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Whoopi Goldberg DEFENDS Harrison Butker's controversial commencement speech in shock comments on The View - as she PRAISES Kansas City Chiefs star for voicing 'his beliefs'


Butker delivered a 20-minute speech last Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts college in Kansas, where he said that women should be 'homemakers' instead of working.

Whoopi Goldberg has defended Harrison Butker's controversial commencement speech at Benedictine College, arguing that those are 'his beliefs and he's welcome to them.' As of Thursday morning, a Change.org petition, 'Demand the Kansas City Chiefs to Dismiss Harrison Butker for Discriminatory Remarks,' has over 105,800 signatures, but Whoopi, 68, claimed the kicker should not lose his job simply because 'he is a staunch Catholic.' Butker delivered a 20-minute speech last Saturday at the Catholic private liberal arts college in Kansas

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