Kansas City Chiefs' Butker Slaps Back at Serena Williams' Dig for His Attack on Working Women

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has slapped back at a dig from tennis star Serena Williams for urging women to stick to traditional "homemaker" roles.

Butker took heavy heat in May when he suggested at a commencement address at Catholic Benedictine College in Kansas that working women are unfulfilled.

Butker instructed the graduating "ladies" that more than professional achievements, they should be excited to take on the "vocation" of "homemaker," which he called "one of the most important titles of all."

He also railed against all birth control, telling the grads that they should let God decide when they have babies.

Host Serena Williams scalded Butker in remarks Thursday night at the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Sister Venus Williams, who was also on stage along with "Abbott Elementary" creator and star Quinta Brunson, called on sports fans to watch "women's sports like you would any other sports."

Serena added: "Except you, Harrison Butker. We don't need you."

Brunson chimed in: "At all, like ever.

Butker later told NBC News in a statement Fridays that he applauded Williams for using her platform to "express her beliefs on a variety of topics."

But, he complained: "At an event dedicated to celebrating a diverse group of men and women who have accomplished great feats, she used it as an opportunity to disinvite those with whom she disagrees with from supporting fellow athletes."

Following the outrage over his commencement address, Butker complained that it was clear "timeless Catholic values," which he apparently interpreted as including homemaker roles for women, were "hated."

Both the National Football League and Benedictine College issued statements after Butker's speech that his remarks did not represent their positions.

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder also slammed Butker at a Las Vegas concert days later, saying that "people of quality don't fear equality."

Benedictine graduate Susannah Leisegang called Butker's address "horrible,"

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 added.