Posted on 07/12/2024 11:33:01 AM PDT by nickcarraway
ESPYs host Serena Williams and Quinta Brunson took a jab at Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker during the awards ceremony Thursday night.
The moment happened as Williams and Brunson discussed women's sports with Venus Williams at the sports awards show.
"So, go ahead and enjoy women’s sports like you would any other sports, because they are sports," Venus said.
"Except you, Harrison Butker. We don’t need you," Serena quipped.
"At all. Like, ever," Brunson added as the audience laughed.
Butker attended the ESPYs, but the camera did not pan to him to catch his reaction.
The NFL kicker received widespread backlash over his commencement speech in May at Benedictine College when he asserted that one of the "most important" roles for a woman is being a homemaker.
"How many of you are sitting here now, about to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world," he said during his speech.
"But I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world," Butker said.
Criticism quickly followed, with some graduating students saying his remarks were "uncomfortable" and that it was not the "time and place."
A spokesperson for the NFL told People Magazine that Butker's "views are not those of the NFL as an organization."
Butker said he has no regrets about the comments he made during his speech.
Williams isn't first celebrity to blast Butker during a show. Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder took aim at the kicker during the band's Las Vegas concert in May, saying, "There’s nothing more masculine than a strong man supporting a strong woman.”
That was Dave Matthews.
Been watching YT police shoplifting videos. Majority seem to be entitled, trashy women of all diversities with a generous amount of feral Amish. Holy estrogen Batman alot of people just plain suck and sacred femmes making the world better is a total COS.
You forgot Meghan Markle.
The Bigot Sisters
Only one sister was involved, unless I misread it.
I saw Megan Markle on TV for 3 years and I never knew she was black.
How long does his concert last? They only have 2 songs. And they are awful.
Jeremy’s Spoken!
I didn’t know her from Adam’s housecat.
And judging from the expression on the Widow Tillman’s face last night, I suspect she now wishes she didn’t know Markle.
I can’t blame Markle for ESPN’s decision to give that award to that idiot.
And …. Plenty of self loathing white men out there
Markle, like her hubby, like the POTATUS are tools.
You can blame them for choosing to sell themselves for money.
The Harkles and their support for the war on free speech are particularly vile.
I wonder if Pat Tillman thought the First Amendment “bonkers”...
OK. And I think he made a big chunk of his money in SFico. Reddit is based there, among others listed on his Wiki page.
I agree - she married into an evil family. She should have stayed with her U.S. husband.
Dave Matthews band . 800 lbs that hit a sightseeing boat .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SH1ijZbcmc
Sourpuss Serena can ESAD. Never has a champion been so churlish throughout her career. And who the hell is Quinta Brunson?! Fortunately no one watched or GAS about the ESPYs.
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