Travis Kelce addressed Harrison Butker’s comments on this week’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast with his brother Jason. (AP Photo/Lachlan Cunningham)
Travis Kelce was the latest member of the Kansas City Chiefs to respond to kicker Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement address at Benedictine College last week.
On this week’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast that Kelce hosts with his brother, Jason Kelce, the Chiefs tight end said that he “cherishes” Butker as a teammate. He also echoed quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ sentiment this week and said that Butker is “every bit of a great person and a great teammate.”
“He’s treated family and family that I’ve introduced to him with nothing but respect and kindness,” Kelce said. “And that’s how he treats everyone. When it comes down to his views and what he said at Saint Benedict’s commencement speech, those are his. 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.”
Kelce also spoke about growing up around people of different races, religions and social classes in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“It showed me a broad spectrum, just a broad view of a lot of different walks of life,” Kelce said. “And I appreciated every single one of those people for different reasons, and I never once had to feel like I needed to judge them, based off of their beliefs.”
In his commencement address, Butker spoke against Pride Month, President Joe Biden, abortion, surrogacy and in-vitro fertilization. He said he believes women have been told “diabolical lies” about having a career, saying about his wife that “her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother.”
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Publish date : 2024-05-24 16:05:09
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