Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker reveals getting 'shocking level of hate' on sharing beliefs

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has revealed that he has received support as well as 'a shocking level of hate' for his views he shared during a commencement speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Butker had taken aim at various things ranging from pride month, women education and president Joe Biden's policies as well.

Butker, while addressing the women at Atchison, had said: "The majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world."

He also noted that a few of Catholic leaders were "pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America."

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Speaking for the first time since the incident, the three-time Super Bowl champions addressed the incident at Regina Caeli Academy's Courage Under Fire gala in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday (May 24).

Butker said: "It is now, over the past few days, my beliefs or what people think I believe have been the focus of countless discussions around the globe," Butker said Friday. "At the outset, many people expressed a shocking level of hate. But as the days went on, even those who disagreed with my viewpoints shared their support for my freedom of religion."

His views have had different response from players and teammates alike with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes saying: "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."

His teammate Travis Kelce, speaking on the podcast with this brother Jason Kelce, said: "When it comes down to his views and what he said at [the] commencement speech, those are his. I can't say I agree with the majority of it or just about any of it outside of just him loving his family and his kids. And I don't think that I should judge him by his views, especially his religious views, of how to go about life, that's just not who I am."