Harrison Butker finally speaks out about commencement speech debacle.
The Pearl Jam frontman made some strong statements, referring to Butker as a “f—kin’ p—y” during a concert in Las Vegas on May 18.
“That’s some good men, good women, making up a great band,” he stated, pointing to his fellow musicians on stage. “The singer, Jessica [Dobson], and the keyboard player, Patti [King], they must not have believed that [deepening his voice] ‘diabolical lie’ that women should take pride in taking a back seat to their man.”
Vedder, father to daughters Olivia and Harper with his wife Jill McCormick, acknowledged that homemaking “is maybe one of the hardest jobs” and one to “definitely take pride in.”
He expressed confusion over advising anyone, regardless of gender, to give up their dreams and emphasized that “There’s nothing more masculine than a strong man supporting a strong woman and people of quality do not fear equality.”