Harrison Butker talks about Jason Kelce and his wife Kylie

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By Jacqueline Hendrix

Jason Kelce addressed the backlash that engulfed the Chiefs’ Harrison Butker on Friday following the kicker’s controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College this month.

During the latest installment “New Heights” PodcastThe retired Eagles center took on the controversy swirling around Budger, who has been slammed for sexist and anti-LGBTQIA+ comments, revealing wife Kylie – with whom he has three young daughters – was “a bit frustrated” by the comments. .

“There’s always going to be opinions that everybody shares, and you’re going to disagree, make no mistake about it, a lot of the things he said in his commencement speech are not things I associate myself with,” Jason said.

“…and for me, I can listen to somebody talk and get a lot of value out of that, when he talks about the importance of family, the importance of being a great mother, while acknowledging that not everyone has to be a housewife. They don’t want to do it in life. If. When you listen to somebody, you take the things you want, you hear other things, you say, I’m not that kind of king.

Bhatkar, 28, zeroed in on several topics during his now-viral inaugural address, including politics, religion and cultural issues. She drew attention to women and encouraged them to “embrace one of the most important shells of all: housewifery.”

“I can say that my beautiful wife, Isabelle, would be the first to say that her life truly began when she began living her life as a wife and mother. I am on this stage, I am able to be a man because I have a wife who leans into her career… a girl I met back in middle school. , it cannot be overstated that all my successes were possible because of conversion.Become my wife and embrace one of the most important roles of all: housewife,” Bhatkar said then.

Kylie, who received accolades this month for her commencement speech at her alma mater Caprini University, was frustrated by Budger’s comments, which Jason said joked he asked her to make him a sandwich.

“My wife, I think she was a little frustrated by some of the comments. At the beginning I said, listen, you have to go back to the kitchen and make me a sandwich. I’m listening to the game right now,” said Jason, who was chastised by his brother, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, for leaving the lane.

“We did so well, we killed it,” Travis, 34, said, to which Jason replied, “I hope she didn’t hear that.”

Kylie, who married Jason in 2018, told Caprini’s graduates to stay true to who they are as they move on to the next chapters of their lives.

“Find things that speak to you. You can make a difference in your enthusiasm, and you’re amazing just the way you are. said KylieGraduated in 2017.

Like Travis, who praised Budger as a person but disagreed with his opinions, Jason offered a similar sentiment Friday.

“We’ve played our whole careers with people who didn’t agree on everything. I don’t know that I’ve ever played with a teammate that he and I agreed on everything we each thought,” Jason said. “That’s the beauty of it, you find a way to work together, you find a way to grow together.”