Travis Kelce Finally Responded to That Divisive Harrison Butker Speech

Travis Kelce says he didn’t agree with “just about any” of what his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Harrison Butker said during his extremely controversial commencement speech at a Catholic college earlier this month.

The backlash was swift and furious to Butker’s speech, in which he took swipes at abortion and Pride Month and emphasized to the young women graduating the importance of being a “homemaker.” He also appeared to invoke the lyrics of Kelce’s girlfriend, Taylor Swift, at one point, saying: “As my teammate’s girlfriend says, ‘Familiarity breeds contempt.’”

“I think Pat said it best where he is every bit of a great person and a great teammate,” Kelce said on Friday’s episode of his New Heights podcast, which he hosts alongside his former NFL player brother, Jason Kelce. Travis Kelce was referring to comments made earlier this week by Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, in which he said he judged Butker by “the character he shows every single day, and that’s a good person.”

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