Mahomes, Randi’s eldest son offered a more expansive reaction to Butker’s graduation speech at the start of organized team activities on May 22.

He told reporters, “When you’re in the locker room, there’s a lot of people from a lot of different areas of life, and they have a lot of different views on everything. And we’re not always gonna agree.

“And there’s certain things that he said that I don’t necessarily agree with. But I understand the person that he is, and he’s trying to do whatever he can to try to lead people in the right direction. And that might not be the same values as I have, but at the same time, I’m gonna judge him by the values that he shows every day, and that’s a great person.”

The three-time Super Bowl MVP addressed how his Time 100 speech, which championed his wife, Brittany Mahomes, for elevating women’s sports as a co-owner of Kansas City Current, went viral around the same time as Butker’s speech.

“But I think that’s what makes a locker room so cool is that you’re able to have those discussions and become better and make those decisions for yourself,” Mahomes said.

“So even though there are very vast differences as far as those speeches happen at the same time. You’re able to talk to guys and you get knowledge and you make your own decisions at the end of the day. And I think that’s what makes this country so great.”