A female graduate of Benedictine College is speaking out with disgust about Kansas City Chief's kicker Harrison Butker's comments during a commencement address at the college last weekend.
Butker addressed the female graduates, telling them their "most important title" should be that of "homemaker."
"I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolic lies told to you," Butker said. "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. I can tell you that my beautiful wife Isabelle would be the first to say her life truly started when she started living her vocation as a wife and as a mother."
Susannah Leisegang, who was on the school's outdoor track and field team, reacted to the address in a profanity-laced video on TikTok.
"It was horrible," Leisegang said. "And it made graduation feel a little less special knowing that I had to sit through that and get told I'm nothing but a homemaker."
She said during the speech, "Most of the women were looking back and forth at each other."
Butker also told male graduates to "be unapologetic in your masculinity," and to "fight against the cultural emasculation of men."
Leisegang says she and her roommate booed but claims most in the crowd, especially the men, gave Butker a standing ovation.
"You have to keep in mind that this was at a Catholic and conservative college," she said.
The NFL has rebuked Butker's comments.
"Harrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity," Jonathan Beane, the NFL's senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer, told HNGN in an email on Thursday. "His views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger."
Leisegang says she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in graphic design and she is headed to work for a national magazine company doing layout and photography.
"I'm excited."
She also said she is definitely not a homemaker.
"I'm 21-years-old," Leisegang said. "Getting married and having kids is not my ideal situation right now."
