Retired NFL star Jason Kelce took to X, formerly Twitter, to defend his wife Kylie after a social media critic tried to shame him for not supporting Kansas City Chief kicker Harrison Butker's bigoted comments since his own wife is a "homemaker."
Kelce's response is the latest to come after Butker made national headlines for a misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ+ commencement speech criticizing working women, reproductive rights, surrogacy, and LGBTQ+ rights at the ultra-conservative Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
He was forced to defend his wife after a social media critic responded to one of his posts with the following message:
"“Your wife is a homemaker whose home is a mess. Sorry but it is dirty and messy on television. Seems you’re a bit hypocritical."
"Y'all are going to be left with nothing but swifties. You just ruined your gig. It's a shame."
You can see the troll's post below.
Shortly afterward, Kelce issued the following response in which he defended his relationship as well as his wife's autonomy:
"Responding to this, because I have seen a number of people say it. I don’t think of Kylie as a homemaker, I think of her as my wife. I think of her as a mother. She has an occupation, as do I, and we keep our house the best we can."
"Our marriage is a partnership, we are equals who are figuring it out on the daily. The only expectation is that we love each other, support one another, and are committed to our family, that comes first. We both raise our kids, we both work, We both keep our home."
"It is both our faults it is messy, but such is life with 3 young children, busy schedules, and neither of us being neat freaks. She also makes a mean sandwhich. [sic]"
He concluded:
"If being a homemaker, works for some, and that’s what they want, then hell yea, that’s awesome, more power to you. I want to be clear, I’m not downplaying that at all, but that is not our family dynamic."
You can see his post below.
Many appreciated Kelce's response.
Kelce's post is the latest addition to the controversy surrounding Butker, who urged male graduates to "fight against the cultural emasculation of men," claimed that "abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for degenerative cultural values in media all stem from the pervasiveness of disorder."
Addressing women graduates directly, he added:
"For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you."
"Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, 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 also claimed that he is "beyond blessed" because his wife Isabelle "would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.” He said her "dream of having a career might not have come true, but if you ask her today if she has any regrets on her decision, she would laugh out loud without hesitation, and say, 'Hey, no.'"
While Butker's speech sparked backlash, the football player has a "friend" in Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley, who has said that reading the Bible is the key to addressing a crisis of "disappearing manhood" and "traditional masculinity" that is taking the country by storm. Hawley has also claimed "the Left" is hurting "the future of the American man" and went on to claim that the "deconstruction of America begins with and depends on the deconstruction of American men."
Butker's speech was met with a less than friendly response from a former Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader, a female graduate who was in the audience during his speech, as well as the Benedictine nuns at the college where Butker spoke.
