Travis Kelce slammed by Jason Whitlock over comments on Harrison Butker’s controversial speech

Jason Whitlock has feuded with Travis Kelce over his response to teammate Harrison Butker’s controversial speech.

Chiefs kicker Butker sparked widespread outrage with his comments at Benedictine College, Kansas, where he told female graduates to be excited about the “calling” of being a homemaker, using his wife Isabelle as an example.

Kelce was among those who addressed Butker’s speech, admitting he disagreed with most of his teammate’s views. But he refused to convict Butker.

The Chiefs star said he “cherishes” him as a teammate, but cited his own upbringing – when his parents were both breadwinners and housewives – as the reason he doesn’t share the kicker’s views.

But Kelce is now under fire for his comments, with Whitlock accusing him of being less ‘bold, honest and manly’ than Butker.

“Travis Kelce said a lot of nothing there because he has virtually no self-awareness.” said Whitlock.

“And that’s not a personal attack on Travis Kelce. It’s really an attack on the great wealth, fame, attention and adoration we shower on athletes.

‘He has no reason to be self-conscious. He thinks he’s here and famous and rich and super successful because both of his parents worked outside the home. He doesn’t recognize it because Travis Kelce is a loser.”

Whitlock accused the Chiefs of having “athletic privilege” for “winning the genetics lottery.”

“I don’t think I should judge him on his views, especially his religious views,” Kelce said

“If you’ve followed his career for 10 to 12 years as closely as I have, maybe a little longer, he’s an idiot. In my opinion, if he wasn’t 6 feet tall, he wouldn’t be a rich and successful person that anyone cared about.

“He’s supposed to be a dumb jock who was short…Travis Kelce has athletic privileges, he hit the genetic lottery, now he’s rich and famous, now he gets to pretend he has some sort of mature, sophisticated view of the world . He does not.’

Kelce spoke on the latest episode of New Heights when he defended Butker from the backlash.

“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 of it or almost anything other than just loving his family and his kids,” Kelce said.

‘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.

Butker pictured with his wife Isabelle and their son after a Chiefs game

“I grew up in a wonderful upbringing of different social classes, different religions, different races and ethnicities in Cleveland Heights and that’s why I love Cleveland Heights the way it was.

‘It showed me a broad spectrum, a broad view of many different walks of life. I appreciated all those people for different reasons and I never felt like I had to judge them based on their beliefs.

“My household, my mother and my father both took care of my family and both my mother and my father made the house what it was. They were housewives and breadwinners. 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 certainly thank 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.”

Jason Kelce also said he disagreed with Butker but responded to the backlash he faced. By Friday, a petition to ax Butker from the Chiefs had been signed by more than 225,000 people.