Translation of "聞こえるかもしれませんが" in English

ちょっと大袈裟に 聞こえるかもしれませんが

And it may sound like he was being overly dramatic,

かなり礼儀に欠ける言いように 聞こえるかもしれませんが

Now, that may sound like a highly uncivil thing to say,