Serena Williams may have gone off script as host of the 2024 ESPYs by targeting Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker who made polarizing comments two months ago while delivering a commencement speech at Benedictine College.as the league attempted to distance itself from the conservative Chief.
SI.com's Josh Wilson wrote: "Aspects of his speech touched on sensitive topics, including a view on gender roles and women empowerment that drew a negative response from the public.""For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. 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.
Serena wasn't thrilled with that message then and wasn't now so she took her shot to put the placekicker in his place in front of a live studio audience that included Butker, who walked the red carpet solo -- without his supporting wife Isabelle -- ahead of the awards ceremony,While Serena and her sister, Venus Williams, and “Abbott Elementary” actress Quinta Brunson were on stage, Serena appeared to be laughing -- knowing what she and Brunson were about to do? -- as her sister was...
"So, go ahead and enjoy women's sports like you would any other sports, because they are sports." - Venus Williams"At all. Like, ever." - Quinta Brunson
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