One day after the 67th Grammy Awards, evangelist Shane Pruitt posted a statement on social media that has since gone viral after Tavia Hunt re-shared it.
Hunt is the wife of Kansas City Chiefs co-owner and CEO Clark Hunt and an outspoken Christian. Hunt made headlines in 2024 after she and her daughter, Gracie, spoke out in favor of motherhood following controversial comments made during a college commencement speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker.
Shane Pruitt: ‘You’re Either Being Discipled by the World or the Word’
Pruitt wrote, “May the next generation always be more influenced by the Gospel, than the Grammys.” In his Instagram caption Pruitt wrote, “DISCIPLED: Everyone is being discipled. You’re either being discipled by the world or the Word. May it be the latter for a whole generation.”
Taylor Swift, who has been an outspoken Chiefs fan since she started dating Chiefs all-pro tight end Travis Kelce in 2023, was nominated for six Grammy Awards on Sunday but came up short of her fifteenth win after losing to Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars.
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Since 2023, Swift has been in attendance at as many Chiefs games as her schedule allows and been pictured with the Hunts on several occasions.
Some national publications have speculated that Hunt’s repost of Pruitt’s Grammy comment is a rebuke of Swift and other artists.
Year after year, the annual Grammy Awards have been the center of controversial performances, red carpet appearances, and artist speeches. For example, Sam Smith, an openly non-binary solo artist, and Kim Petras, an openly transgender solo artist, performed a live duet at the 2023 Grammy Awards that was labeled “satanic” by a number of Christian leaders.
This year, Kanye West escorted his wife, Bianca Censori, through the red carpet wearing a see-through outfit. Images captured of the couple showed that Censori’s wardrobe choice allowed red carpet attendees, including children, to see her completely naked.
West won a Grammy Award for his Christian album “Jesus Is King” in 2021. West won Billboard Music Awards top gospel artist in 2020, 2021, and 2023. The Gospel Music Association awarded West a Dove for Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year for his song “Follow God” in 2020.
‘I Don’t Think God Cares About Football, but He Cares Deeply About People’—Tavia Hunt
After the Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills on Jan. 26 to win the AFC Championship and advance to their third straight Super Bowl, Hunt told her Instagram followers how the team turned to God after winning only two games in 2012.
