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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Kansas city chiefs kicker harrison butker doubles down on controversial graduation speech - What They Never Told You

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Harrison Butker has opened up for the first time about the negative reception of his graduation speech at Benedictine College — and doubled down on the controversial views in it that were widely viewed as sexist.

The Kansas City Chiefs kicker attended a gala in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday May 24, presented by a Catholic homeschool organization, the Regina Caeli Academy, where he is a board member. While there, Butker gave a speech where he touched on the aftermath of his headline-grabbing speech.

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