NFL responds after Chiefs’ kicker Harrison Butker delivers controversial commencement speech

Published: May 15, 2024 Duration: 00:03:01 Category: News & Politics

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WE TURN NOW TO THE SUPER BOWL KICKER FROM THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS GETTING BACKLASH AFTER HIS COMMENCEMENT SPEECH HE MADE. STEPHANIE RAMOS HAS THE STORY. GOOD MORNING, STEPHANIE. >> GOOD MORNING. HARRISON BUCKTER DELIVERED HIS ADDRESS AT THE PRIVATE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL NEAR KANSAS CITY. HE HIT ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS INCLUDING ROLES OF MEN AND WOMEN, THE COVID RESPONSE AND PRESIDENT BIDEN'S POLICIES. HE KICKED THE LONGEST FIELD GOAL IN SUPER BOWL HISTORY TO LEAD THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS TO VICTORY OVER THE 49ERS. >> THAT IS NOW NINE CONSECUTIVE MAKES FROM OUTSIDE 50. >> Reporter: BUT THIS MORNING HE IS MAKING HEADLINES FOR REMARKS OFF THE FIELD DURING A COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT BENEDICTINE COLLEGE IN KANSAS. A CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL. >> IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE GAINED QUITE THE REPUTATION FOR SPEAKING MY MIND. >> Reporter: SOUNDING OFF ABOUT WORKING WOMEN. >> I THINK IT IS YOU, THE WOMEN, WHO HAVE HAD THE MOST DIABOLICAL LIES TOLD TO YOU. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE SITTING HERE NOW ABOUT TO CROSS THIS STAGE AND ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE PROMOTIONS AND TITLES YOU ARE GOING TO GET IN YOUR CAREER? SOME MAY GO ON TO LEAD SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN THE WORLD BUT I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS A MAJORITY OF YOU ARE MOST EXCITED ABOUT YOUR MARRIAGE AND THE CHILDREN YOU WILL BRING INTO THIS WORLD. >> Reporter: HE THEN REFERRED TO PRIDE MONTH, WHICH CELEBRATES THE LBGQT COMMUNITY AS A DEADLY SIN. >> NOT THE DEADLY SIN PRIDE THAT HAS AN ENTIRE MONTH DEDICATED TO IT, BUT THE TRUE GOD CENTERED PRIDE THAT IS COOPERATING WITH THE HOLY GHOST TO GLORIFY HIM. >> I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS SUCH AN OUTDATED ANTIQUATED VIEW ON LGBTQ PEOPLE, AND WOMEN. AND USING RELIGION IN A WAY. >> Reporter: HE ALSO MENTIONED PRIESTS WHO HAVE BECOME TOO FAMILIAR WITH PARISHIONERS ILLUSTRATING HIS POINT BY BORROWING A LINE FROM A SONG WRITTEN BY A CERTAIN FAMOUS TEAMMATE'S GIRLFRIEND. >> AS MY TEAMMATE'S GIRLFRIEND SAYS, FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT. >> Reporter: THAT LINE FROM TAYLOR SWIFT DRAWING THE IRE OF SWIFTIES. ONE WRITING I DON'T THINK YOU GRASPED THE MESSAGE OF THE TAYLOR SONG YOU QUOTED. GO LISTEN TO HER ALBUMS AS HOMEWORK. THE NFL REACTING SAYING -- HARRISON BUTKER GAVE A SPEECH IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY. THE VIEWS ARE NOT THOSE OF THE NFL AS AN ORGANIZATION. THE NFL IS STEADFAST IN OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION, WHICH ONLY MAKES OUR LEAGUE STRONGER. THERE WERE APPARENTLY SOME MIXED REVIEWS IN THE CROWD. BUT IN THE END HE DID RECEIVE A STANDING OVATION FROM THE GRADUATES, FOR MANY GRADUATES AND SOME ATTENDEES THERE. >> Robin: USUALLY THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS IS ABOUT THE GRADUATES NOT ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL VIEWS IN THAT. >> RIGHT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ALSO THAT THE SCHOOL DID INVITE HIM AND HE'S MADE HIS CATHOLIC CONSERVATIVE VIEWS VERY WELL KNOWN. YOU'RE RIGHT, UPLIFTING, RIGHT? AN UPLIFTING SPEECH? AND, NO. BUT AS YOU SAID, HE GOT A STANDING OVATION AFTER THAT. RIGHT. ALRIGHT, STEPHANIE. THANK YOU.

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