Los Angeles Chargers defensive deal with Teair Tart does not appear fazed by the web hate he is been receiving from Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift followers. In truth, the 28-year-old seems to be thriving, poking enjoyable on the powerhouse couple and Swift’s loyal fanbase with a savage Instagram submit and a cheeky caption.

Kelce’s Kansas Metropolis Chiefs confronted off towards Tart’s Los Angeles Chargers through the NFL’s season opener on September 5 in Brazil. The competition was an intense, back-and-forth scoring affair.

In the course of the recreation, Kelce and Tart made headlines after getting right into a little bit of a shoving match on the finish of a play, main Tart to slap Kelce on the entrance of the helmet with an open hand. In response to a earlier report from The Blast, the referees referred to as a flag on the play and assessed the Chargers a 15-yard pointless roughness penalty.

Tart was not faraway from the sport. YouTube guidelines analyst Terry McAulay shared that the referees determined towards ejecting the 6’2″, 315-pound lineman as a result of “it was an open-hand contact to the top.”

Kelce followers flooded Tart’s Instagram feedback instantly following the slap heard around the globe. One person questioned whether or not soccer was the best sport for the Philadelphia native, whereas one other advised Tart he’d by no means be as expert at soccer as Kelce.

Different customers shared hurtful feedback about Tart’s look, with one writing, “You gown like a youngster,” and one other calling him a “fat-ss.”

The feedback, nonetheless, do not appear to have impacted Tart, contemplating he shared a brand new Instagram submit, seemingly trolling his trolls.

After being trolled by Swifties and Chiefs followers, Tart shared a brand new picture dump—three photographs of him on the soccer discipline, and, most pointedly, a clip from a film displaying a person being slapped. “I am too swift with it even from Brazil,” he captioned the submit.

The feedback had been a lot of the identical, with one writing, “Slapping one other participant on their helmet being the spotlight of your profession is gloomy.”

Nonetheless, on Reddit, Tart was met with a lot assist.

“Seeing Kelce get slapped round introduced me pleasure,” one Redditor posted, whereas one other referred to as him a “hero.”

A number of different customers shared memes and GIFs of individuals laughing, hinting they had been unbothered by the on-field scuffle.

Earlier within the week, Philadelphia Eagles star Jalen Carter acquired related pushback from followers after slow-motion replays confirmed the defensive lineman spitting on Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.

Prescott advised reporters he discovered Carter’s conduct to be “insulting” earlier than calling the encounter “unlucky.”

“I understand how excited each considered one of us are proper to kick off the season and the season opener, and hell of a participant like that does not even get an opportunity within the first play,” Prescott mentioned. “Unlucky circumstances.”

Tremendous Bowl champion Ryan Clark slammed Carter on X, labeling his conduct “disrespectful [and] disgusting stuff.”

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith shared an identical message, posting, “WTH did I simply see? Jalen Carter, the perfect gamers on the Eagles protection, simply obtained thrown out of the sport earlier than a freakin snap for SPITTING.”

He added, “To hell with simply an ejection. Droop that man. How within the HELL might you do one thing like that? Inexcusable! Silly. Egocentric.”