Cubs’ Matt Shaw ripped for being visitor speaker at Turning Level occasion

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Chicago Cubs outfielder Matt Shaw shall be amongst quite a few audio system at Turning Level USA's "America Fest" subsequent weekend in Phoenix.

Shaw attended Charlie Kirk’s funeral , which stirred controversy, as he left his staff throughout a postseason push to attend. He additionally was scratched from the Cubs’ lineup on Sept. 10, the day Kirk was assassinated.

Upon listening to Shaw would attend subsequent week’s occasion, longtime Chicago radio host Dan Bernstein implored Shaw to "personal it" and "embrace it." Nonetheless, Bernstein added he didn't need Shaw to "give [him] any of that bulls--t" about religion or being Kirk’s good friend earlier than taking pictures at Turning Level and different conservative figures slated to be on the occasion.

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Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw appears on within the dugout earlier than the MLB recreation between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 22, 2025 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire by way of Getty Photographs)

"Matt Shaw is telling you one thing," Bernstein said on his podcast . "I don’t wish to hear any mealy-mouthed explanations when he’s requested about it. I don’t need him to say, ‘Oh, effectively, I’m simply his good friend, or that is simply due to my religion.’ Don’t give me any of that bulls--t. Personal it. Personal it. That’s all I ask. Embrace it. Be happy with it, Matt Shaw. That’s all I ask, is don’t attempt to say this isn’t what that is..

"If you wish to go to a gathering that tells me clearly that you're proud to be amongst hatemongers, homophobes, fascists, racists, flag-waving proud racists. If these are your individuals and that is your factor, and also you wish to be at this proudly Nazi-adjacent pep rally, go forward. Go forward. Have a day, man. Have every week. No matter blows your hair again," Bernstein added.

Matt Shaw of the Chicago Cubs in motion in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays at Wrigley Subject on Sept. 12, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Michael Reaves/Getty Photographs)

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"And when you have been given permission to affiliate the Cubs model, all issues Chicago Cubs, with this lineup of horrible, horrible individuals, all standing proudly on the mistaken aspect of historical past. Go forward. Simply don’t fake you’re not. Don’t attempt to ameliorate it. Don’t attempt to soften it. Stick that chin out like it's within the image, you and your Cubby Blue, and personal it."

Shaw and Kirk, a Cubs fan, lived in the identical house complicated at one level, and he defended his choice to attend the funeral.

"My reference to Charlie was by our [Christian] religion," Shaw mentioned on the time, per the Chicago Sun-Times . "And that’s one thing that drives me on daily basis, the rationale why I’m capable of do what I do on daily basis, and that’s one thing I’m extraordinarily grateful for. I do know with out my religion and with out the various blessings I’ve been given in my life, that I wouldn’t be right here, be capable to speak to you guys, capable of assist this staff finally go and win championships. That’s one thing I really feel actually, actually blessed about, so no matter backlash comes is OK. I really feel sturdy about my religion and that what was meant to be occurred."

Charlie Kirk throws hats to the gang after arriving at Utah Valley College on Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Photographs)

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