Travis Kelce responds to teammate quoting Taylor Swift in controversial commencement speech

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Taylor Swift.On May 11, Butker, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, delivered a commencement speech at Benedictine College’s graduation ceremony, which sparked a backlash on social media.In it, he quoted a lyric from Swift’s song ‘Bejeweled’ (from 2022’s ‘Midnights’): “As my teammate’s girlfriend says, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’,” he said, before directly addressing the women in the room.“I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you.”Butker continued: “Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”And now Kelce, who plays tight end for the Chiefs and is in a high-profile relationship with Swift, has addressed the speech on his New Heights podcast with his brother Jason.

Watch his comments below, starting at 24 minutes:Kelce explained that Butker is his friend and he “cherishes him as a teammate”, but was quick to distance himself from the sentiments expressed in the speech.“When it comes down to his views and what he said at the St.

Benedict’s commencement speech… Those are his, I can’t say I agree with the majority of it or just about any of it,” he said.“Outside of him loving his family and his kids.

I don’t think I should judge him 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.”Kelce went on to say that he was proud of the fact that his mother as well as his father provided for his family. “They were homemakers and they were providers and.