Bill Maher can’t see ‘what the big crime is’ in Harrison Butker’s speech

Talk show host Bill Maher mocked the outrage behind Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker‘s commencement speech at Benedictine College.

Maher brought up the speech during the Friday episode of his show Real Time with Bill Maher. Butker spoke at the Catholic college last weekend as a member of the faith himself. He offered the comment that while some female graduates were excited about their future careers, there was a majority that was “most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”

“I can’t express how much this guy is not like me. He’s religious. He loves marriage. He loves kids … And he’s now history’s greatest monster,” Maher said. “Again, I don’t agree with much with this guy, but I don’t get the thing.”

Maher went on to quote Butker’s speech, which he claimed appeared “modern.” The talk show host did not venture to paraphrase Butker’s comments on the “bad policies and poor leadership” during the coronavirus pandemic, Pride month being likened to a “deadly sin,” or premarital relations. However, when it came to the mention of women getting married and having children, Maher agreed that there is not “only one way to be a good person, and that’s to get an advanced degree from one of those a**hole factories like Harvard.” 

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“I don’t see what the big crime is. I really don’t,” Maher said. “And I think this is part of the problem people have with the left is that lots of people in this country are like this. Like he’s saying some of you may go on to lead successful careers, but a lot of you are excited about this other way that people- everybody used to be. And now can’t that be a choice too?”

Since the speech, Butker merchandise has become the “most popular in Kansas City Chiefs” merchandise per NFL.com. During this year’s Super Bowl, Butker scored 13 points for his team, including one 57-yard field goal, which is the Super Bowl record distance. Butker has scored 37 points across four Super Bowls, which is the most ever for a kicker.