worry, everyone I know understood your comment. Most Jays fans felt the same which is why us losing felt like such robbery when we were so close. Name a more gut-wrenching way to lose a series. We as Canadians are just still in shock and recovering from the trauma,” someone else wrote.
“Come on man, you apologize way to much to the perpetually offended. It’s very un-Philly like. This is not the guy I saw at the parade,” another person added.
“Sorry Canadians are just really bruised right now. I understood your sentiment. No hard feelings,” someone else added.
“Apology accepted,” someone else wrote.
It’s worth pointing out, however, that Jason did not retract his criticism of baseball itself — a sentiment he appears to still stand by.
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