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Eddie Vedder Slams Harrison Butker During Pearl Jam Concert: Watch
Eddie Vedder slammed Harrison Butker over his controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College. See what he said.
During Pearl Jam’s Saturday (May 18) concert at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, the 59-year-old rock star cut right to the chase when expressing his feelings about Butker’s beliefs, particularly the athlete’s assertion that women should prioritize raising families instead of pursuing careers outside of the home. The concert comes a little over a week after Butker took the stage at Benedictine’s May 11 commencement ceremony to condemn President Joe Biden, abortion, birth control, Pride Month and “the cultural emasculation of men” before discouraging the female graduates in attendance from “thinking about all of the promotions and titles” they would soon get in their careers. In the same speech, Butker also promoted antisemitic misinformation about a congressional bill, as well as quoted the song “Bejeweled” by Taylor Swift — whom he simply referred to as Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s “girlfriend” — while admonishing church leaders who become “overly familiar” with their parishioners.
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