Women ‘don’t need’ Harrison Butker after controversial speech, says Serena Williams

Butker in May railed against working women, Pride month and abortion in speech that won him support from US conservatives

Serena Williams has taken a swing at the Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying women don't need" him after he controversially railed against Pride month, working women and abortion rights during a May graduation speech.

The 23-time tennis grand slam winner took aim at Butker while she was speaking on stage at the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (Espy) awards ceremony on Thursday alongside her sister, Venus Williams - the seven-time tennis grand slam winner - and the Abbott Elementary actor Quinta Brunson.