{"id":2252351,"date":"2024-05-24T16:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-great-person-travis-kelce-finally-breaks-silence-on-harrison-butker-amid-backlash\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T16:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T20:37:39","slug":"a-great-person-travis-kelce-finally-breaks-silence-on-harrison-butker-amid-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-great-person-travis-kelce-finally-breaks-silence-on-harrison-butker-amid-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Travis Kelce Speaks Up About Harrison Butker Amid Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-great-person-travis-kelce-finally-breaks-silence-on-harrison-butker-amid-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2252351&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Travis Kelce recently defended \u200cHarrison Butker amidst criticism over his controversial \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-mocked-trump-last-september-i-run-up-ramps-he-stumbles-down-ramps\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Mocked Trump Last September: \u2018I Run Up Ramps\u2019 He \u2018Stumbles Down Ramps\u2019\">commencement speech<\/a>. Speaking on the &#8220;New Heights&#8221; podcast, \u200cKelce praised Butker&#8217;s character and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sister-sister-gretchen-whitmer-gives-max-contribution-to-sisters-new-york-congressional-campaign\/\" title=\"Gretchen Whitmer fully supports sister's NY campaign with max donation.\">expressed\u2062 support<\/a>,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-thinks-new-elections-are-up-to-the-israeli-people-to-decide-on-john-kirby\/\" title=\"John Kirby states that Biden believes the decision of new elections is in the hands of the Israeli citizens\">emphasizing respect<\/a> for differing views and \u200bbackgrounds. Kelce highlighted the importance of accepting diversity and shared insights from his upbringing in Cleveland Heights. Travis Kelce stood up for Harrison Butker amid backlash over \u2063his contentious commencement address. On the &#8220;New Heights&#8221; \u2064podcast, Kelce lauded Butker&#8217;s character, advocating for tolerance of diverse \u200copinions. \u2064He underscored the value of embracing diversity and drew from his experiences growing up in Cleveland Heights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Travis Kelce finally broke his silence about Kansas City Chiefs kicker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chiefs-head-coach-andy-reid-and-qb-patrick-mahomes-defend-teammate-harrison-butker\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harrison Butker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  amid a backlash against his teammate over his commencement speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the Kelce brothers\u2019 \u201cNew Heights\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XzXZM1wLRJk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a> on Friday, Travis defended Butker, calling him a \u201cgreat person\u201d and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/acu-chair-matt-schlapp-calls-for-unity-against-cancel-culture\/\" title=\"ACU Chair Matt Schlapp calls for unity against \u2018cancel culture\u2019\">amid attacks<\/a> from the Left over <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chiefs-kicker-slams-biden-and-dei-in-commencement-speech\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Butker\u2019s speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to the graduates at Benedictine College \u2014 when he praised his wife for being a \u201chomemaker,\u201d called out President Joe Biden\u2019s support for abortion, and criticized LGBT \u201cPride month.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI have known him for seven plus, eight plus years,\u201d the Chief\u2019s player said. \u201cI cherish him as a teammate. I think Pat [Mahomes] said it best where he [Butker] is every bit of a great person and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tweets-out-support-for-two-athletes-who-came-out-this-week\/\" title=\"Biden Tweets Out Support For Two Athletes Who Came Out This Week\">great teammate<\/a>. He\u2019s treated friends and family that I\u2019ve introduced to him with nothing but respect and kindness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThat\u2019s how he treats everyone,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen it comes down to his views and what he said at Saint Benedict\u2019s commencement speech, those are his. I can\u2019t say I agree with the majority of it or just about any of it outside of just him loving his family and his kids. And I don\u2019t think that I should judge him by his views, especially his religious views, of how to go about life, that\u2019s just not who I am.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI grew up in a beautiful upbringing of different social classes, different religions, different races and ethnicities in Cleveland Heights. \u2026 It showed me a broad spectrum, just a broad view of a lot of different walks of life,\u201d Kelce continued. \u201cAnd 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kelce opened up about the home he grew up in, praising his mother and father for both being \u201chomemakers and providers.\u201d He said they were \u201cunbelievable at being present every single day of my life. That was a beautiful upbringing for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jason added that it was \u201ca commencement speech at a Catholic university, and, shocker, it ended up being a very religious and Catholic speech.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Travis\u2019 comments were similar to what Chief\u2019s head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chiefs-head-coach-andy-reid-and-qb-patrick-mahomes-defend-teammate-harrison-butker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andy Reid and KC QB Patrick Mahomes<\/a> said d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">uring a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/wXvi5ttZfwY\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">press conference<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  when the two answered questions about the off-field distractions surrounding <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chiefs-kicker-slams-biden-and-dei-in-commencement-speech\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Butker\u2019s speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019re a microcosm of life here,\u201d Reid said. \u201cEverybody is from different areas, different religions, different races. And so we all get along, we all respect each other\u2019s opinions. And not necessarily do we go by those, but we respect everybody to have a voice. It\u2019s the great thing about America, man. And we\u2019re just \u2026 a microcosm of that. My wish is that everybody could follow that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Mahomes took the mic, he echoed a similar sentiment and said he\u2019s known Butker for seven years, and he chooses to judge the placekicker by the character that he \u201cshows every single day, and that\u2019s a good person.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travis Kelce recently addressed the backlash surrounding Harrison Butker&#8217;s commencement speech on the &#8220;New Heights&#8221; podcast. Kelce praised Butker, affirming his character and dismissing criticism from critics. The Kansas City Chiefs kicker faced scrutiny from the Left for his remarks at Benedictine, with Kelce voicing support for his teammate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2252352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-27-at-1.04.35-PM.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-27-at-1.04.35-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}