Jason Kelce Fiercely Defends His Wife After Critic Makes Rude 'Homemaker' Remark

Jason Kelce is setting things straight when it comes to how he views the roles he and his wife, Kylie Kelce, play in their household.

On Monday, the retired Philadelphia Eagles center responded to acritic on social media, who called him out for not publicly supporting Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker after Butker gave an arch-conservative graduation speech earlier this month.

“Your wife is a homemaker whose home is a mess,” the user on X, formerly Twitter, wrote. “Sorry but it is dirty and messy on television. Seems you’re a bit hypocritical.”

Kelce replied on X that he doesn’t consider his wife — a head varsity high school field hockey coach and autism awareness advocate — to be a “homemaker.”

“She has an occupation, as do I, and we keep our house the best we can,” he wrote. “Our marriage is a partnership, we are equals who are figuring it out on the daily. The only expectation is that we love each other, support one another, and are committed to our family, that comes first.”

He then pointed out that they are both responsible for the tidiness of their home and cleaning up after their three young daughters.

“If being a homemaker, works for some, and that’s what they want, then hell yea, that’s awesome, more power to you,” he added. “I want to be clear, I’m not downplaying that at all, but that is not our family dynamic.”

The former Eagles player also discussed Butker’s speech last week on“New Heights,” the podcast he co-hosts with his brother, Travis Kelce, who plays for the Chiefs with Butker.

Butker, who gave this year’s commencement address at Benedictine College, a Catholic liberal arts college in Kansas, said being a homemaker is, for women, “one of the most important titles of all.” The kicker also