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The Kansas City Chiefs tight end spoke out on the matter for the first time during a podcast episode with his brother, Jason.
Travis Kelce is weighing in on the controversial comments his Kansas City Chiefs teammate, Harrison Butker, made at a commencement speech earlier this month.
While addressing Benedictine College graduates on May 11, Butker said the female students had been told “the most diabolical lives” about putting career choices over the roles of mothers and wives. He also described Pride Month as a “deadly sin” and shared other contentious viewpoints on abortion, birth control, masculinity and IVF.
This week, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes defended Butker as “good person” but expressed he didn’t “necessarily agree” with the kicker’s comments.
And Kelce echoed the sentiment on the latest episode of “New Heights,” the podcast the tight end hosts with his brother, former Phildelphia Eagles center Jason.
“I think Pat said it best where he is every bit of a great person and a great teammate,” Kelce said. “He’s treated friends and family that I’ve introduced to him with nothing but respect and kindness, and that’s how he treats everyone
When it comes down to his views and what he said at the Saint Benedict’s commencement speech, those are his,” Kelce continued. “I can’t say I agree with the majority of it or just about any of it outside of just him loving his family and his kids. And I don’t think that I should judge him by his views, especially his religious views, of how to go about life. That’s just not who I am.”