Travis Kelce Reacts To Harrison Butker's Speech | HuffPost Sports

Travis Kelce has weighed in on a controversial speech by his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Harrison Butker , who dismissively referenced Kelces girlfriend, megastar singer-songwriter Taylor Swift , and expressed bigoted views in remarks at Benedictine College earlier this month.

During Fridays episode of his podcast, New Heights, the Chiefs tight end said that he believes Butker is a great person and a great teammate, and that hes only seen him treat people with nothing but respect and kindness.

But Kelce distanced himself from Butkers views, saying that the kickers beliefs are his.

I cant say I agree with the majority of it, or just about any of it, outside of just him loving his family and his kids, Kelce said of his teammates speech.

At the same time, the tight end said that he doesnt think he should judge [Butker] by his views, especially his religious views.

I grew up in a beautiful upbringing of different social classes, different religions, different races and ethnicities, in Cleveland Heights ... It showed me a broad spectrum, or just a broad view of a lot of different walks of life, Kelce said. 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.

Speaking to his brother and podcast co-host, retired Eagles center Jason Kelce, Travis explained how his own upbringing did not reflect Butkers argument that being a homemaker is one of the most important titles of all for women.

My household my mother and my father both provided for our family, Travis said. Both my mother and my father made home what it was. So they were homemakers and they were providers, and they were unbelievable at being present every single day of my life.

No doubt, Jason said.

That was a beautiful upbringing for me, Travis continued. I dont think everyone should do it the way that my parents did. But... I sure as hell thank my parents and love my parents for being able to provide and making sure that home was what it was.

He added, Im not the same person without both of them being who they were in my life.

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