Chiefs' Harrison Butker says he has 'nothing to apologize for' when asked about speech blowback

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker was adamant Monday nighttime that helium had "nothing to apologize for" erstwhile asked astir the backlash toward his commencement code successful the offseason.

Butker’s faith-based code astatine Benedictine College urged female graduates to embrace being a "homemaker" and criticized the LGBTQ assemblage and President Biden for his stance connected abortion. He added, "[T]hings similar abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, arsenic good arsenic a increasing enactment for the degenerate taste values and media each stem from pervasiveness of disorder."

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Kansas City Chiefs spot kicker Harrison Butker, #7, participates during Super Bowl LIX Opening Night connected Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 successful New Orleans up of the NFL shot crippled betwixt the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs connected Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

The uproar subsided arsenic the play got underway, and helium was capable to measurement up successful the AFC Championship to nail the go-ahead tract extremity that enactment the Chiefs into Super Bowl LIX.

He was asked astir the code successful New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX’s opening night.

"It opened up a batch of bully conversations and a batch of guys had antithetic opinions astir it but we each emotion each different successful that locker room, and we each cognize who we are, and I deliberation each the guys understood wherever I was coming from," helium said, via Chat Sports. "I cognize they respect maine and respect what I person to say.

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Kansas City Chiefs spot kicker Harrison Butker, #7, reacts to his tract extremity against the Buffalo Bills during the 2nd fractional of the AFC Championship NFL shot crippled connected Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

"I got thing to apologize for."

Butker was besides progressive successful an unusual infinitesimal erstwhile helium was asked during the festivities, "What bash you deliberation astir gays?" The Associated Press reported that an NFL authoritative waved disconnected the question, and Butker went astir answering different people.

"I recognize that this is simply a large evening, and we’re present to absorption connected the game," Butker said. "Maybe if I saw him without a camera we’d person a large conversation."

Butker volition beryllium conscionable arsenic important successful Super Bowl LIX arsenic helium was past twelvemonth against the San Francisco 49ers.

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He had 4 tract goals successful the game, including a 57-yarder which acceptable a Super Bowl grounds and the game-tying footwear to nonstop the crippled to overtime.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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