Travis Kelce breaks silence on Harrison Butker after his Kansas City Chiefs teammate said women are destined to be homemakers
Travis Kelce has broken his silence on his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Harrison Butker’s controversial recent speech in which he said women were meant to be housewives.
Butker caused widespread outrage with a 20-minute speech at Benedictine College, Kansas, where he directly addressed female graduates and told them to be excited about the “calling” of being a housewife, using his wife as an example.
Now, speaking on the latest episode of New Heights, Kelce – who recorded the show from Europe, where he was with girlfriend Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour – addressed the backlash to his teammate.
‘I cherish him as a teammate. “I think Pat said it best when he’s a great person and a great teammate,” he said.
“He has treated family and relatives that I have introduced to him with nothing but respect and kindness. And that’s how he treats everyone.
“When it comes to his views and what he said during St Benedict’s speech, those are his. I can’t say I agree with most or most of it except that he just loves his family and his kids.
‘And I don’t think I should judge him on his views, especially his religious views, on how to live life, that’s just not who I am.
“I grew up in a wonderful upbringing with different social classes, different religions, different races and ethnicities and that’s why I love Cleveland Heights.
‘It showed me a broad spectrum, a broad view of many different walks of life. I appreciated each of these people for different reasons and I never felt like I had to judge them based on their beliefs.
“My mother and my father both took care of my family and my mother and my father made the house what it was. And they were incredible because they were there every day of my life.
‘I think that was a great upbringing for me. Now I don’t think everyone should have to do it the same way my parents did, but I thank my parents very much and love my parents for being able to provide and make the house what it was.
“I’m not the same person without them both being who they were in my life.”
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