Harrison Butker, a kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, made people look twice while giving the commencement speech at Benedictine College. He even brought up Taylor Swift, the girlfriend of his teammate Travis Kelce.

 

He talked about a line from Swift’s song “Bejeweled.” Butker talked about Travis Kelce and said, “As my teammate’s girlfriend says, ‘familiarity breeds contempt.'”

A lot of people thought it was rude and ironic to bring up Swift since he had just said that “homemaker” should be women’s “most important title.”

 

For the women, Butker said, “I think you have been told the most evil lies.” “Some of you may have successful careers in the future, but I think most of you are most excited about getting married and having kids.” I know that my lovely wife Isabelle would be the first to say that she felt like her life began when she became a wife and mother.

He then talked about his other offensive ideas. His words, “While may have been a big part of your formative years, it is not unique,” “The bad policies and bad leadership have made big problems worse in people’s lives.” There is a lot of disorder, which leads to things like abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, and more support for bad media and cultural values.

 A lot of people didn’t like the NFL player on social media. By quoting a Taylor Swift song, this NFL player gave one of the worst speeches ever. OutSports wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the player told women they should stay home and support their man’s job.

Someone wrote, “Who knew that Harrison Butker was a hidden Easter Egg in Taylor Swift’s new song ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived?’” Someone else said, “I hope Harrison Butker tries to tell Travis that Taylor makes him look weak because she works and isn’t cooking and taking care of the babies at home.” I hope Travis beats him up really well.

After getting bad feedback for the speech, Justice Horn, a former Kansas City commissioner, wrote on social media, “Harrison Butker doesn’t represent Kansas City and never has.” Kansas City has always been a place where LGBTQ+ people feel safe, supported, and loved.