Maria Shriver and many other celebrities have criticized Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker for his controversial comments during a college commencement speech.
Butker, the Chiefs’ kicker since 2017, suggested that the Benedictine College graduates were “very excited about their marriage and the children they will bring into this world,” and also said that men “set the tone for the culture.”
Those comments have been widely criticized, and on Tuesday former First Lady of California Shriver weighed in.
“As a woman who has leaned into my calling to live a meaningful life inside and outside the home to not only raise good human beings but also uplift our country in various ways, I believe it is degrading for women to imply that their choices outside the wife “And motherhood pales in comparison to that of a housewife,” she wrote in a statement published in X.
‘I am happy for Mr Butker’s wife, Isabelle, because she is happy with the vocation she has chosen. Good for her. But she should let her husband know that not all women can make that decision, even if they wanted to. Most families cannot manage without both parents working. It is a luxury to be able to choose.
Maria Shriver criticized Harrison Butker for his recent comments in a graduation speech
Harrison Butker made several sexist comments during a speech at Benedictine College last week.
Shriver also commented on Butker’s claim that men set “the tone of the culture.”
‘Women, men, gays, straights… of course we can! ‘I won’t tell Mr Butker to just kick but I would suggest that next time he talks to women first and listens to someone who has a clearer view of where the majority of women are in 2024,’ he said. .
Shriver’s stance was shared by many others, as former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III said in x“Women can make bad CEOs.” Women can be bad** Doctors. Women can be bad lawyers**.
“Women can be bad moms.” Women can do whatever they want. They have the right to choose what they will be.
Today With Hoda & Jenna hosts Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager also participated in the conversation.
‘Who [Harrison] To tell us?’ -Bush Hager asked.
Robert Griffin III, former Washington and Baltimore quarterback, also criticized Butker’s comments.
Butker said his wife Isabelle’s life “really began” when she married and had children.
Whoopi Goldberg, for her part, defended Harrison Butker’s controversial speech
Kotb said: ‘Don’t speak for us. I think that’s the thing. Stop speaking on behalf of women.
Judge Horn, a former Kansas City commissioner who also served as chair of the Kansas City LGBTQ Commission from 2021 until this year, added in X, ‘Harrison Butker does not represent Kansas City and never has. Kansas City has always been a place that welcomes, affirms and embraces members of our LGBTQ+ community.’
However, at least one prominent celebrity has defended Butker’s comments: Whoopi Goldberg.
“He’s at a Catholic university, he’s a staunch Catholic,” he said on The View. ‘These are his beliefs and he is welcome to them. I don’t have to believe them. I don’t have to accept them. The ladies who were sitting in that audience don’t have to accept them.’
During her speech to the Benedictine graduates, Butker said: “I believe that it is you women who have been told the most diabolical lies.” Some of you may go on to have successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that most of you are more excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.
‘I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say that her life truly began when she began to live her calling as a wife and mother. Today I am in this scenario, capable of being the man I am, because I have a wife who supports her vocation.
‘I am beyond blessed with the many talents that God has given me, but it cannot be overstated that all of my success was made possible by a girl I met in band class in high school who converted to the faith, became my wife and “I accept one of the most important titles of all: homemaker,” Butker concluded.
He also urged men to “fight against cultural castration.”