Earlier this month, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker delivered quite a controversial commencement address at a small Catholic college in Kansas where he suggested women should be “homemakers,” criticized transgender people, and mocked LGBTQ Pride Month. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes addressed the controversial comments from his teammate.
During a recent press conference, Patrick Mahomes made it clear that while he did not necessarily agree with everything that Harrison Butker said in his speech, he still supports his teammate.
“There’s certain things that he said that I don’t necessarily agree with, but I understand the person that he is, and he is trying to do whatever he can to lead people in the right direction,” Mahomes said of Butker. “And that might not be the same values as I have. But at the same time, I’m going to judge him by the character that he shows every single day. That’s a great person, and we’ll continue to move along and try to help build each other up to make ourselves better every single day.
“But at the end of the day, we’re going to come together as a team, and I think that’ll help out as eliminating those distractions outside of the building, as well.”
It’s pretty clear that Mahomes isn’t going to hold these controversial opinions against Butker.
[ESPN]
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