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Kelly Stafford has spoken out on the Harrison Butker controversy amid outrage over the Kansas City Chiefs kicker's commencement speech last weekend. Butker sparked fury when he addressed graduates at Benedictine College last Saturday, after taking aim at women, the LGBTQ+ community and more in an opinion-dividing appearance. A number of high-profile figures were quick to blast the three-time Super Bowl winner; who caused offence by suggesting women should be stay-at-home mothers instead of careerists, mocking Pride Month and criticizing pro-abortion stances.

The founders of the Catholic liberal arts school at which Harrison Butker gave his controversial commencement speech have slammed the Kansas City Chiefs star/  The three-time Super Bowl winner gave the commencement speech at Kansas' Benedictine College on Saturday and has faced fierce backlash ever since. Butker congratulated the women receiving degrees and said most of them were probably more excited about getting married and having children. He also said some Catholic leaders were 'pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America.'

The wife of Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt has appeared to defend Harrison Butker amid fury over the NFL star's controversial commencement speech. Tavia Hunt, who married the Kansas City CEO back in 1993, took to Instagram on Thursday to highlight the importance of motherhood and stress that a person sharing a different point of view 'doesn't make them hateful'. Last weekend Butker sparked outrage by suggesting women are more passionate about being stay-at-home mothers than pursuing a career, taking aim at Pride Month and criticizing President Joe Biden's pro-abortion stance in a divisive speech at Benedictine College.

Gracie Hunt, 25, (left) stepped up to defend KC Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker (right) from allegations of sexism and homophobia following his controversial remarks at Benedictine College last week. The heiress praised Butker's Christian values and said she could understand where he was coming from when he suggested women should primarily be homemakers. The inflammatory speech also saw Butker refer to pride month as a 'deadly sin'.

Butker's May 11 commencement address at Benedictine College led to much backlash for his sexist and homophobic remarks. Additionally, Butker aimed US President Joe Biden for supporting abortion. On Thursday, Stefanie Hills - who cheered for the Chiefs from 2018-2024 - took to TikTok and fired back at the kicker while dissecting his inflammatory statements. Hills referred to Butker imploring people to 'stay in your lane' and said: 'Bruh, take your own advice. Kick some balls around. Stay in your f***ing lane.'

The 28-year-old has been receiving backlash for a commencement speech he delivered at Benedictine College on May 11. In the controversial address, Butker referred to Pride Month as a deadly sin, claimed that women should dedicate their lives to being homemakers, and took aim at US President Joe Biden for supporting abortion. As a result, Butker was labeled 'sexist' and 'misogynist' among many others. After drawing much attention with his statements, fans have grown curious about his family and upbringing.

The wife of a former teammate of Kansas City Chief Harrison Butker has joined the growing number of people blasting the kicker for his 'propaganda' speech. Backlash to Butker's speech at Benedictine College in Kansas has been swift after the kicker professed about how 'the most important' title a woman could have is to be a home maker. Brooke Schwartz, the wife of ex-Chief Mitch Schwartz, publicly condemned the kicker's comments.

Harrison Butker's Kansas City Chiefs jersey is among the 'most popular' on the NFL's official store, despite ongoing backlash against his recent controversial speech at a college graduation ceremony. The three-time Super Bowl winner gave the commencement speech at Kansas' Benedictine College, a private Catholic liberal arts school, on Saturday. He congratulated the women receiving degrees and said most of them were probably more excited about getting married and having children. He also said some Catholic leaders were 'pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America.'

Fresh from receiving her diploma, Susannah Leisegang offered her firsthand account of being among the crowd for Butker's misogynistic commencement speech, which took place last Saturday in Atchison, Kansas. She said: 'Alright... Well, since I have about two hundred of y'all, congratulating me and asking me what the f**k I was thinking during the speech, I thought I'd respond... uhm, yeah it was f***king horrible.'

Maria Shriver and a host of other celebrities have criticized Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker for his controversial remarks during a college commencement speech. Butker, the Chiefs' kicker since 2017, suggested that female graduates of Benedictine College were 'most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world,' and also said that men 'set the tone of the culture.' Those remarks have been widely panned, and on Tuesday former First Lady of California Shriver chimed in.

The 2024 NFL schedule has arrived, along with the battle of the release videos.  All 32 teams go above and beyond (some more than others) to create unique, dramatic or hilarious clips to announce their lineup for the upcoming season. The Chargers' Sims-inspired video has been making waves after the team took a subtle jab at the Chiefs' Harrison Butker.  

Xavier Worthy's car was stolen from his apartment in Kansas City earlier this week, according to reports. Worthy, who was selected by the Chiefs in the first round of last month's NFL Draft, would have been expecting a warmer welcome just over two weeks since he joined the back-to-back Super Bowl champions. Yet according to the Kansas City Police Department, via TMZ Sports , the 21-year-old wide receiver saw his car stolen from the Two Light Apartment complex on Monday morning, having left it 'parked, secured and intact' hours earlier.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce looked as loved-up as ever as they enjoyed a romantic break to Lake Como, Italy this week - amid a break in the European leg of her The Eras Tour. The superstar singer and the Kansas City Chiefs star, both 34, were seen enjoying an alfresco private dinner date (left) outside a €20,000 a night villa at the five star Grand Hotel Tremezzo - just days after Travis' teammate Harrison Butker was slammed for a ' bigoted and misogynistic' speech quoting the singer's lyrics. The couple - who started dating last summer, were later seen walking down the street arm-in-arm, as Travis planted a kiss on his girlfriend (inset). Taylor held her partner's hand (right) as they spoke intimately before returning to their villa. The star will resume her tour in Stockholm, Sweden at Friends Arena on May 17.

Butker delivered a 20-minute speech last Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts college in Kansas, where he said that women should be 'homemakers' instead of working. As of Thursday morning, a Change.org petition, 'Demand the Kansas City Chiefs to Dismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks,' has over 105,800 signatures, but Whoopi, 68, claimed the kicker should not lose his job simply because 'he is a staunch catholic.'

Butker delivered a 20-minute speech last Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts college in Kansas, where he said that women should be 'homemakers' instead of working. During Thursday's episode of Today With Hoda & Jenna, a snippet of the moment played out and Jenna, 42, reacted furiously as she said sarcastically: 'Well, I'm where I am today because I have a husband who leans into his vocation, which is being an equal partner, and I tell him that all of the time.'

Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts had an awkward exchange with Stephanie Ramos when the correspondent said Harrison Butker received a 'standing ovation' following his controversial commencement speech.  During a segment on the ABC breakfast show Thursday, Ramos said there were 'mixed reviews in the crowd' at Benedictine College after the Kansas City Chiefs kicker delivered a 'sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, anti-abortion and racist' graduation address.  'In the end, Butker did receive a standing ovation from the graduates and some of the attendees,' Ramos said. 

Controversial Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, who said a woman's life doesn't 'truly' begin until she gets married and has kids, is the son of an accomplished scientist.  Elizabeth Keller Butker is a physicist working at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute in Atlanta, according to her LinkedIn.  She holds several academic accolades, including a degree in chemistry from Smith College, a private women's liberal arts school in Massachusetts. 

Harrison Butker has made plenty of enemies after controversially taking aim at women and the LGBTQ+ community over the weekend. And even Kansas City appears to have distanced itself from the Chiefs kicker. In a now-deleted post on its official X account, the Missouri city disowned Butker following his rant at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas on Saturday - which saw him suggest women are more excited about being housewives than pursuing careers before taking aim at Pride month.

The backlash against Chiefs star Harrison Butker continues to grow with the NFL issuing a statement distancing the organization from his bizarre commencement speech in which he told women they should aspire to be homemakers. That press release came as the petition to have him removed from the Super Bowl champion's roster closes in on 100,000 signatures. It was set up just a day after his address at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Butker, 28, who's made his conservative Catholic beliefs well known, also assailed Pride month, a particularly important time for the LGBTQ + rights movement, and President Joe Biden 's stance on abortion.

Read Kansas City Chiefs star Harrison Butker's speech in full at his graduation.

Appearing on the Pat McAfee Show shortly after the Chiefs' second consecutive Super Bowl win in Feb., Mahomes revealed that he doesn't have a 'bromance' with Butker. 'Honestly, I don't talk to Harrison all year long, man. I just let him do his thing,' said the three-time Super Bowl champion.

The Chargers savagely trolled Butker - a three-time Super Bowl champ - by including him in the credits of their 3-minute-20-second video, as his Sims character shows him cooking and cleaning. Kansas City's first-option kicker is facing backlash for his speech as commencement speaker at Benedictine College in Kansas last weekend, where he congratulated the women receiving degrees - and said most of them were probably more excited about getting married and having children than forging their own careers.

Butker, who's Catholic, congratulated women graduating from a college in Kansas last weekend. He's facing backlash for saying that they should focus on motherhood rather than their careers. But now, the 28-year-old, three-time Super Bowl champion finds himself in hot water over his comments, as more than 30,000 signatures have been gathered to end his seven-season association with the Chiefs.

The NFL remains committed to welcoming women and members of the LGBTQ+ community amid Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's controversial commencement speech. On May 11, the 28-year-old spoke to the graduates at Benedictine College and quickly received backlash for suggesting that women should not be in the workplace and referring to Pride Month as a deadly sin. On Wednesday, NFL Chief of Diversity Officer Jonathan Beane told Outsports that Butker's remarks do not reflect the league's values.