Harrison Butker of the Chiefs responds to Serena Williams’ ESPYs joke

“Sports are supposed to be the great unifier and at an event dedicated to celebrating a diverse group of men and women who have accomplished great feats, she used it as an opportunity to disinvite those with whom she disagrees from supporting fellow athletes,” said Quinta Brunson, the star of “Abbott Elementary,” about retired tennis player Serena Williams who attended the 32nd annual ESPY Awards on July 11.

The Chiefs were nominated for the “Best Team” award, but lost to the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball team. However, Butker was called out by the retired tennis star, her sister Venus Williams, and Quinta Brunson.

Before bringing up Butker at the ESPYs, Brunson and the Williams sisters talked about how popular the WNBA is becoming. Venus urged her followers to embrace women’s sports as much as they would any other since, after all, they are sports.

“Well, Harrison Butker, except you. Serena said, “We don’t need you.

Not at all. Like, ever,” Brunson said in closing.

The kicker’s widely shared commencement speech at Benedictine College in May, in which he exhorted women to accept their real purpose as “homemakers,” is the source of the joke.

The kicker’s widely shared commencement speech at Benedictine College in May, in which he exhorted women to accept their real purpose as “homemakers,” is the source of the joke.

Kelce praised Butker’s character, calling him “every bit of a great person and a great teammate.” “Aside from his love for his family and his children, I can’t say that I agree with most of it or almost any of it. However, I don’t think I should criticize him based on his beliefs about how to live, particularly his religious beliefs. That simply isn’t who I am,” he declared.

Butker had the full support of Tavia and Gracie Hunt, the wife and daughter of Chiefs co-owner Clark Hunt.

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