NFL player Harrison Butker sits in front of a microphone during the Super Bowl LVIII opening night.
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs.
  • Harrison Butker defended remarks he made during Benedictine College's graduation ceremony. 
  • He encouraged female graduates to forgo professional careers to be homemakers. 
  • A career coach said women should be free to make their own choices without shame.

Harrison Butker isn't apologizing for his remarks suggesting that women should forgo professional careers to become homemakers.

The Kansas City Chiefs player appeared at the Courage Under Fire gala at Regina Caeli Academy on Friday, nearly two weeks after his graduation speech at Benedictine College garnered criticism.