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Serena Williams Calls Out Chiefs' Harrison Butker in Viral Video from 2024 ESPYs

Tennis icon Serena Williams called out Harrison Butker during the 2024 ESPY Awards following the Kansas City Chiefs kicker's controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College.

The comment came during a comedic riff between awards, when fellow tennis legend Venus Williams told the audience to "go ahead and enjoy women's sports, like you would any other sports, because they are sports."

"Except you, Harrison Butker, we don't need you," Serena Williams interjected.

Butker was in the audience for the ESPYs two months after his speech, during which he said he "would venture to guess" most of the women graduating were more excited about marriage and children than their careers.